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The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners Crown Event Center Committee gave its approval Monday to allow the project to move into the Construction Document development phase with an anticipated groundbreaking for the new Crown Event Center planned for September 2024. The approval followed the presentation of updated pricing for the project from the Construction Manager at…
Kyowa Kirin, Inc., an affiliate of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Kyowa Kirin) (TSE: 4151), a global specialty pharmaceutical company based in Japan, announced that its board of directors has approved plans to invest up to $530 million to build a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Sanford, North Carolina. The 171,700-square-foot, two-reactor facility will accelerate the company’s development and production…
McGuckin & Pyle, Inc., a manufacturer of custom lamination and processing equipment, is locating a new plant in New Bern, North Carolina, creating 33 new jobs and investing $2.25 million. The company will bring mechanical and electrical control system assembly and machinery services to New Bern. “Much of our state is hurting after Hurricane Florence….
USGBC North Carolina and USGBC South Carolina announce this year’s Rob Eggers Memorial Scholarship winners. USGBC North Carolina and USGBC South Carolina would like to congratulate their 2017 Rob Eggers Memorial Scholarship recipients, who will receive funding to attend Greenbuild Boston. The scholarship is funded through proceeds of the communities’ Green Gala and Sustainable Business…
Two manufacturing companies announced expansions in McDowell County, North Carolina. A global health care company and a wood products supplier are expanding their manufacturing operations in McDowell County and plan to create 118 new jobs. Baxter International, which manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of renal and hospital products, therapies and technologies, is investing $7.4…
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) today announced plans to build a new tissue machine and related converting equipment for producing premium and ultra-premium grades of private label tissue products at a site adjacent to the company’s existing facility in Shelby, North Carolina, “Clearwater Paper’s customers are requiring more premium and ultra-premium products, which we are addressing with…
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and construction management contract by Novo Nordisk for its new $2 billion diabetes Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina. Fluor has been providing basic design services since Novo Nordisk announced plans for the new facility in August 2015 and now…
