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Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. recently announced plans to invest $1.6 billion to build a U.S. assembly plant. The new investment is reflective of a new alliance between the competitors that focus on small car production and the development of connected-car and safety technology and electric vehicles. While a site has not been…
Global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is expanding its vaccine-manufacturing plant in Sanford, N.C., creating 40 new jobs there as the company prepares to produce new gene therapies built upon a technology first developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Lee County expansion’s focus on gene therapy involves a potentially transformational technology for…
North Carolina officials remain hopeful that the state could lure Chinese smartphone assembler Foxxcon. The Apple supplier could be the first company to benefit from a proposed North Carolina incentive program for massive job creation. The News Observer reported yesterday that North Carolina Commerce Secretary Tony Copeland said that Foxxcon is still considering the state in…
EGGER Wood Products, one of Europe’s leading wood-based materials suppliers for the furniture, wood construction and flooring industries, has selected Davidson County in North Carolina as the site of its first U.S. manufacturing plant. The Austrian company plans to create 770 jobs and invest $700 million over the next 15 years at the county-owned I-85…
Recently, Leslie Boney at North Carolina State University’s Institute for Emerging Issues sat down with Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina’s (EDPNC) new board chair, Frank Emory Jr. Emory is a partner at Hunton and Williams LLP, specializing in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. The EDPNC compiled a few highlights from the interview. On Emory’s…
Automotive manufacturing is a thriving and fast-growing part of North Carolina’s diverse manufacturing industry, which employs more than 460,000 people and constitutes the largest manufacturing workforce of any state in the Southeast. Thomas Built Buses, a Daimler subsidiary based in High Point, N.C., has grown its workforce by more than 50 percent over the past…
When digital manufacturer Proto Labs decided to add 3D printing to its services, the Minnesota-based company searched for a strategic opportunity to expand – and found more than it imagined in North Carolina. A leader in the “Industry 4.0” manufacturing revolution, Proto Labs acquired Cary, N.C.-based FineLine Prototyping in 2014, and quickly saw 3D printing…
Members of the construction industry gathered at the North Carolina Capitol this week. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas held their 10th annual Hard Hat Day in Raleigh, NC. The group was welcomed by House Speaker Tim Moore, Commerce Secretary Tony Copeland and members of the North Carolina General Assembly. The annual…
Finding the right site for production operations is a challenging process for any company. After a long search for the right site, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. chose North Carolina for its new $100 million brewery now serving as its East Coast headquarters. The nation’s largest craft beer maker considered more than 200 sites in 2011…
Representatives from several construction-related companies converged on Raleigh, NC on March 29 for the annual North Carolina Legislative Day. According to organizers, over 100 people attended the annual event. The program featured presentations from three key legislators on billions of dollars in capital improvement funding and other issues. Carolinas AGC members and staff, along with…
