Prepac Manufacturing Investing $27.1M, Adding 201 Jobs

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 »

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Wake Forest Baptist launches drone medical delivery service

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…

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Triad fabric maker surpasses plastic-to-fabric recycling milestone

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 »

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