TODAY'S HEADLINES | NOV. 22, 2011 |
Aerospace company lands in Orangeburg CountyGKN announced plans to invest $38 million and create 278 jobs at a new facility near Interstate 26 and U.S. Route 301. Based in England, the aerospace manufacturer will make parts for the new HondaJet, a light business plane. Gov. Haley gives support to Alcoa in power negotiationsAlcoa has threatened to close its plant if the aluminum smelter can’t negotiate a better rate with its power supplier, Santee Cooper. The plant’s contract ends in 2015. It opened in Berkeley County in 1980 and employs 562 full-time workers. Santee Cooper powering green effortsThe electric company’s environmental report released today highlights its accomplishments in 2010-2011, including milestones in its two first-in-South Carolina programs: Green Power and Reduce The Use. Best-selling author to speak at SmartState conferenceSaul Singer, best-selling co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, will discuss how Israel became an economic power at the SmartState Program’s inaugural national conference in December at the Charleston Place Hotel.
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