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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Turkey-Based HPFABRICS, Inc Plans Winston-Salem North Carolina, Production Plant

06/21/2017
HPFABRICS, Inc., a manufacturer of raw fabrics, has selected Winston-Salem for a new production and product development facility, creating 260 jobs over three years in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

The company plans to invest $1.1 million over the next 2 years in a plant that formerly housed Microfibres, a company no longer operating in the city.

HPFABRICS is a subsidiary of Tukek Holdings, A.S., headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. The holding company maintains manufacturing outposts around the world. The Winston-Salem facility will play an important connecting role in the Tukek global production network while producing raw fabrics for a variety of commercial and consumer goods, including upholstery. The company expects to create additional jobs and investment at the facility over a five-year period.

“This investment will help Tukek to strengthen its global position in the flocking industry while bringing the lost jobs back and creating much more than what Microfibres had to offer at its best years,” said Rafet Tukek, the President of HPFABRICS and Tukek Holding, A.S. “This investment will also strengthen trade between Turkey and the United States of America and will be one of the first manufacturing-related direct investments made by a Turkish company into the United States economy.”

A performance-based grant of $250,000 from the One North Carolina Fund will help facilitate HPFABRICS’ location to Forsyth County. The One NC Fund provides financial assistance to local governments to help attract economic investment and to 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.

“It’s a pleasure to see an idle facility come to life again, opening new opportunities for North Carolina’s talented workers,” said North Carolina Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland. N.C. Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. were instrumental in supporting the company’s investment decision.

The new positions in Forsyth County will provide a payroll impact of more than $8.2 million annually to the local economy.

“North Carolina offers the skilled workforce companies need to succeed,” Governor Cooper said. “The specialized experience our workers bring to the table is known around the world, and that stellar reputation played an important role in the company’s decision to come to our state.”

“We welcome HPFABRICS’ decision to restart production at the former Microfibres plant in Winston-Salem,” said N.C. Senator Paul Lowe, Jr. “These new jobs and the additional capital investment will bring new opportunities to our region.”

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, Forsyth County, the City of Winston-Salem, and Winston-Salem Business, Inc.

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