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Through6, an apparel design and manufacturing company based in California, will open a facility in Lee County that will eventually employ 160 people, according to the Sanford Area Growth Alliance. The company plans to open the operation in phases, with a total investment of $2 million, according to a news release. Read More…

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…

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 »

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 »