Grocery retail group Ahold Delhaize USA plans to establish operations in Burlington, North Carolina. The $860 million project is expected to create more than 500 jobs in Guilford County.
Walmart, Inc. plans to establish operations in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The $300 million project is expected to create more than 300 jobs in Gaston County.
Cold storage management firm Cold-Link Logistics plans to establish warehousing operations in Lumberton, North Carolina. The $85.5 million project is expected to create 123 jobs in Robeson County.
Cedar Direct, a lumber distributor, plans to establish operations in Spindale, North Carolina. The $925,000 project is expected to create 20 jobs in Rutherford County.
Ross Stores, Inc., an American chain of discount department stores, plans to establish distribution operations in Randleman, North Carolina. The $450 million project is expected to create 852 jobs in Randolph County.
DMA Industries, a supplier of aftermarket automotive and heavy duty replacement parts, plans to expand and upgrade distribution and warehouse operations in Tabor City, North Carolina. The $1.47 million project is expected to create 21 jobs in Columbus County.
Chick-fil-A Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chick-fil-A, Inc., plans to establish a distribution center in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The $58.3 million project is expected to create 85 jobs in Rowan County.
Third-party logistics provider, Port City Logistics, will construct a high velocity transload facility in Wilmington, North Carolina. The $16 million project is expected to create 75 jobs in Hanover County.
Merchants Distributors, a wholesale grocery distributor, will expand its services and operations in Hickory, North Carolina. The $25 million project is expected to create 125 jobs in Caldwell County.
D’Artagnan Inc., a specialty food company distributor, will locate a warehouse and distribution facility in Oxford, North Carolina. The $4 million project is expected to create 23 jobs in Granville County.
Macy’s, Inc. will establish its first automated fulfillment center in China Grove, North Carolina. The $584 million project is expected to create 2,800 jobs in Rowan County.
Global paints and coatings manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Company will expand operations in Iredell County, North Carolina. The $324 million project is expected to create 183 jobs.
Medical equipment supplier Innosonian America will invest $345,000 to relocate its warehousing and sales facility to Youngsville, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 34 jobs in Franklin County.
The Kroger Co., America’s largest grocery retailer, will build a high-tech customer fulfillment center in Concord, North Carolina. The project is expected to create roughly 700 jobs in Cabarrus County over the next five years.
POLYWOOD, a manufacturer of outdoor furniture made from recycled plastics, will expand its operations in Roxboro, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 300 jobs over five years.
Red Bull and filling company Rauch will partner to invest more than $740 million to build beverage manufacturing, filling and distribution center in Concord, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 400 new jobs by 2027 Cabarrus County.
eGourmet Solutions Inc., an online temperature-controlled logistics and supply chain company, will invest $500,000 to expand and upgrade its current distribution center in Wallace, North Carolina. The company plans to add 40 new jobs in Duplin County
Doosan Bobcat North America, a global leader in the compact equipment industry, will invest $70 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Statesville, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 250 new, full-time jobs over the next five
AP Emissions Technologies, an automotive exhaust manufacturer, will invest $400,000 to expand its e-commerce operations in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 96 new jobs in Wayne County.
Amazon has reportedly signed leases for new Delivery Centers, designed to provide a hub from larger fulfillment Centers to delivery drivers in Raleigh and Garner, North Carolina. The projects are expected to create hundreds of new jobs.
Riverside Furniture Corporation, a furniture and home furnishings manufacturer, will create 50 new jobs with a $5.4 million investment for a warehouse and distribution center in Caswell County, North Carolina.
Hamilton Drywall Products, a manufacturer of drywall finishing products, will invest $5 million to locate a regional headquarters and production facility in Monroe, North Carolina. The company plans to create 34 jobs in Union County.
UPS will invest $316.4 million in a significant expansion with the addition of 592 jobs in Guilford and Alamance counties, North Carolina.
Merchants Distributors, a wholesale grocery distributor, will invest $120 million to expand its services and add approximately 200,000 square feet to its operations center, creating 111 jobs in Caldwell County, North Carolina.
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, the leading pet care company in the United States, part of Swiss-based Nestlé S.A., will invest $450 million to establish new manufacturing complex and distribution hub in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The project will become operational in 2022 and create up to 300 new jobs by 2024.
Dansons US, a global manufacturer of consumer goods, will invest $27.7 million to locate a distribution center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The company plans to hire 118 associates in Cumberland County.
To help speed up deliveries, Amazon will construct a delivery station in Cary, North Carolina
GRAIL, Inc., an innovative healthcare company pioneering a test that detects more than 50 cancers with a single blood draw, will invest $100 million to bring a new state-of-the-art laboratory facility, with office and warehouse space at Research Triangle Park in Durham, North Carolina. The company plans to create 398 new jobs over time.
Amazon plans to locate a 112,000 square feet delivery center, 20 miles south of Asheville in Mills River, North Carolina. The company plans to create 200 jobs.
Publix Super Markets started construction on an over 940,000 square feet refrigerated distribution center in Greensboro, North Carolina, with plans to create up to 1,000 jobs across the region by 2025.
Michael Aram, Inc., an internationally renowned luxury design company offering a wide range of craft-based jewelry, tabletop and home furnishings, will invest nearly $5.7 million to relocate its logistics center to a 234,972-square-foot facility in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The company plans to create 118 jobs in Wayne County.
Sunlight Batteries USA, an industrial battery manufacturer, member of the Greek multinational Group Olympia, will invest $6.5 million in machinery and infrastructure to establish their first North American assembly and distribution facilities in Greensboro, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 46 jobs in Guilford County.
Kitsbow, a specialty clothing manufacturer based in California, will create 53 new jobs in Old Fort, North Carolina. The company will invest $890,000 in operating a manufacturing and distribution facility in McDowell County.
Black’s Tire Service, Inc, a tire distributor and service company, will invest $2.7 million to expand their current distribution center in Whiteville, North Carolina.
Broad River Retail, an Ashley HomeStore licensee, will invest $2 to locate a distribution center in Four Oaks, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 161 jobs in Johnston County.
Loba-Wakol, LLC, a Germany-based supplier to the wood and resilient flooring industry, will invest $6.6 million to expand their operations in Wadesboro, North Carolina, establishing a new distribution and warehouse facility in Anson County.
Chewy, an online pet supply retailer, has selected Salisbury for its new fulfillment center, creating 1,200 new jobs and investing $55 million in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Shurtape Technologies, an industry-leading manufacturer and marketer of adhesive tape and consumer home and office products, will invest $31.4 million to expand operations in Catawba County, North Carolina. The company plans to create 100 new jobs over four years.
An international and domestic logistics services company, Sanritsu Logistics will invest $9 million to open a new warehouse and manufacturing plant in Reidsville, North Carolina.
East West Manufacturing, an Atlanta-based global design, manufacturing and distribution business, acquired Team Manufacturing, a provider of specialized electronics manufacturing, wire harness assembly and box-build services in Research Triangle, North Carolina.
Publix Super Markets, Inc. will build a refrigerated distribution center in Guilford County, N.C., by the end of 2022 as part of a multiphase project and has plans to create up to 1,000 jobs by 2025. The company is expected to invest up to $300 million in the first phase of the project.
Amazon’s selected the Garner Technology Center, site of a former ConAgra plant, as the location for a new 2.6-million-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution center in North Carolina.
N.C. Department of Transportation reached an agreement with CSX Corporation that will see the railroad giant build and operate a new intermodal transportation facility in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
A leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, DHL Supply Chain plans to bring 140 jobs to Cumberland County, N.C., in partnership with Campbell Soup Company, The companies plan to invest more than $40 million in this expansion p
Corning Incorporated, a world leading innovator in materials science, will invest a total of $275 million to expand its two manufacturing sites in The Tar Heel State, with funding of $86 million slated at its Edgecombe County production plant and app
Mako Medical Laboratories, a fast-growing developer and provider of diagnostic lab tests, will invest $15.395 million to build a new testing facility with warehousing space in Henderson, North Carolina. The company plans to create 153 jobs over five years in Vance County.
Smithfield Foods will invest $100 million to build a new distribution center and expand its blast cell cold storage capabilities at its processing facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina. The a $15 billion global food company, and world's largest pork processor and hog producer, expects to add approximately 250 new jobs to the region.
Piedmont Custom Meats will invest $4.15 million to expand into the former Yates Country Ham building in Asheboro, North Carolina. The company plans to add 40 jobs. The $4.15 million investment includes the building acquisition, renovations and equipment for the operation.
Morrisofa Global, an importer and distributor of upholstered furniture whose parent company, Morris Holdings, designs and manufactures upholstered sofas, opened its operations hub at SouthPoint Business Park in Mocksville, North Carolina.
Room & Board plans to develop a new 250,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center, northwest of Charlotte, in in Newton, North Carolina.
Total Quality Logistics will open a new $308,000 facility at 4135 Mendenhall Oaks Parkway in High Point, N.C. The company intends to add 70 jobs during the next five years, with an opening target date in March 2017.
The second largest maker of salty snacks in the U.S., Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. will invest $38 million over the coming three years at its Charlotte headquarters and production facility in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures, a privately-held manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola and other beverages, will create 50 jobs over the next five years at a new $16.5 million distribution center in Robeson County, North Carolina.
Avadim Technologies Inc., a life sciences company delivering Pathogenesis Based Therapies , will launch a nearly $20.4 million expansion at its operations in Buncombe County, North Carolina, creating 551 jobs over the next five years.
Cargo Transporters, Inc. Starts Operations At Fountain Industrial Park In Rocky Mount, North Carolina. According to company officials, the company will initially base 50 trucks and drivers at this facility and immediately grow to 100 drivers in the n
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
CSX will invest $160 million to open a new intermodal terminal in Edgecombe County, N.C. Known as the Carolina Connector, this critical infrastructure project will bring jobs and economic opportunity to eastern North Carolina and position the state as a leader in enhanced freight movement.
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
B&G Foods, Inc., a company that manufactures, sells and distributes a diversified portfolio of high-quality, branded shelf-stable and frozen foods, plans to relocate the manufacturing and warehouse operations of Mama Mary’s from a facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina, whose lease is expiring, to a facility B&G Foods owns in Yadkinville, North Carolina.
United States Cold Storage, Inc. will invest $21.6 million to expand its warehouse and distribution hub in Warsaw, North Carolina. The company expects to hire 50 associates in Duplin County over the next five years.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures began operating its newly constructed, 200,000 square-foot sales and distribution facility located on 32 acres off highway 49 in the Town of Harrisburg, North Carolina, in the Charlotte metro-area.
Castle Home Furnishings’s CH Living, an upholstery manufacturer, plans to open a 180,000 square foot production plant at 314 Chimney Rock Road in Greensboro, North Carolina.
CSX plans to build a major shipping hub in Johnston County, N.C. Over time, the project could bring 1,500 statewide jobs to North Carolina and provide an estimated $329 million in public benefits to the state.
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, a subsidiary of Germany-based BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, plans to create 460 new jobs in Craven County, North Carolina, during the next five years and invest nearly $80.7 million at the current site through the end of 2019.
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., plans to invest at least $8.7 million at its current manufacturing hub in Davie County, North Carolina. The company plans to create 454 new jobs during the next five years.
Lidl, part of the Schwarz group and one of the fastest growing retailers in Europe, will invest more than $125 million to open a new regional headquarters and distribution center in Alamance County, N.C. The project will create 80 new full-time jobs
Metal Works Mfg. Co. will be expanding in Shelby, N.C. The company plans to create 86 new jobs in Cleveland County within the next three years. Metal Works Mfg. Co’s annual investment in new jobs for the Cleveland County work force will be $3.9 milli
A 94-year old textile manufacturer, National Spinning Co. will invest $1.5 million to expand its facilities in the town of Beulaville, North Carolina, with plans to create 50 new jobs over the next three years.
Construction has started on the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina’s first Cold Storage Facility. Currently, exporters of perishable goods are forced to use other ports that have a cold storage facility onsite.
The convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo, Frito-Lay will invest in its production center in Southwest Charlotte, North Carolina, transforming the 38-year-old campus into a mega-facility. This new mega-facility is expected to create 30 to 35 new jobs and result in a facility expansion with upgraded technology.
Shalag US, Inc. will be expanding its production facility in Granville County, North Carolina. The expansion will create 40 new jobs over the next three years. The company plans to invest $16 million in Oxford.
Butterball officials reported the company purchased “a strategically located” processing facility in Raeford, North Carolina. The purchase of this facility will help the company continue to meet growing consumer demand for a variety of Butterball tur
Germany-Based Burkert Contromatic Corporation, doing business as Burkert Fluid Control Systems, is planning to expand in Huntersville, North Carolina, and create 61 new jobs. The company plans to invest more than $22 million over the next three years in Mecklenburg County.
Oak Valley Hardwoods, Inc. is planning to invest more than $10.1 million during the next five years to expand operations into Graham County and create 114 new jobs in Robbinsville, North Carolina.
Technimark, a provider of plastic injection molding services, will invest $25.9 million to expand its Asheboro, North Carolina, manufacturing plant, creating 163 jobs during the next three years.
Canada-based Linamar North Carolina, Inc., is expanding operations in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The company plans to create 150 new jobs and invest $115 million over the next several years in Arden, near Asheville.
Gordon Food Service will build a new distribution center in Kannapolis, North Carolina, with plans to invest approximately $58 million over the next five years. The company estimates it will create 275 jobs in the Cabarrus County region.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, also known as DuPont, will invest $30 million to expand its operations in Lenoir County, Noth Carolina, with plans to create 18 new jobs over the next three years in Kinston.
Dalfen America Corp. plans to upgrade its newly acquired 165,000 square feet of Airport Distribution Centers at 5101 and 5151 Nelson Drive in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Bio-pharma company Argos Therapeutics will invest $56.6 million to expand in Durham County, North Carolina.. The company plans to build a 97,500 square foot commercial FDA compliant bio-manufacturing facility and create 236 jobs by the end of 2018.
Harvest Garden Pro, a division of Harvest Power, Inc. is planning to locate its division headquarters in Iredell County, North Carolina, creating 33 jobs and investing approximately $120,000 over the next three years in Mooresville.
Canada-based Linamar Corporation will be acquiring and expanding the Carolina Forge Company facility in Wilson, North Carolina. The company will invest $40 million to expand the existing facility and create an additional 125 jobs by the end of 2019 in Wilson County.
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