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The nonresidential construction sector added 11,800 net new jobs in December, representing nearly 10 percent of the nation’s jobs created during the month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The nation’s overall construction sector added 30,000 net new jobs in December, a…
Chinese tire manufacturing company Triangle Tyre (Triangle) has selected Edgecombe County, North Carolina as the location for its first manufacturing facility in the United States, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. Triangle will create 800 jobs and invest nearly $580 million in Kingsboro, NC. The project is estimated to contribute more than $2.4 billion to North…
Gramercy Property Trust and CRG‘s build-to-suit for Bausch + Lomb in Greenville, South Carolina is now complete. Bausch + Lomb, a Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. company, took occupancy last month. CRG, Clayco, Inc.’s private real estate investment group, developed the 432,000-square-foot Class-A pharmaceutical warehouse that includes 38 foot clear height temperature controlled warehouse, ESFR sprinkler…
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) will create 428 jobs over three years in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper announced today, as the company locates a warehouse facility in Edgecombe County and plans an expansion of manufacturing operations in Durham. Corning, a world-leading innovator in materials science, will invest a total of $275 million between the two sites,…
Linamar Forgings Carolina (LFC), an automotive manufacturer, will create 31 jobs with an expansion of its existing manufacturing facility in Wilson County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $6.8 million with this project. “North Carolina continues to grow our leadership in manufacturing with this expansion,” Governor Cooper said. “Linamar Forgings…
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), one of the world’s largest tool and storage companies, is opening a new manufacturing facility in York County. The new operations are projected to bring $31 million in capital investment and lead to the creation of 500 new jobs. “You may know Stanley Black & Decker has always been…
The South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA), a statewide organization whose primary objective is to increase the effectiveness of individuals involved in the practice of economic development in South Carolina by encouraging cooperation, exchange of information, and promotion of professional skills, announced 56 new members. The new SCEDA members are: Sergio Aparicio City of Columbia…
Congress has continued to make dramatic progress in approving an historic tax reform, with the Senate now joining the House in having approved separate versions of tax reform legislation. The effort to enact a reform of U.S. tax law providing a more competitive tax system for business taxpayers and improved economic opportunities for individuals and…
WillScot Corporation (NASDAQ:WSC) (“Williams Scotsman”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement whereby Williams Scotsman International, Inc. will acquire the entity that owns Acton Mobile (ActonMobile.com) from Prophet Equity for a cash purchase price of $235 million, subject to customary adjustments. Brad Soultz, president and chief executive officer of Williams Scotsman, commented,…
Economic growth in the United States will continue in 2018, say the nation’s purchasing and supply management executives in the December 2017 Semiannual Economic Forecast. Expectations are for a continuation of the economic recovery that began in mid-2009, as indicated in the monthly ISM® Report On Business®. The manufacturing sector is optimistic about growth in…
