RPM Wood Finishes Group will invest $25 million in a new Greensboro facility. The new facility will create 53 new jobs that pay an average of $70,000. The company makes finishing products for things like wooden furniture, wooden floors, fabrics, and more.
RPM’s new facility on Thorndike Road will occupy 60,000 square feet of office and lab space. It will be used for product research and development.
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Kieffer Starlite, a national sign builder is expanding its primary facility and consolidating its operations in Mount Airy. Kieffer Starlite performs graphics, welding fabrication, painting and electrical assembly production in the building, where it will be joined by thermoforming operations. The company employs 145, 35 in Mount Airy. The consolidation and expansion is expected to be completed by the end of August and to create at least 15 jobs.
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PolarOnyx, a California-based advanced laser 3D manufacturing company, recently relocated to Chatham County from Silicon Valley. PolarOnyx will take over the 142,000 sq ft former Performance Bicycle building off U.S. Highway 15-501 to accommodate production and workspace for employees.
Founded in 2002, PolarOnyx designs, develops, and manufactures products for the medical industry, defense and aerospace markets.
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A manufacturer of diaper and feminine hygiene products will bring $96 million in capital investment and 403 new jobs to Rockingham County in the coming months, according to economic development officials and the CEO of the Belgium-based Ontex Group, Charles Bouaziz.
Don’t be surprised if in the months ahead you notice a little something different as you cross from one county into another along U.S. 421 through the Triad and southeast toward Sanford and Fayetteville.