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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Ryan-AL Brings Production Back To Lenoir, North Carolina From China

04/14/2017
Ryan-AL, Inc., a specialty manufacturer of fiberglass doors, will invest $1.7 million to relocate manufacturing from China to Lenoir, North Carolina. The company plans to create 53 jobs in Caldwell County.

“North Carolina competes for business with locations around the world,” Governor Roy Cooper said. “Ryan-AL’s choice to move operations from China to North Carolina demonstrates the many advantages our state offers manufacturers of every size.”

Ryan-AL Door Systems, with headquarters in Diamond Bar, California, makes and distributes a wide variety of fiberglass doors and aluminum framed windows. The company currently manufacturers its products in Zhejiang, China but has recently been seeking a competitive business location in the United States.

“We are extremely excited at the possibilities to bring our fiberglass door factory back to the United States,” said Rick Trainor, President & CEO of Ryan-AL Door Systems. “This was always part of our master plan from the company’s inception. “Although originating our factory in China served a very useful purpose, by allowing us to establish a foothold and our brand in the market, we are to the point where we need American ingenuity and know-how to move ourselves in various other directions within the fiberglass door market.

“Landing in Lenoir, North Carolina will be a natural fit with the area’s available skilled labor force. Transitioning from the furniture building sector to constructing fiberglass doors should prove to be a very easy switch and we are anticipating almost immediate results in the door making process,” he added.

A performance-based grant of $150,000 from the One North Carolina Fund will help facilitate Ryan-AL’s location into Caldwell County. The One NC Fund provides financial assistance to support local government efforts to attract economic investment and create jobs. Companies receive no money upfront and must meet job creation and capital investment targets to qualify for payment. All One NC grants require a matching grant from local governments and any award is contingent upon that condition being met.

“Manufacturers count on the availability of a dependable workforce,” said Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland. “The reputation of North Carolina workers combined with the state’s workforce training programs gives manufacturers confidence they will succeed here.” N.C. Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. were instrumental in supporting the company’s investment decision.

In addition to North Carolina Commerce and the Economic Partnership of North Carolina, other key partners in the project include the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Community College System, Caldwell County, and the Caldwell County Economic Development Commission.

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