May 13, 2025

B2B Stories

Mega Metal selects Fairfield County for first South Carolina operation

Mega Metal, a copper wire manufacturer, announced it has selected Fairfield County to establish the company’s first South Carolina operation. The $34 million investment will create 135 new jobs. Headquartered in Turkey, Mega Metal manufactures copper wire to serve critical industries including automotive, medical, aerospace, defense, and more. The company has over 700 employees and distributes products to more than 30 countries. Located at 364 Blue Granite Parkway in Ridgeway, Mega Metal’s 91,000-square-foot facility will manufacture superfine electrolytic oxygen-free (EOF) copper wire. Once fully operational, the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is expected

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Site selection experts highlight the Peach State and Augusta

Georgia is ranked well on another “Best Of” survey, and Augusta is in the top 25 in the results. Global Location Strategies (GLS) has published the 2025 edition of its Best Places for Primary Metal Manufacturing Insights Report, and four Georgia cities make the top 25. The Greenville, S.C.-based company is a site selection firm that identifies the top metro areas in the U.S. for primary metal manufacturing. Primary metals are base metals such as aluminum, copper, steel, and the companies that manufacture them. “So, if you had a steel

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The Art of the Deal and Beyond: Tips on Negotiation

Whether it is attempting to help end hostilities in Ukraine and Gaza or to improve the United States’ trade position in the world, President Donald Trump and his administration are currently involved in a multitude of high-stakes negotiations. No matter how one feels about President Trump and how he does things, we must all admit that he does know something about negotiating. Almost four decades ago, in 1987, well before he entered politics, he wrote (it was actually ghost-written by journalist Tony Schwartz) a memoir, Trump: The Art of the

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