Career showcase features Manufacturing Day proclamation.

• Date: 25 October 2019

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster joined manufacturers, educators and 9th graders earlier this month to celebrate manufacturing's impact on the state during the 2019 Upstate College and Career Showcase in Spartanburg.

"When you think of manufacturing you think of the skill, precision and expertise it takes," McMaster said. "I want to say to these young people here today, 'You're exactly in the right place.' The main reason manufacturers say they are coming to South Carolina is because of the people and they're talking about you.

"They say the people of South Carolina will work smart and when they give you their word, they keep it," he said.

Gov. McMaster proclaimed Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 as S.C. Manufacturing Week and Thursday, Oct. 4, as National Manufacturing Day in South Carolina. He presented the Manufacturing Week proclamation to Sara Hazzard, president and CEO of the S.C. Manufacturers Alliance.

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