March 2008

Salute to Manufacturing
Awards Luncheon:
May 5, 2008
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, SC

Welcome, Sen. Graham

Silver Crescent Award Nominees

Design Challenge Finalists

Become a Salute Sponsor

Salute to Small Business

2008 Salute Sponsors:

Alcoa Mt. Holly

AT&T
Automation Engineering Corporation
BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina
BMW Manufacturing Corporation
Bridgestone Firestone
Carolina First Bank
Central SC Alliance

Clare Morris Agency

CPM Federal Credit Union
Duke Energy
Elliott Davis, LLC 

Florence Darlington Technical College

Fuji Photo Film, Inc.

Fuss & O'Neill 

GE Energy 

McNair Law Firm P.A.

Milliken & Company
Piedmont Education & Business Alliance
Piedmont Technical College
Santee Cooper
SCBIZ
SC Dept of Education

SCEDA
SCMEP

SC Metal Products
SC Power Team
SCRA
Upper Savannah REC

The Silver Crescent Foundation is pleased to welcome Senator Lindsey Graham as the keynote speaker at the 2008 Salute to Manufacturing to be held May 5, 2008 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The Salute luncheon will include the presentation of the Silver Crescent Awards and Design Challenge scholarships, as well as the recognition of the Silver Crescent Foundation Board of Directors and the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Join us for this much anticipated annual event -- held for the first time in Columbia. Tickets and corporate table sponsorships are available online at
www.salutetomanufacturing.org or by e-mailing
shalsey@scfusa.org.

Congratulations to the 2008 Silver Crescent Award nominees:

Medium Manufacturers:  Baldor / Dodge / Reliance (Belton, Clio, Greenville and Fort Mill locations),  BorgWarner, CM C Steel,  Cox Industries, Inc.,  Eastman Chemical Company,  Holcim,  Lang-Mekra North America,  Lift Technologies, Inc.,  OMNOVA Solutions Inc.,  Parker-Hannifin Corp., Ra,  RECO USA,  Sandvik (Valenite),  S & W Manufacturing, Shaw Industries

Large Manufacturers:  Alcoa Mt. Holly,  BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC,  Eaton Sumter,  Force Protection,  Kimberly Clark,  Milliken & Company,  Timken US Corporation, Tyger River Plant

For more information, visit
www.salutetomanufacturing.org .

The Silver Crescent Foundation and the South Carolina Department of Education Office of Career and Technology Education, in partnership with the South Carolina Regional Career Specialists, are pleased to announce the finalists in the seventh annual South Carolina Design Challenge.

Last week in Aiken, state level judges selected the finalists in their respective categories from the twelve regions that participated in the competition. First, second and third placement in each category will be revealed when South Carolina Department of Education Superintendent Jim Rex presents the scholarships on May 5 at the Salute to Manufacturing awards luncheon at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. 

Silver Crescent Award sponsorships are still available. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to put your business in the spotlight and acknowledge the contributions made by South Carolina’s leaders in manufacturing. Hundreds of leaders in business, education and government will attend the 2008 Salute to Manufacturing and Silver Crescent Awards Luncheon. To learn more, contact Tony Smith at
tsmith@scfusa.org .

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the South Carolina Coalition for Small Business & Entrepreneurship and the U.S. Small Business Administration present the fifth annual Salute to Small Business Tuesday, April 1, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Workshops on government contracting, financing and workforce development, along with exhibits showcasing small businesses and business resources, will be followed by the annual South Carolina Small Business Awards. For more information, visit
www.scchamber.net . Registration is required at all events.