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Puroast Coffee Co. Inc., a coffee roasting company, is relocating its headquarters from Woodland, California to High Point. The company has leased a 36,000-square-foot building at 905 W. Market Center Drive, where it plans to invest more than $1.5 million and create 44 jobs over the next two years with plans for growth beyond that. No economic incentives were involved. Some employees have already moved to the Triad and new jobs will include roasting technicians as well as production, packaging and logistics jobs. The sales staff will gradually relocate as well.
“High Point came out on top after an extensive search to locate our new operations — the workforce, location, manufacturing infrastructure, quality of life and the warm invitation from the economic development team all contributed to our decision,” said Puroast CEO Kerry Sachs. “We’re thrilled to bring Puroast’s special technology and production here during this period of rapid growth for our company, and look forward to being part of the High Point community in this central North Carolina location.”
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The old Lakeside Mill in Burlington is coming back to life in Burlington. The building, which dates to 1893, was chosen by NOA Living, a Raleigh-based furniture and design company has for its new showroom and production facility. The company focuses on repurposing old materials and turning them into hand-crafted furniture, carpets, and accessories. Now, they plan to take a vacant building and repurpose it. “There are many of these historic old mill buildings and slowly but surely, they’re either disappearing or being renovated,” said Eva Sutton, the creative director and partner for NOA Living. “We want to be part of the positive side of that story.” NOA Living will hire 24 people to fill full-time jobs to start; in the next five years, they’ll have a total of 56 employees. The average salary will be about $51,350. “We’re going to train them. We want to work locally, with Elon University and other local schools, for job development and training and working on the job and learning on the job,” she sad.
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Matthews Specialty Vehicles is celebrating the opening of their new facility at 211 American Ave and the creation of 50 new jobs. The company designs and manufactures vehicles for a variety of uses such as mobile healthcare, blood collection and education, as well as for mobile dental services and mammography screening. The company is currently making vehicles that are used for COVID-19 testing and vaccine administration. Matthews Specialty Vehicles has been in business since 1992; clients include medical providers, law enforcement agencies, local governments and military organizations in and outside of the US. The new jobs will be for electricians, carpenters and designers. Brad Matthews, Owner of Matthews Specialty Vehicles, said, “We are so excited to continue to grow in Greensboro and make the greatest specialty vehicles in the world”.
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Hayward Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HAYW) a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems, will relocate its corporate office functions to North Carolina from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. Hayward will move its senior leadership team, corporate human resources, US sales leadership, corporate finance and other strategic functions to Charlotte. Hayward currently employs approximately 90 corporate employees in New Jersey.

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Hem Mills, maker of knitted fabrics, woven fabrics and elastics out of hemp and natural fibers will be moving to Burlington. The company plans to invest $20 million in an 80,000-square-foot facility in the Burlington area. She has not yet finalized a site, but has narrowed her search to two undisclosed locations. The new site will allow Hem to expand its weaving operation by adding spinning capabilities in addition to more than 20 weaving looms, not including equipment it will move from its current facility. Hem Mills expects to open the new plant in the fall and employment of the two-year-old company to grow from six to 32 by the end of the year.

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