SCRA, the University of South Carolina (USC) and the City of Columbia held a grand opening ceremony for the SCRA USC Innovation Center, Columbia, at 1000 Catawba Street. The fully renovated facility houses knowledge-based companies emerging from research at the University of South Carolina and the general marketplace which are entering commercialization and advanced manufacturing stages. The facility is situated and designed to stimulate and sustain clean, next-generation manufacturing, along with related development and support services.