Press Releases

North Carolina's August Employment Figures Released

IGH —The state’s seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from July’s revised rate.  The national rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent.

CS Carolina Expansion Brings 42 Jobs to Alamance County

Textile producer will invest $9.8 million at Burlington facility

Peak Demand to Bring 37 Jobs to Wilson County

Global Supplier of Electrical Transmissions Selects N.C. for New HQ

Yokohama Tire Corporation Selects North Carolina for Technical Development Center, Creating 56 Jobs

Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that Yokohama Tire Corporation will establish a Technical Development Center in North Carolina.

Construction Industry Innovator Will Bring 205 Jobs to Alamance County

Prescient Will Invest Nearly $19 Million in East Coast Operations Center

Governor McCrory Announces More Than $5.1 Million in Infrastructure Funding

Loans and grants support 197 new jobs statewide

Custom Package Company to Locate in Richmond County

Direct Pack, Inc. to create 94 jobs at new East Coast facility

North Carolina's Thriving Economy Featured Internationally in Newsweek Magazine

 The success story of North Carolina’s economy is in front of a world-wide audience, featured in a multi-page profile headlined North Carolina: Transformation Through Innovation in a recent issue of Newsweek magazine.

U-Play Corporation Selects Wayne County for First U.S. Manufacturing Facility, Creating 88 Jobs

Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina announced today that U-Play Corporation will establish a manufacturing plant in Wayne County, where it will create 88 new jobs during the next four years.

Governor McCrory Announces Major Container Shipping Hub to Locate in Edgecombe County

Carolina Connector expected to create 1,500 jobs throughout North Carolina