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otels around South Carolina continue to see strong demand for rooms despite reduced service levels caused by ongoing hiring challenges, according to first quarter 2022 report released by Colliers South Carolina. According to the report, the average hotel occupancy rate around the state was 66.83% during the first quarter, up from 59.08% percent in the third quarter of 2021 and 49.76% in the fourth quarter of that year. Average daily rates for hotel rooms and revenue per available room are continuing to increase and, as a result, to offset a rise in operating costs during the first quarter, the report said. On average, hotels are reporting a 20%-30% increase in operating expenses over pre-pandemic levels largely because of staffing challenges. Hotels are dealing with this ongoing worker shortage by reducing daily housekeeping services, training employees to perform duties in multiple areas of service and increasing automation. The average daily rate for hotel rooms statewide continues to rise and was $126.74 in See HOTELS, Page 6

Bosch ramps up ICE, electrification production By Molly Hulsey

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osch has a new project on the rise in Anderson, company President Mike Mansuetti told hundreds of business leaders gathered from across the 10 counties for Upstate SC Alliance’s annual meeting on May 13. Mansuetti couldn’t share much more than that, but he did tell the audience that the com-

pany’s South Carolina team is ramping up production for both its internal combustion engine and electrification powertrain production. “We see by 2030, electrification growing to about 30% of the market, but the rest of it will still be traditional what we call internal combustion engine or some variation of the ICE, for example, with a hybrid power charge,” he said. “So there’s still a lot of technology that remains to be developed, especially if we’re

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going to meet those CO2 and sustainability targets that we all want to meet that will continue to require improvements in, let’s say, the classic combustion technology.” Bosch’s way forward will focus on achieve a balance between innovation, such as the company’s forays into long distance hydrogen fuel cell research, and its legacy with longstanding customers. See BOSCH, Page 12

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How friendly is your paycheck?

martAsset’s took a look at what it called “paycheck friendliness,” a way to measure how a typical paycheck fares when considering purchasing power, income growth, unemployment to reflect the counties with the lowest withholding and greatest take-home pay. We’re not doing so well in South Carolina by this measure. Every county in several states did better than the best county in the Palmetto State, which was Lancaster County with a 41.81 paycheck friendliness rating. The best in the nation was Williamson County, Tenn., with a rating of 100, but even the 10th highest in the Volunteer State ranked at 86.17. Georgia’s best was Forsyth County at 57.25 and North Carolina’s best was Union County at 57.08.

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Income Growth

Paycheck Friendiness index

Lancaster

1.56

4.8%

6.5%

41.81

Beaufort

1.66

3.7%

3.6%

40.40

York

1.57

4.2%

4.1%

39.54

Charleston

1.49

3.9%

4.2%

39.34

Greenville

1.53

3.9%

3.8%

39.28

Berkeley

1.48

4.1%

3.78

Lexington

1.52

3.5%

2.5%

37.88

Dorchester

1.47

4.0%

3.0%

37.50

Anderson

1.34

4.3%

4.0%

37.16

Kershaw

1.35

4.2%

3.6%

36.85

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The Standard, a 17-story, 441,980-square-foot housing tower in downtown Columbia, has taken a major step toward completion. Chicago-based real estate development and construction engineering firm Clayco recently celebrated the topping off of the project at the corner of Assembly and Washington streets. Crews have poured 17,000 yards of concrete and installed 1,500 tons of rebar, according to a news release. In collaboration with developers CRG, Landmark Properties and architect Lamar Johnson Collaborative, Clayco is scheduled to complete construction of The Standard in summer 2023. The tower will feature 247 fully furnished units with 678 beds and amenities including a rooftop pool, hot tub, grilling stations, jumbotron television, resort-equipped fitness and wellness center, golf simulator, game-day lounge, and group and private study lounge space.

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BREW WITH A VIEW Biekeller Columbia plans to open a brick-and-mortar later this year at the CanalSide Plaza at Sola Station. (Rendering/Provided)

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olumbia’s first riverfront brewery is expected to open in the fourth quarter of this year. Bierkeller Brewing Co., which has brewed traditional German beer out of Swamp Cabbage Brewing Co. since 2015 and has regularly played host to seasonal pop-up beer gardens, is opening a full-production brewing facility, biergarten and restaurant at the CanalSide Plaza at Sola Station, located along the Historic Columbia Canal on the banks of the Congaree River. “It’s exciting,” Bierkeller owner and founder Scott Burgess told the Columbia Regional Business Report. “We’re putting ourselves in a pioneering position in a lot of ways. The riverfront,

as much as everyone talks about the potential for development, we learned still has a lot of hurdles. This presented really the best opportunity in a space that’s already there that’s very close to what we’re known for.” The brewery and biergarten will take up a large portion of the ground-floor retail space at Sola Station, with glass windows facing the water. Mashburn Construction is the project contractor, while Sherer & Associates is the architect. “We’re pouring concrete floors and building it from the ground up,” said Burgess, who said an adjacent space is also an option for a future catering and private event setup. Bierkeller plans to hire servers, bartenders/ pourers and kitchen staff soon. Employment See BREW, Page 10

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sabella Casillas Guzman learned firsthand what makes a successful small business growing up in California, where her father owned a chain of veterinary practices. “What I admired most about my father was his relationship in the community. Everyone who walked in that door was so special to him and vice versa,” Guzman said. “The impact that he made in his neighborhood was truly remarkable.” Guzman, sworn in as the 27th Administrator of the Small Business Administration on March 17, 2021, spoke with the Columbia Regional Business Report after a stop at Benedict College as part of a bus tour supporting National Small Business Week. Benedict became one of two historically Black colleges and universities to launch a Women’s Business Center in 2020. “Focusing always — from having worked in his business — on that customer-first experience is what drives me,” said Guzman, who represents the nation’s 32.5 million-plus small business owners. “I look through the lens of a customer first at all times in our design and implementation. That informs everything else, because you look at who that client is — and it’s a changing face of entrepreneurship — you look at what their needs are and seek to transform the SBA to better serve them. … My dad was able to pursue his American dream, and my grandmother before him. I really appreciate the value See GUZMAN, Page 6

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17, 2021, spoke with the Columbia Regional Business Report after a stop at Benedict College on May 4 as part of a bus tour supporting National Small Business Week. Benedict became one of two historically Black colleges and universities to launch a Women’s Business Center in 2020. “Focusing always — from having worked in his business — on that customer-first experience is what drives me,” said Guzman, who represents the nation’s 32.5 million-plus small business owners. “I look through the lens of a customer first at all times in our design and implementation. That See SBA, Page 10

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Our “Coffee With…” page features an Upstate business executive sharing insights about their business, the industry in which they work and the community in which they live. Where’s the coffee, you ask? Well, that occurs in an accompanying video. We sit down with the executive – over coffee – to see what else is on their mind. accessories. This makes up about 75 percent of our business. The other 25 percent is our services business where we engineer and install/construct network systems. The telecommunications industry is growing rapidly. Over the past few years, we have added capacity in the US and Globally to accommodate growth in these markets. This growth is because the demand for fiber-based networks is at an all time high with further growth projected.

Today, we’re “having coffee” with Jody Gallagher, President and CEO, AFL. Headquartered in Spartanburg, AFL was formed in 1984 and commenced manufacturing operations in 1985. At that time, AFL manufactured one product – Optical Ground Wire – a fiber optic cable placed in the topmost position of transmission lines where it shields conductors from lightning while also providing a telecommunications path. Today, AFL manufactures a wide range of fiber optic cable as well as connectivity products and equipment essential for communications. With more than 6,000 associates worldwide, and well over 1,300 (and growing) in the Upstate of South Carolina, AFL has expanded its operations locally and abroad to accommodate rapid growth and has established a leadership position in the industry. AFL HAS EXPANDED SEVERAL MANUFACTURING LOCATIONS, INCLUDING A FEW IN SPARTANBURG. TELL US ABOUT THE MARKETS YOU SERVE AND WHY BUSINESS IS BOOMING. AFL manufactures fiber optic network solutions for four main markets - the energy market, service provider, enterprise & hyperscale (cloud DC’s). Specifically, we manufacture fiber optic cable, connectivity, and equipment such as fusion splicers and test and inspection products, plus conductor

AS YOU LOOK 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT IS YOUR FOCUS? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP UP THIS MOMENTUM? Over our 35+ years in the industry, AFL has grown organically and through acquisitions. With respect to organic growth, we will continue to excel in this area given current and future demand. Take 5G for instance, 5G delivers new capabilities for users which drives more data traffic which means more cell towers will need to be built to handle the traffic. More fiber optic cable is needed to connect these cell sites and we not only manufacture the cable, but accessories needed for an entire network.

services are more efficient and resilient. Then there is digital transformation which is rapidly accelerating. Fiber enables these different markets to expand their services and as they expand, we will continue to invest in these areas to enable communications. HOW HAS THE $1.2T INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT AFFECTED AFL? The IIJA earmarked $65B for continued broadband adoption and deployment plus $65B for grid modernization. In addition, $7.5B is earmarked for a national network of EV charging stations. Broadband, grid modernization, electric vehicle charging stations – upgrading and/or expanding these areas involves fiber optic connectivity. Many of our customers will be recipients of this funding and we’ve already seen an increase in orders to provide for this. AFL is well-positioned to support our customers through this demand. Predicting the exact timing of this government spending is unclear right now, but we will be ready! WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE TODAY? Aside from workforce issues, our biggest challenge today is supply chain disruptions. I would imagine many companies see the same challenges. Getting the supplies needed so that we can fulfill customers’ orders and support the expected increase demand is vital. WHAT’S NEXT FOR AFL?

Many of our customers are expanding deployments of fiber to support not only 5G but Fiber-to-the-Home, business services and more. Other customers are receiving massive amounts of funding from state and federal governments to expand broadband access to underserved areas. Utility cooperatives are developing their current broadband infrastructure for coop members to expand services. Larger utilities are now modernizing their electric grid, so their

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you look at who that client is — and it’s a changing face of entrepreneurship — you look at what their needs are and seek to transform the SBA to better serve them. … My dad was able to pursue his American dream, and my grandmother before him. I really appreciate the value of (entrepreneurship) and want to be able to bring it more communities with equity.” Extending that equity has become especially important as the nation’s small business continue to recover from repercussions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Small Business Optimism Index decreased in January to 97.1, down 1.8 points from December, with 22% of business owners reporting inflation as their single most important problem. Supply-chain tie-ups and difficulty in hiring enough workers are two other concerns causing small business confidence to shrink. A report by technology company Meta, cited in a March 2022 Business Insider article, found that businesses run by underrepresented founders were 14% more likely to report lower sales than other businesses. The report, which surveyed 5,324 U.S. small business leaders and more than 24,000 worldwide, found that 51% of Black-owned businesses were experiencing record-low sales compared to January 2021, versus 36% of all businesses in the U.S.

Despite those numbers, Guzman said minority- and women-owned businesses, perhaps out of pandemic-generated necessity, are forming the backbone of the country’s economic recovery, noting that those businesses have created two-thirds of the 7.4 million jobs created since President Joe Biden took office. “No different than any other time over the past 10 years, women and people of color are the ones starting businesses at high rates,” she said. “We saw 5.4 million people decide to start a business in 2021. “That’s 20% higher than any year on record, and so this tour is to celebrate all those new entrepreneurs, those established businesses that have had to pivot and adapt during the pandemic, and make sure that we can get them the resources they need to survive. And that’s capital to fund businesses, that’s market access to grow businesses with revenue opportunities with the federal government or online through digital markets, and that’s networks and support.” In 2021, the SBA administered nearly $416.3 billion in emergency relief to more than 6 million small business through initiatives including the Paycheck Protection Program, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans and loans targeted at hard-hit industries such as retail and hospitality. “As they reopen and recover their revenues, they’re still facing headwinds, and the president is committed to dealing with

some of the challenges around inflationary pressures, the global supply chain disruptions, as well as workforce challenges,” Guzman said. “SBA has a role to play. Of course, our small businesses are a big part of expanding our productive capacity in the United States. That means making more here in America and strengthening our supply chain and strengthening our infrastructure.” There are calls to expand that role from those who support the SBA becoming involved in more direct loans to small business owners going forward, particularly smaller-dollar loans that bigger banks and even Community Development Financial Institutions find hard to make work with their balance sheets. Noting that loans through pandemic federal relief averaged just more than $40,000, Guzman said the SBA would welcome the chance to “help our lending network meet needs of borrowers and leverage the balance sheet of the federal government to underwrite these loans and have them on their books. That could help our lenders as well. “We don’t want to replace or compete. We want to be that true lender of last resort and support the private financial markets. … It was part of our proposals within Build Back Better and the president’s agenda. While Congress did not move forward on that, we continue to study it and explore the possibility of SBA

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doing direct lending. We have the authority. We’ve been doing it since 1953 when we started doing disaster loans, and we’ve proven in 2021 with COVID EIDL that we’ve been effective at getting funds into the hands of businesses.” Guzman is also focused on digital technology, an area of emphasis during her tenure as director of the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. In that role, she created Get Digital CA, an initiative aimed at increasing technology and e-commerce adoption. “We know that micro-entrepreneurship flourishes where there’s high-speed internet,” she said, adding that the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act signed into law Nov. 15 commits more than $60 billion to expanding rural broadband access. Guzman said as the country continues to forge a post-pandemic path, the SBA is committed to expanding access to its services through broader distribution networks in multiple languages. “I feel there’s so much opportunity that could be unlocked if we better supported all of our small businesses and innovative startups,” she said. “I think it’s a unique moment in time and history, especially because of the pandemic and attention on small businesses and the impact that they have.” Reach Columbia Regional Business Report editor Melinda Waldrop at 803-726-7542

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In 2021, the private company’s total global sales increased by 10%, bringing Bosch’s revenue to $90 billion. About 8% to 9% of the company’s total annual investment goes to research and development. “Any customer, whatever their power train needs are, we want to be there to help serve them and help continue this journey in electrification,” Mansuetti said. In Bosch’s Charleston plant, that means transforming its former gasoline and diesel fuel pump operations with a $80 million investment into a team that focuses in on both electrification and high-pressure fuel injection technologies. According to previous reporting, the Charleston investment was set to reach the facility by 2023 as part of the company’s $250 million earmarked for U.S. mobility solutions in 2021. Bosch’s production for the auto industry makes up 60% of its business alongside its appliance, power tool, energy tech and surveillance tech operations, according to the company president. Several years ago, the company redubbed that branch “mobility solutions” to reflect the growing number of other vehicles added to their portfolio. Since Mansuetti first began working in the fuel pump industry 30 years ago, engineers have enhanced the fuel injection pressures by 200 or 300 times. And with additional developments come additional challenges. Bosch’s team

Mansuetti spoke to hundreds of attendees at Upstate SC Alliance’s Annual Meeting on May 13 along with Sen. Lindsey Graham. (Photo/Molly Hulsey)

is working to offset the increased weight of 1,000 pounds with today’s batteries. “So, when we look at electrification, we’re looking at also, for example, the dynamics on chassis control systems,” he said. “Charleston is also producing our ABS antilock breaks, for example. This is a basic part of now the chassis control and function. And together with our steering technology – we’re moving towards steer

by wire, so actually disconnecting the steering wheel from the steering rack if you will – there’s a lot more things coming in electrification.” The Upstate will also play a role in Bosch’s future involvement in the electric vehicle market, said Mansuetti. Especially on the tail of the manufacturer’s achievement of CO2 neutrality in 2020 as the “first, largest industrial conglomerate

worldwide to do that.” Bosch’s $250 million investment will also go toward streamlining operations with artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies, thus offsetting some labor needs, according to a previous report. Reach Molly Hulsey at 864-720-1222 or @mollyhulsey_gsa on Twitter.

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ome South Carolina-based suppliers are feeling a burst of demand as domestic content percentages for materials used in public projects are set to go into effect in October. The Buy American Act – not to be confused with the Reagan-era Buy America Act – was first created in 1933 to give preference to domestic manufacturers. The bill has evolved over the years, but in January 2021, the Biden Administration passed an executive order sparking “the most robust changes to the implementation of the Buy American Act in almost 70 years,” according to a White House news release. The order raised the percentage of domestic content required in public projects from today’s 55% to 60% starting Oct. 22, according to a document published by Federal Register. By 2024, the required percentage will climb to 65%, and in 2029, to 75%. The initial increase to 60% will occur several months from publication of the final rule, according to the Defense Department, General Services Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration document. Andrew McAllister, partner with Washington D.C-based Holland & Knight, shared in a webinar that materials “manufactured in the United States” is not defined in the law, but that it implies a step beyond assembly. “Then the second piece of that test is that the cost of the components from the U.S. must exceed a certain threshold of the cost of all components,” McAllister said, adding that iron and steel products undergo more strict standards. Under the new ruling, foreign iron and steel must make up less than 5% of

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the total cost of components purchased. “It doesn’t mean you can never offer a foreign product,” he said. “It’s more so you’re going to be penalized for providing that foreign product.”

Bringing it all home

The Buy American Act may often come up in conversations about building materials and construction products, but it also dictates procurement for other forms of federal infrastructure as well – for example, procedure trays used in tax-funded operating rooms. COVID-19 wreaked havoc on medical product supply chains Greenville’s CPT Medical depended on for their company’s specimen collection supplies in 2020. “A lot of it was not just made in China, but one of the largest specimen collection manufacturers COPAN is in Italy, and BD is in Germany,” said Austin Shirley, vice president of commercial operations at CBT Medical’s holding company Diversified Medical Healthcare. “So there was very little U.S. production.” So, out of necessity, Diversified Medi-

cal Healthcare certified its viral transport medium for distribution and launched production. Being one of few domestic manufacturers, Shirley said they couldn’t fill orders fast enough. An ongoing shortage of polypropylene wrap used to sterilize surgical instruments later prompted Diversified Medical Healthcare to seek out U.S. partners Hanes Fabrics. So, when a federal customer came to CBT Medical with a request for medical supplies and the Buy American Act requirements in hand nine month ago, the OEM supplier was poised for action. Now, about 67% of CBT products go toward facilities used by this federal customer, he said. It hasn’t always been easy to find domestic suppliers – especially for plastics, textiles and nitrile rubber components– but Shirley said they’ve uncovered many U.S.-based suppliers able to supply CBT’s custom surgical trays.

Teasing out impacts

Jarrett Martin, president of Mar-Mac Industries, an industrial wire supplier for

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Port of Charleston key to Mark Anthony project’s rapid launch By Melinda Waldrop

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hough two hours away, the Port of Charleston played a major role in making Mark Anthony Brewing’s ambitious, 1.3-million-square-foot brewing facility in Columbia a rapid reality. Among the many logistical feats that went into getting the $490 million investment up and running 346 days from its Nov. 30, 2020, groundbreaking was the shipment of 56 huge, stainless steel brewing tanks from German manufacturer Ziemann Holvrieka. “Here’s a remarkable photo,” Mark Anthony founder and CEO Anthony von Mandl said during a May 12 grand opening celebration at the facility off Shop Road in the Pineview Industrial Park. “Here’s four of our tanks on a barge. Ziemann Holvrieka has this remarkable facility where they build some of the highest-end tanks in the world on the Rhine River. The tanks are loaded on a barge, taken to the Port of Rotterdam, and loaded on a vessel to Charleston. Thank you, Port of Charleston, for being there. It really helped us on our project.” The successful transportation of the tanks is just one example of how the various project engineers and architects, along with general contractor Clayco, teamed up to accelerate a production schedule von Mandl said would normally take four to six years to complete. “The magnitude of this project is breathtaking,” von Mandl said. “Twenty-seven miles of stainless steel piping, 33 miles of steel roof framing and racks, 56 enormous stainless steel tanks, 126,000 tons of concrete, more than 600 people on the site during the peak of construction during the height of COVID. … Nothing about this project was normal. This was to be the most complex, advanced facility of its kind in the world, purpose-built with technology that had to be designed as we were building.”

Choosing South Carolina

Before all those wheels began turning, a decision had to be made. On Sept. 22, 2020, a Mark Anthony site selection task force arrived in Columbia for breakfast at the Governor’s Mansion. von Mandl, at home in Vancouver, couldn’t join that expedition because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, but he was well aware of the goings-on on at 800 Richland Street. “Your goal was to convince us to select South Carolina as the state to build the largest brewery built in the United States in the last 28 years and the most technologically advanced facility of its kind in the world,” he said. “We looked at 18 loca-

Mark Anthony Brewing launched its $400 million, 1.3 million-square-foot production facility in Richland County in less than a year. (Photo/Mark Anthony Brewing)

tions in five states and narrowed the field down to two. I can tell you now, Governor, truth be known, South Carolina was not in the lead when our team arrived that morning.” That changed as the Mark Anthony team heard what Gov. Henry McMaster, then-Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt, and Richland County economic development officials had to say. “Peggy (McMaster) hosted half of our team on what she called the kids’ table, and she charmed the team with her Southern hospitality and played an integral role in convincing us that South Carolina was the place to be,” John Sacksteder, president of Mark Anthony Brewing, said. “The governor was just as convincing. His deep pride in this state and this city was clear from the moment that we met him.” Also apparent were the forward-thinking steps the county had already taken to make the 160 acres 310 Mark Anthony employees now call homer readily habitable. “(The county) had the vision more than eight years ago to add infrastructure to this site — roads, natural gas lines, water, wastewater connection,” Sacksteder said. “Without that, we could have never even considered this piece of property.” By October 2020, the team decided South Carolina was the place to be, and ground was broken a month later. “Ten years ago, the land that we stand on today was a tree nursery with about two or three employees,” Richland County Council Chair Overture Walker said. “This was made possible because my colleagues in Richland County made the commitment to invest in economic development with the aim of creating quality career opportunities for our citizens and growing our community’s tax base and

attracting more industrial and commercial development. “We didn’t allow concerns about taxes to stand in the way of delivering job opportunities that will pay a livable wage for many of our residents. Instead, we took a resourceful approach and used all the tools at the county’s disposal for leveling the playing field and competing with other regions for economic development projects.” Ryan Coleman, director of the city of Columbia’s Office of Economic Development, told SC Biz News the Mark Anthony project is an example of what the county can accomplish when stakeholders work together. The facility was part of a record-setting $638.7 million in economic investment the county attracted in 2020, followed in 2021 by $359.6 million, the second-highest amount on record. “It’s about (removing) those impediments as early on as possible, so that the barriers to a company saying no aren’t there,” Coleman said. “When you’ve got the ability to control the site, and you can give the company the infrastructure that they need to go forward, that’s how you get something like this to happen.” Within 10 days of the groundbreaking, Clayco poured the first concrete slab, and the project was off, forging ahead through pandemic protocols and a step ahead of supply chain disruptions. “Four weeks later, the first structural and roofing steel was in place,” von Mandl said. “Had we started the project just one month later, we would have not been able to keep up with the steel required for the structural girders to keep going. If we tried to build the project today, it would probably take us two more years to get the steel.” Within three months and 100,000 work hours, the facility’s exterior walls

were erected. By March 2021, the roof was up, and “we had helicopters lifting 88 air conditioning units up to the roof in the midst of a driving rain storm,” von Mandl said. “Nothing was going to stand in our way, not even South Carolina occasional weather.” Filtration equipment, and those brewing tanks, arrived, put into place with the help of 46 laser-guided vehicles. The electrical substation, powered at a lightning pace by Dominion Energy, was activated. Front office furniture was installed, and test production runs began. In November 2021, the first salable case of Mark Anthony products — which include White Claw hard seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade and Cayman Jack cocktails — rolled off the line and into of one 69 shipping bays. Mark Anthony’s Columbia investment included $10 billion in a system that captures and reprocesses all carbon dioxide created at the plant into carbonation for its beverages, $15 million in an advanced wastewater treatment system and $4 million in landscaping that includes more than 200 newly planted trees and a 29-acre employee park. “We’re not done yet,” von Mandl said. “Our long-term vision for South Carolina will see even more investment, including expanding the footprint of our facilities in years ahead. I’ll leave those details for another day. “This is a great day for Mark Anthony Brewing, the city of Columbia, the state of South Carolina. For me personally, it is a very significant moment. Thank you all for your commitment and believing in us. One final promise to the future Mark Anthony staff in South Carolina, and that is: We’ve only just begun.” Reach Columbia Regional Business Report editor Melinda Waldrop at 803-726-7542

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Lufthansa order includes North Charleston-made aircraft By Molly Hulsey

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erman-based Lufthansa Group says it is modernizing its longhaul passenger with new purchases that include seven 787-9 Dreamliner jets from Boeing’s North Charleston plant. Built with lightweight composite materials, the 787 family has an airport-noise footprint that is 60% smaller than the previous generation of airplanes, making it ideal for Lufthansa Group airport communities, according to a news release. The purchase will bring Lufthansa Group’s total order for the 787 Dreamliner to 32 firm orders, with most expected for a 2022 to 2026 delivery, according to the release. Lufthansa also is a launch customer for Boeing’s 777X passenger airplane, with 20 firm orders. Fourteen 787 Dreamliner models were delivered in 2021, according to Boeing’s investor data, despite production and quality control snags during the past two years. Boeing and the Lufthansa Group also announced earlier this month that the airline group will continue its decision to strengthen Lufthansa’s cargo operations with an order for seven 777-8 Freighters, the industry’s newest cargo plane. The decision is a keystone of the German airline’s overhaul of its fleet since 2020. Over the past two years, 83 aircraft have been retired, while 33 have been added to the entire fleet, according to Lufthansa. The Group has also placed a new order for two 777 Freighters to add to its cargo fleet, providing extra cargo capacity in the near-term until the delivery of its first 777-8 Freighter. “With the selection of our newest freighter, Lufthansa continues its long history of firsts with Boeing airplane programs, becoming the first European customer for the 777-8 Freighter,” Ihssane Mounir, Boeing’s senior vice president of

Lufthansa’s most recent order for the 777s like this one also means work for the North Charleston plant, which makes the 787. (Photo/Provided)

commercial sales and marketing, said in the release. “With the investment in the 777 and 787 fleet, the Lufthansa Group will operate the most advanced, fuel-efficient twin-engine airplanes in the industry. Each of these airplanes reduces emissions by 15 to 25% compared to previous models with a noise footprint up to 50% smaller than their predecessors, helping to advance the Lufthansa Group’s sustainability objectives.” Boeing launched the new 777-8 Freighter in January and has already booked 34 firm orders for the model. The company says its 777-8 Freighter offers the highest payload and the lowest fuel use, emissions and operating cost per

metric ton of any large freighter. With nearly identical payload and range capabilities to previous models plus 30% better fuel efficiency and 25% better operating costs per metric ton, Boeing said the 777-8 Freighter will be the ideal choice as operators replace aging freighters later this decade. The 2021 Boeing Commercial Market Outlook projects a 70% increase in the global freighter fleet by 2040, including approximately 450 new large widebody freighters such as the new 777-8 Freighter and 777 Freighter, according to the new release. The first delivery of the 777-8 freighter is anticipated in 2027. “The continuous modernization of

Lufthansa Group’s long-haul fleet is one of our top priorities,” Detlef Kayser, member of the executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said in the release. “Therefore, we are very pleased to further invest into the newest generation of Boeing aircraft. The purchase will complement our existing orders and further reduce our operating costs, enhance fuel efficiency and provide state-of-theart customer experiences. Moreover, the purchase highlights our commitment towards enhancing sustainable aviation.” Reach Molly Hulsey at 864-720-1222 or @mollyhulsey_gsa on Twitter.

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INTERMODAL ANXIETY: Supply chain challenges, rising costs persist By Christina Lee Knauss

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ore than two years after the pandemic threw supply chains worldwide into upheaval, the effects are still being felt nationwide, with ongoing backups at shipping ports and periodic shortages of a wide range of goods on store shelves. Shipping disruptions caused by ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and other parts of China, as well as the war in Ukraine, are likely to exacerbate supply chain woes through the end of the year, forecasters say. As a result, the shipping and trucking industries in South Carolina have been seeing a surge in demand, and that isn’t likely to change, according to experts from both sectors in the state. South Carolina is one of the East Coast ports benefiting from the effects of longterm backups at ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, Ca., leading some shippers to divert their business to the East Coast. That and record imports to accommodate surging retail demand has caused the Port of Charleston to operate at record levels for 14 months, with no sign of a slowdown in sight. The port recently had its highest April ever for containers, handling 264,099 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at the Wando Welch, North Charleston and Leatherman terminals, up 17% from April 2021, according to a report released by the South Carolina Ports Authority. So far from July through April for fiscal year 2022, SC Ports has moved 2.4 million TEUs, up 15% from the previous fiscal year. April also marked an all-time SC Ports record for pier containers, which account for boxes of any size, not just TEUs. The ports handled 145,779 pier containers in April, up 16% from 2021. So far in fiscal year 2022, SC Ports has moved 1.3 million pier containers, nearly a 15% increase from the previous year. The port had experienced some problems with backups earlier in 2022, with some ships being forced to remain at anchor at sea before coming in to port, but port officials have been working on solutions to return fluidity at the port to normalcy, according to SC Ports CEO Jim Newsome. “We are in a strong position as we have proactively invested more than $2 billion into our infrastructure ahead of demand,” Newsome said. SC Ports has used a variety of solutions to improve supply chain function, including hiring more than 150 people in operations, providing Sunday gates for motor carriers, prioritizing shipping lines taking empties out of port and offering berth priority to vessels taking out more cargo. The innovations are important because recent statistics and developments indi-

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cate business at the port is not going to be slowing down. Despite inflation, consumer demand for a wide variety of goods is expected to remain high through the rest of the year, with a predicted growth between 6% and 8% for retail sales, according to figures released in March by the National Retail Federation. That’s a slower growth than retailers saw in 2021 but still higher than pre-pandemic growth levels. The April 22 opening of the $220 million, 3-million-square-foot Walmart Import Distribution Center in Ridgeville, which will eventually employ more than 1,300, is expected to increase the volume at Charleston ports by 5%, according to industry estimates. The center will also help alleviate supply shortages at 850 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations around the Southeast.

Where the rubber meets the road

Somebody needs to move all these goods coming into the ports, and that responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of the trucking industry, which is facing its own challenges. Trucking nationwide has been dealing with a shortage of about 80,000 drivers, the worst on record, according to statistics from the American Trucking Association. For the truckers that are on the road, rising fuel costs and ongoing inflation are eliminating a lot of the profits brought on by rising, pandemic-related demand for their services, according to J. Richards Todd, president and CEO of the South Carolina Trucking Association. “Before fuel prices got so high and

inflation became rampant, many truckers were making pretty good money because of the demand for them,” Todd said. “Now I think that’s turned a little bit. We’re going to see some pressure on some sectors of the industry. Some sectors are going to continue to do well — the national fleets, the parcel carriers and others with high capital. The smaller carriers and independent truckers, however, are going to be living on the margin.” The skyrocketing cost of diesel fuel is the biggest concern for anybody operating a trucking fleet right now, Todd said. As of May 16, AAA estimated the average price of diesel was $5.55 a gallon nationwide, and $5.46 in South Carolina. With tight supplies and increasing demand, industry experts are forecasting prices to continue to increase through the summer. “The demand for diesel remained high during the pandemic and continues to be high because everything goes by truck and all industries rely on diesel — trucking, construction, you name it,” Todd said. “Prices are now at a historic high, and they’re just going to continue to skyrocket.” Fuel costs aren’t the only challenges facing trucking companies. They’re also paying more to keep the drivers they have and attract new ones to the job, as well as paying more for insurance because of a rise in litigation against trucking-related accidents. “Wages and labor costs have been going up exponentially because of the ongoing driver shortage, and now with the rising fuel costs, we really have a per-

fect storm of challenges facing the industry,” Todd said. As a result, smaller trucking companies, businesses that operate trucks to haul their own goods and independent owner-operators are taking the biggest hits in this economy, Todd said. “Owner-operators who bought trucks to come into the industry and take advantage of the demand are having problems because they don’t have the large cash reserves on hand to deal with the increased costs,” Todd said. Smaller carriers and independent truckers then must pass the increased costs on to customers, which could in turn result in a loss of business. The South Carolina Trucking Association is continuing ongoing efforts to attract more drivers to the industry through its Be Pro Be Proud workforce development program and a CDL Prep program for high school students. Todd said there is an increased interest in the industry, with many of the state’s technical colleges experiencing a backlog of applicants for commercial driver’s licenses and diesel technology training programs. Those hands-on efforts to increase driver numbers are one of the few things Todd said the trucking industry can count on right now, with so many other factors of the economy out of their control. “The price of diesel is going to continue to be a challenge and the supply is going to apparently be an increased challenge, and we don’t know what the situation is going to ultimately look like,” he said. “It’s unlikely we’ll be seeing any of our typical seasonal cycles in the near future.”

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Motor Freight Lines

Ranked by No. of Drivers in the Greenville Area Drivers: Local / Statewide

Tractors / Trailers

1971

200 200

864-277-3220 www.sefl.com

Kyle Hulsey, Michael Mergenhagen 1950

N.W. White & Co. 1060 Rogers Bridge Road Duncan, SC 29334

864-877-8057 www.nwwhite.com

Warehouse Services Inc. 58 S. Burty Road Piedmont, SC 29673

Company

Phone / Website / Email

Top Local Official(s) / Year Founded

Averitt Express 775 Berry Shoals Road Duncan, SC 29334

800-283-7488 www.averittexpress.com averittnews@averittexpress.com

Southeastern Freight Lines Inc. 516 Sagitarius Way Piedmont, SC 29673

Trucking Type

Industry Focus

200 200

Dedicated, expedited, flatbed, frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL

Retail and manufacturing, refrigerated and hazmat services, automotive, construction, aerospace

115 310

73 285

Expedited, hazardous materials, LTL/TL

Regional LTL Carrier

1952

110 305

50 100

Bulk, dedicated

Hauling aggregates

864-422-9955 www.warehouseservices.com johnrohlman@warehouseservices.com

M. Jill Cox, Max Dieterle, Chris Apple 1986

75 75

75 350

Bulk, dedicated, intermodal, LTL/TL

Logistics, transportation, storage, IT services, value-added services

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. 631 Leonard Road Duncan, SC 29334

864-877-9817 www.odfl.com drayrate@odfl.com

1939

30 39

30 100

Hazardous materials

Intermodal

RPM Transportation LLC 10395 Greenville Highway Wellford, SC 29385

864-801-3334 www.rpmtransportationco.com jerry@rpmtransportationco.com

1999

27 27

Dedicated, hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL

Air freight and ocean freight

Associated Petroleum Carriers Inc. 1746 Union St. Spartanburg, SC 29302

864-573-9301 www.apccorporate.com jsmith@apccorporate.com

Jerry C. Smith 1942

10 80

10 15

Bulk, hazardous materials, intermodal

Petroleum products including gasoline, diesel, aviation products, lubricants and asphalt

LVJ Logistics 20 W. Pointe Blvd. Mauldin, SC 29662

864-371-0043 www.lvjlogistics.com www.virgil@lvjlogistics21.com

2017

2 2

Dedicated

Transportation and logistics

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