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Furniture maker looking to add 100 employees at Triad facility

Ashley Furniture Industries is seeking more than 100 full-time associates at its Advance manufacturing, distribution and fulfillment facility in Davie County. The company is looking to fill the positions as soon as possible in order to meet the increased demand in sales of home furnishings. Read More…

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Innovation Quarter launches healthtech lab initiative

Innovation Quarter aerial

Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter has announced the establishment of iQ Healthtech Labs, a physical and virtual hub for developing partnerships and breakthrough ideas within and through the iconic innovation district. The goal of iQ Healthtech Labs is to reduce the time frame of taking healthtech solutions from idea to the marketplace by creating collaborations between Innovation… Read more »

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Publication ranks Triad MSA as sixth best for corporate facility investments

Kontoor Brands Headquarters North Carolina

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…

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Audentes Therapeutics Unveils $110M, 209-Job Gene Therapy Facility in Sanford

[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 »

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Industrial manufacturer marks official opening of High Point operations

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 »

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Greek company to create new jobs in east Greensboro

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…

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Forsyth County Job Growth on the Rise

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 »

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