Charleston Chapter, 25 Members

Members Only Meetings: 1st Thursday, 8:30am-10:30am

Dinner Networking Meetings: 3rd Monday, 6-8pm

Weekly Leads/Needs Conference calls: Wednesdays at 8:30am

Commercial Banking
Meredith Mixson - Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Business Banking provides general commercial banking and lending services. Our focus is to partner with companies to provide risk, cash, credit and wealth management advice and solutions. In addition to general banking and lending services our capabilities include, but are not limited to: treasury management, merchant services, foreign exchange, employee benefits, employee 401-K plans, payroll services, wealth advisory, succession planning and more.

EQUIPMENT FINANCING – Customized to meet a company’s specific objectives by utilizing extensive industry experience and flexible solutions. Access to capital for improving, upgrading, or maintaining a business is critical for success. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, with more than $49 billion in assets under management, is a leading bank-affiliated equipment leasing and finance business in the U.S. We provide Loans / Leases of all types.
Equipment Examples - Trucking / Transportation, Construction, Machine Tools, Plastics, Healthcare / Medical, Agriculture, Golf & Turf, Aircraft, Marine, Printing, and Technology.
We put our customer’s capital to work!

Crane/Hoist Sales and Service
Cory Dunlap - Engineered Systems, Inc.

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Digital Signs for Interior Communications
Dan Lile - The Marlin Company

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Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Services
Keane Steele - Berenyi Incorporated

Berenyi Incorporated has been serving needs of industrial clients in the low country for over 25 years. We offer turn-key design services for expansions, upgrades, and retrofits as well as structural design for new equipment supports in existing facilities. Berenyi Incorporated also provides construction services in the form of construction management, turn-key design build, as well as sub-tier concrete, steel, and miscellaneous metals for industrial clients. Working primarily in the industrial sector we understand that schedule and budgets of projects are paramount and work tirelessly to provide a high level of service to meet the needs of our clients.

Equipment and Tool Rentals
Jarred Sumner - United Rentals

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Expedited Shipping
Jeffrey Smith - ASAP Expediting & Logistics

ASAP Expediting & Logistics, a time critical logistics provider. We work day and night, even on weekends and holidays, to help you with your urgent shipment and logistic needs. We know the importance of uptime and how downtime affects productivity and your bottom line. We pride ourselves in the trust we have earned with our customers throughout the years; trust that ASAP Expediting and Logistics will provide reliable, efficient service without sacrificing quality.

Fire Protection
Derek Goodpaster - Palmetto Automatic Sprinkler Company

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General Contractor – Construction and Real Estate Development
Dave Eckert - Samet Corporation

Samet Corporation provides general contracting and real estate development services across a wide range of customer industries in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee.

Samet Corporation, has 56 years of Design-Build general contracting experience and was ranked as the 27th Largest Contractor Firm in the Southeast in ENR Magazine.

We’ve constructed more than 10,000,000 square feet of industrial distribution and manufacturing space in the Carolinas.

Samet’s diverse experience with multiple owners, clients and governmental agencies enables us to translate each client’s vision and functional needs into a value-added, constructible project which addresses aesthetic and operational requirements along with technical (i.e. – LEED) and municipal regulations.

HVAC Sales
Bryan Heffner - Trane

Trane®, a brand of Ingersoll Rand®, is a world leader in air conditioning systems, services and solutions. Trane helps customers succeed by providing innovative solutions that optimize indoor environments through a broad portfolio of energy-efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building, contracting and energy services, parts support and advanced controls for homes and commercial buildings.

Trane serves engineers, contractors and building owners on all continents and in an array of markets including education, healthcare, government, industrial/manufacturing, data centers, lodging, retail and commercial real estate. With more than 900 U.S. patents to date, Trane creates comfortable and energy-efficient environments around the world.

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Connectors, Instrumentation
Jack Knight - AFP Industries

Industrial Contractor (Mechanical & Electrical)
Erin Hill - Renfrow Brothers Industrial Contractors

Renfrow Brothers Industrial Contractors is a full service mechanical and electrical contractor, as well as an unlimited, licensed GC that can provide turnkey services for renovations and new construction.

Mechanical services include piping fabrication and installation, CODE repairs and installs (“R” “S” “U” and “PP” stamps), equipment setting, heavy rigging, HVAC, boilers, and structural steel. Renfrow also provides both permanent and supplemental/shutdown maintenance crews. We have three fabrication facilities and two machine shops that can handle most fabrication and machining needs, including vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, skid systems, piping and structural steel.

Electrical services include industrial installation, modifications/upgrades, power and control wiring, lighting and design, and high-voltage work. Renfrow also owns a full panel shop.

Industrial Painting and Special Coatings
Mike Pilley - Phillips Industrial Services

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Industrial Project Engineering
Harvey Mason - Perigon International, Inc.

Perigon serves the process chemical and manufacturing industries with engineering and design in support of capital projects. Our services are typically chemical/ process lead starting with client flow sheets to develop P&ID's, equipment arrangements, mechanical specifications, piping, electrical, instrumentation /controls, and structural engineering required for construction. We do not do commercial or government work.

Industrial Waste
Ryan Freshour - Apollos Waste South

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Janitorial/Housekeeping
Justin Kohl - Southeastern Janitorial

Southeastern Janitorial is a privately owned building service contractor headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and presently operating in four states (NC, SC, LA, MS) throughout the Southeast. Our 400+ employees clean over 10,000,000 square feet of commercial office buildings, hospitals and healthcare facilities, industrial facilities, warehouses, and parking garages on a daily basis. In addition to basic janitorial services, we also offer day porter services, production staffing services, retail sales of cleaning chemicals, equipment, and consumable (toilet paper, hand towels, trash can liners, luxury hand soap, etc.) products.

It is the vision of Southeastern Janitorial to be the best-positioned, most-trusted choice for facility maintenance in the Southeast. We recognize that to attain our goal, the services offered must be competitively priced and we must outperform our competition. Southeastern is a forward-thinking company founded on three core principles – efficiency, integrity, and ingenuity. We utilize emerging technology to facilitate better communication and faster response times, advanced equipment for faster, healthier results, environmentally-conscious supplies that are safe for you and our planet, and we invest heavily in our leadership team through training and continuing education.

Packaging Products Group
Jill McCurry - Concept Packaging

Concept Packaging Group started out in the corrugated packaging sector, but has expanded into returnables, packaging design and testing, and many value added services – container maintenance and repair, metal fabrication, managing reverse logistics, kitting/re-pack operations, and the movement of packaged goods.

Power and HVAC Rentals
Stuart Waugh - United Rentals

Whether they need power, temperature, or dehumidification control, our clients rely on the United Rentals Power & HVAC division to proactively assess and prepare customized rental solutions, no matter the size and scope of their project or facility.

More than just an equipment provider, our Power & HVAC specialty division provides turnkey, engineered solutions for all of our clients' utility equipment needs, be it planned outages, or emergency situations.

With a full line of rental generators, air conditioners, chillers, heaters, and more, located at more than 60 branch locations nationwide, our experts have access to one of the largest equipment rental fleets in the world.

PVF Industry
Kyle Pipkin - Eastern Industrial Supply, Inc.

Premier Distributor of Pipe, Valves, and Fittings.

Roofing
Freddy Yozzo - Tecta America Carolinas Roofing

We provide all roofing services for large commercial and industrial buildings.

Steam/Fluid Handling Process Equipment
Carson Young - Mechanical Equipment Company (MECO)

Mechanical Equipment Company (MECO) provides customers engineered solutions for their fluid and steam handling processes by representing world class manufacturers of:
Pumps, heat exchangers, tanks, electrical control panels, VFDs, cooling towers, steam & condensate equipment, fire protection packages, water/wastewater equipment and rotary joints.

When beneficial, we design and fabricate complete skid-mounted systems at our South Carolina facility. We also provide repair services, including pumps, heat exchangers and rotary unions.

Supplies / Safety / PPE
Scott Ware - Ram Tool

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Trench and Confined Space Safety
Scott Rand - United Rentals Trench Division

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Waste & Recycling Hauler
Anna Kummer - Carolina Waste & Recycling

Carolina Waste & Recycling services the Industrial, Commercial, Construction, Manufacturing, and Residential markets for waste & recycling. This includes special waste removal, and LEED Certified Building. Roll-off, compactors, and front-end trucks available to service the largest accounts in the tri-county area. We have a large variety of sizes and offer service 6 days a week.

Water and Waste Treatment: Analysis, Equipment and Chemicals
Charlie Northcutt - H.M. Northcutt Corp

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