SCRA is Scaling up South Carolina 2021 was a year of rapid growth in many ways. As our cover states, South Carolina scaled up and roared back into full operation after some pauses and pivots caused by the pandemic in 2020. Our SCRA Member and SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Companies displayed resilience and have continued to be solid revenue generators. For example, ZVerse Inc. is now the nation’s largest producer of reusable face shields and was #67 in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies. In addition, Precision Genetics Inc. is one of the most active COVID-19 testing organizations in South Carolina. 6 | SCRA Annual Report 2021
Other SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Companies, like Boyd Cycling, have seen their sales doubled over the course of the past year, and they needed to scale up to a new facility in order to keep up with demand of their patented carbon and alloy bike rims. Viatec Inc. obtained new customers, such as Terex Utilities, requiring them to scale up manufacturing. Viatec’s SmartPTO system produces better fuel efficiency, and less noise and air pollution, in commercial utility vehicles. In response, SCRA has scaled up in order to continue providing the best service to our academic, industry, and
