North Carolina Remains Hopeful for Foxxcon Project
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…
Wood Products Manufacturer EGGER Selects North Carolina
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…
Ingredion Expands in Charleston
Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global ingredients solutions company, is expanding its existing operations in Charleston County. The company’s growth is expected to bring more than $10 million of capital investment and lead to the creation of five new positions. “With a pro-business environment, skilled workforce and excellent location, North Charleston is a great fit for…
AmbioPharm Expanding Operations in Aiken County
AmbioPharm, Inc. (API), a full-service peptide and biopharmaceutical manufacturing company, is expanding its existing Aiken County operations. The expansion is projected to bring $18 million of new capital investment and lead to the creation of 100 jobs over the next five years. “AmbioPharm continues to be grateful for the support that it receives from the…
Construction Software Firm Relocates Base from Denver Area to Durham
Prescient, which provides a fully integrated and patented software design, engineering and manufacturing solution for the construction industry, is moving the company’s headquarters from Arvada, Colorado, to Durham, North Carolina, after recently opening a second manufacturing facility in nearby Mebane. According to the company, the North Carolina manufacturing plant will serve clients east of the…
Knapheide Truck Equipment to Open Facility in Charleston
Knapheide Truck Equipment Company Charleston Inc., a subsidiary of The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Charleston County. The development is projected to bring $1.3 million of investment and create 63 new jobs. “The close proximity to the new Mercedes-Benz Vans manufacturing facility made Charleston County an ideal choice for Knapheide,…
North Carolina’s Automotive Sector Shifts to High Gear
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…
Ruiz Food to Expand in Florence, SC
Ruiz Food Products, Inc., a producer of frozen food and snack products, is expanding its existing Florence County operations. The $79 million investment is expected to create 705 new jobs over the next several years. “We are honored how the Florence community and the State of South Carolina have embraced our joining their business community,”…
Roseburg Forest Products to Locate in Chester County
Roseburg Forest Products, a privately-owned, integrated forest products company based in the Pacific Northwest, is locating a new engineered wood products plant in Chester County. The development is projected to lead to the creation of more than 145 new jobs. “This is an exciting strategic growth opportunity in a business that has done well for…
Spotlight on Will Williams: South Carolina’s Local Developer of the Year
Each spring, the South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association (SCEDA) recognizes a local developer who has made a significant difference in his or her community. This year’s winner of SCEDA’s Local Developer of the Year award is Will Williams, president and CEO of Economic Development Partnership (EDP) — a non-profit, public-private development corporation focused solely on serving…
