A M King Wins Best Project Award from DBIA Southeast for North America’s Largest Avocado Ripening & Processing Facility
Carolinas-based A M King, a leading integrated Design-Build firm with offices in Charlotte, NC, Greenville, SC. and Chicago, IL, has been recognized with a 2022 Best Project Award from the Design-Build Institute of America’s Southeast Region. A M King was singled out for its exemplary project delivery of what is now North America’s largest avocado…
A M King Completes Third Major Project in North Carolina for Southeast-Based Cheney Brothers, Inc.
Integrated Design-Build firm A M King has completed its third major project for Cheney Brothers, Inc. (CBI), a leading Southeast-based broadline food distributor. The 72,142-square-foot dry warehouse expansion in Statesville, N.C. provides an additional 7,000 pallet positions, a larger loading dock and means for CBI to continue its northward growth path. The project brings the…
Eli Lilly Selects Concord, North Carolina for $1 Billion Investment
Eli Lilly and Company, a global health care leader, announced plans to build a new manufacturing site in Concord, North Carolina. The company will invest $1 billion toward the development of a new facility that will create nearly 600 jobs and utilize the latest technology to manufacture parenteral (injectable) products and devices. “Lilly’s choice brings more good…
Boom Supersonic to Build Overtune Super Factory in North Carolina
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest and most sustainable supersonic airliner, announced plans to build the Overture Superfactory that will serve as its primary manufacturing and production site in Greensboro, N.C. The new facility, which will be located at Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI), builds upon the state’s storied legacy of aerospace innovation, starting with…
A M King Completes Construction on Cold Storage Facility for GAB Operations, Mexico-Based Produce Company
Laredo, TX — Charlotte-based A M King, an integrated Design-Build firm with offices in Greenville, South Carolina and Chicago, Illinois, has completed construction of a south Texas distribution center for Mexico-based GAB Operations, LLC (GAB). The new 45,590-square-foot facility will provide increased cold storage capacity for fresh produce and serve as a hub for the…
Toyota to Build Battery Plant in North Carolina
Toyota Motor North America announced plans to build a $1.29 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery production facility at the 1,825-acre Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, a KPMG-certified, shovel-ready site featuring the ideal combination of strategic location, world-class workforce and unparalleled transportation infrastructure. North Carolina is home to the global headquarters of several top lithium companies including the world’s largest provider…
Belimed Life Science to Establish Operations in Charleston, SC
Belimed Life Science, Inc., a leading supplier of steam sterilizers and parts washers, today announced plans to establish operations in Charleston County. The more than $750,000 investment will create 22 new jobs. Founded in 2019 in Switzerland, Belimed Life Science, Inc. provides Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) sterilizers and washers for the pharmaceutical and biotech…
MasterBrand Cabinets to Expand In Lenoir, NC
MasterBrand Cabinets, one of the largest cabinet manufacturers in North America, will expand its operations in Lenoir County to create more than 450 jobs over five years. The company will invest more than $13.5 million to expand production capacity at its manufacturing center in Kinston. “It’s great news any time good manufacturing jobs come to…
BMW Adding Logistics Center In South Carolina
BMW Manufacturing today announced that the company is expanding operations in Spartanburg County with the construction of a new $100 million logistics center. “For nearly three decades, BMW has called South Carolina its second home. This expansion in our logistics operation represents our continued commitment to this state, and it will prepare Plant Spartanburg for the…
McCrory Selected as Design-Builder of Innovative New Processing Facility for Last Step Recycling in Chester, SC
Columbia, South Carolina — McCrory Construction has been awarded a design-build contract by Last Step Recycling, LLC (LSR) for a new 230,000-square-foot processing facility situated on a 54-acre site in Chester Technology Park in Chester, S.C. Founded in 2019, Last Step Recycling processes automotive shredder residue (ASR) to capture metals such as copper, aluminum, and…
