Nephron CEO Lou Kennedy making a difference at home

Your Daily Report of business news from the Midlands Click here to view this message in a browser window. Share with a friend: TODAY'S HEADLINES  |  May 27, 2021 Nephron CEO Lou Kennedy making a difference at home Kennedy, a Lexington County native, has overseen Nephron's move to West Columbia in 2017 and guided the pharmaceutical company through a period of rapid growth and ramped-up production during the pandemic. She's especially proud to help create jobs in her hometown after learning some difficult life lessons along her path to success. SCBIO, schools to launch industry curriculum plan South Carolina's life science sector creates twice as many jobs as the average of all other sectors in the state economy, according to a recent study, but whether it can fill those positions is another matter. Construction begins on Orangeburg packaging plant A construction project that will bring a 100,000-square-foot flexible packaging facility to Orangeburg is underway, led by Frampton Construction Co. Brookwood Capital Partners is developer for the Indevco Plastics industrial project. S.C. unemployment benefits paid since March 2020 top $6.2B For the week ending May 22, $49.6 million in state and federal benefits were paid as 2,061 initial claims were filed. That represented a drop of 484 claims from the previous week, with Greenville County recording a state-high 222. Submit Columbia Under Construction projects  The June 21 edition of the Columbia Regional Business Report will feature Columbia Under Construction, a feature highlighting architecture, engineering and construction in the Midlands. The deadline is June 9. Submit new project information at this link. The Daily Report is published by the Columbia Regional Business Report, a publication of SC Biz News.  Got a news tip or story idea? Let us know about it. Get all the business news delivered to your inbox: From the Lowcountry, the Midlands, the Upstate and across South Carolina.   And check out Soda City Biz Wire for the latest unfiltered content and the daily Morning Report. Subscribe to our print editions. Connect with us: SC Biz News 1612 Marion St., Suite 301, Columbia, SC 29201   Unsubscribe/manage the emails you receive from us