Manufacturing

When it comes to a career in Manufacturing, it doesn’t get much better than South Carolina. Almost 5,000 Manufacturing and Manufacturing-related businesses are in the state in fields ranging from plastics to technology, and pharmaceuticals to minerals. In fact, 97% of all South Carolina’s total merchandise exports are manufactured goods. 

Pathways to Success: Manufacturing Edition. Accessed October 1, 2015. ed.sc.gov

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Pathways to Success: Manufacturing Edition. Accessed October 1, 2015. ed.sc.gov

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