Trane to Expand South Carolina Operations
Richland County, SC will be home to a new expansion project for an existing manufacturer. Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, is expanding its existing operations. The business is projected to invest $96 million and create 700 new jobs to increase its overall flexibility…
Pfizer Expanding NC Plant in Push to Develop New Gene Therapies
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…
A Look at the Possible Economic Impact of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
What does a massive North Carolina industrial complex that can churn out $1 billion worth of steel a year have in common with a processor of sweet potato-based food filler located 90 miles away? Both manufacturing operations ‒ Nucor Corp.’s steel plant in Hertford County and the Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients facility in Nash County…
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…
New Biomass Facility Announced in Allendale, SC
Allendale County will be the new home for Thunderbolt Biomass, Inc., a manufacturer of wood pellets from sawmill residuals. The company will be investing $6 million, and creating 35 new jobs, as it building new processing operations in Allendale County. The company is planning to . “Thunderbolt Biomass is very pleased to announce its plans for…
Two Manufacturing Plant Expansions Announced in McDowell County, NC
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…
Wood Truss Manufacturing Plant to Locate in North Carolina
Wood truss maker Carolina Structural Systems will open a manufacturing plant in Montgomery County that will employ 71 workers, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced today. The maker of wooden building trusses will invest $1.3 million at a location in Star over the next three years. “These good-paying jobs will put more money in the…
Clearwater Paper Announces Second Tissue Machine and Converting Facility in Shelby, North Carolina
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 to Design and Build $2 Billion Diabetes API Manufacturing Facility for Novo Nordisk in North Carolina
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…
