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Reliance Industries USA Inc. |
June 20, 2008 |
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Industry sector: Plastics, Rubber and Chemicals |
Company description: Reliance Industries USA Inc. will open its first North American manufacturing facility to manufacture a resin used in the production of plastic containers and specialty polyester yarns. |
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New jobs: 204 |
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Financial investment: $215 million |
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Location: Kinston |
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New or expanding: New |
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Merck & Co. Inc. |
June 19, 2008 |
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Industry sector: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences |
Company description: Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The Durham facility manufactures vaccines and this expansion will support the manufacture and distribution of several of the company’s key vaccines. |
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New jobs: 150 |
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Financial investment: $300 million |
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Location: Durham |
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New or expanding: Expanding |
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ArvinMeritor Inc. |
June 11, 2008 |
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Industry sector: Automotive |
Company description: ArvinMeritor Inc., is a premier supplier of motor-vehicle industry products, including drivetrain, braking, suspension and chassis systems, and wheel and ride-control products.Currently the company employs employees at four heavy-vehicle manufacturing facilities in Laurinburg, Fletcher, Forest City and Arden. |
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New jobs: 66 |
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Financial investment: $33.7 million |
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Location: Laurinburg and Fletcher |
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New or expanding: Expanding |
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Titan America LLC |
May 16, 2008 |
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Industry sector: Construction Materials |
Company description: Titan America is a premier heavy building materials company. The company’s operations include cement plants, ready-mix concrete plants, concrete block plants, quarries, import and rail terminals and fly-ash production facilities. |
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New jobs: 161 |
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Financial investment: $469 million |
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Location: Castle Hayne |
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New or expanding: New |
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Spirit Aerosystems Inc. |
May 14, 2008 |
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Industry sector: Aerospace and Aviation |
Company description: Spirit AeroSystems Inc. is the world’s largest independent supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and components. Sprit’s customers include Airbus, Boeing, Gulfstream, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft among others. |
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New jobs: 1,031 |
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Financial investment: $570.5 million |
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Location: Kinston |
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New or expanding: New |
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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy |
April 30, 2008 |
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Industry sector: Nuclear Energy |
Company description: GE Hitachi Energy (GEH) is a world leading provider of advanced reactors and nuclear services. Established in June 2007, GEH is an alliance created by GE and Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. to serve the global nuclear industry. The company's headquarters is located in Wilmington. |
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New jobs: 900 |
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Financial investment: $704 million |
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Location: Wilmington |
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New or expanding: Expanding |
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