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North Carolina A&T will partner with Purdue and Georgia Tech to research urban air mobility methods. Read More…

The Greensboro-High Point metropolitan area has been ranked the sixth best in the country for corporate facility investments in similar-size markets by Site Selection magazine. The ranking comes in the category with a population between 200,000 and 1 million. The Greensboro-High Point metropolitan statistical area is comprised of Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties. Read More…

[Note: The company’s name was officially changed March 31, 2021 to Astellas Gene Therapies.] Audentes Therapeutics, a San Francisco gene therapy company, is joining other leaders in the highly specialized field by sticking a manufacturing sword in North Carolina soil. Audentes, which was purchased in January by Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., will establish a $109.4… Read more »

…A strong outlook, however, was not enough (for Texas) to outpace North Carolina, which has the best business climate in the U.S. and tops our ranking for the third year in a row… North Carolina ranks in the top third in all six categories. It gets highest marks for its regulatory environment (including a Aaa… Read more »

Good news, job-seekers – the Triad’s looking to hire! Companies like The Fresh Market, Centric Brands, and Amada America made recent headlines, expanding operations and adding more jobs in our area. The jobs are coming – and a new survey shows the trend will likely continue. An article in Forbes points to a quarterly study… Read more »

Amada corporate leaders, elected High Point officials and economic development professionals and were on hand Friday for the official ribbon cutting and ceremony start-up of the company’s manufacturing operations. Amada is the latest foreign investment win for High Point. In November, Netherlands-based coatings company AkzoNobel announced a 500,000-square-foot, $55 million expansion of its manufacturing facility. In October, High… Read more »

Growth and expansion are happening for east Greensboro.   A company based out of Greece called Systems Sunlight, a battery-making company, announced its plans to call east Greensboro its home. They plan to invest nearly $7 million and create 46 jobs ranging from manufacturing to assembly. Read More…

Job growth in Winston-Salem Forsyth County is on the rise. Reports from The Bureau of Labor Statistics show the metro area added more than 10,000 jobs over the last two years. That’s better than similar metro areas in the U.S., including Charlotte and Atlanta. “I feel it’s our entire economy chipping in and at the… Read more »

Residential and commercial coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel on Friday marked the official groundbreaking of a 500,000-square-foot, $55 million expansion of its 37-acre, nine-building campus in High Point. Marking its 100th year in 2019, the High Point location manufacturers wood coatings primarily for the furniture industry. Learn More…

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines announced a new program Wednesday that will allow local high school graduates who can’t afford the cost of Forsyth Technical Community College to attend for free. Read More…