The global manufacturer plans to invest $700M and create 770 jobs in the Carolina Core over the next 10 years. Read More…

Canada-based Prepac Manufacturing Ltd., a North American manufacturer of Ready-to-Assemble furniture will invest $27.1 million to locate its new 260,000 square foot east coast furniture factory in Whitsett, North Carolina. The company plans to create 201 jobs in Guilford County. “When we started evaluating potential locations for our new east coast factory there were several good… Read more »

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center launched a drone delivery service recently with UPS for time- and temperature-sensitive medical supplies, as well as personal protective equipment. The initiative involves UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward and iQ Healthtech Labs, which is based in downtown Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. Read More…

The city of Greensboro will on Tuesday consider incentivizing two very different projects, one that would create 141 supply chain jobs and another that would help along a long anticipated grocery project in a food desert. Read More…

In 2017, Greensboro-based Unifi (NYSE: UFI) set a goal of transforming 20 billion plastic bottles into synthetic yarns. On Thursday, the fabric maker announced it has exceeded its goal through its REPREVE platform of recycled performance fibers, which has been adopted by more than 500 global brand and textile partners. This milestone is the equivalent… Read more »