EDPNC Releases Selectsite Readiness Program Report
The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) today released the North Carolina Selectsite Readiness Program Report, which details the EDPNC’s efforts to identify 15 sites across the state best positioned to serve major advanced manufacturing projects. The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) today released the North Carolina Selectsite Readiness Program Report, which…
Jacobs Selected to Support Delivery of $1.2B Expansion of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Large-Scale Biologics Manufacturing Site
Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies to support delivery of $1.2 billion expansion of an end-to-end, large-scale cell culture contract manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Jacobs was originally selected to support the construction for the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Holly Springs site, which broke ground in 2021. Jacobs will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the site’s…
Site Selectors Guild Announces Election of Board of Directors
The Site Selectors Guild, the only association of the world’s foremost professional site selection consultants, has elected a new board of directors to be led by Seth Martindale, senior managing director at CBRE, as board chair. Martindale takes the board chair position after nine years as an active member of the Site Selectors Guild and three…
NC Governor Cooper Announces 157 New Jobs as Innovative Construction Group Selects Chatham County
Innovative Construction Group, LLC, an off-site construction services company serving developers, general contractors, and professional builders, expects to establish a new manufacturing facility in Chatham County and the Town of Siler City. The company plans to make a capital investment of approximately $39.8 million which will create, they believe, as many as 157 jobs over…
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Expands Holly Springs Facility to Create One of the Largest End-to-End Cell Culture Facilities in the World
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies North Carolina, Inc. will expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wake County, adding 680 jobs and investing $1.2 billion in the Town of Holly Springs, Governor Cooper announced today. In 2021, the company announced that it would construct one of North America’s largest end-to-end biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Holly Springs, creating over…
Site Selection Consultants Redefine Risks that Impact Business Investment Decisions
The third edition of a primary research study, The State of Site Selection, identifies the top trends impacting facility location decisions globally. The report is a joint release of the Site Selectors Guild (the Guild), the only association of the world’s foremost professional site selection consultants, and Development Counsellors International (DCI), the leader in travel, economic development and talent attraction marketing. The first edition of this report was…
EDPNC Releases “Sustaining Success” Annual Report
The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) today released its 2023 Annual Report entitled “Sustaining Success,” highlighting North Carolina’s economic development successes in 2023. The report includes an in-depth analysis of the work of the EDPNC and its partners, including the North Carolina Department of Commerce and local economic development organizations. In 2023, the…
Site Selection Consultants Redefine Risks that Impact Business Investment Decisions
New ‘State of Site Selection’ study cites ongoing scarcities and geopolitical forces as factors that are impacting facility location decisions The third edition of a primary research study, The State of Site Selection, identifies the top trends impacting facility location decisions globally. The report is a joint release of the Site Selectors Guild (the Guild), the only association of the world’s foremost professional site selection consultants, and Development…
South Carolina Achieves Second-highest Industry Recruitment in 2023
$9.22 billion announced capital investment on the heels of a record-setting 2022 The South Carolina Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) today released its 2023 industry recruitment results which reflect sustained economic activity. From January to December 2023, the state announced total capital investment of $9.22 billion, the second largest amount in state history. That investment…
Sergio Domingues Returns to South Carolina’s Europe Office in the Capacity of Managing Director
South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Harry M. Lightsey III today announced that Sergio Domingues is the new Managing Director of the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s (S.C. Commerce) Europe office. Domingues was with S.C. Commerce from 2012-2018, as part of the Munich, Germany-based team which works to attract European foreign direct investment to South Carolina….
