Press Releases

Life sciences company will invest $20.4 million
U.K.-based clinical services provider will invest $5.2 million
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.North Carolina’s August 2016 unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than a year ago.  The number of people employed decreased 12,616 over the month to 4,588,792 and increased 96,272 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 3,808 over the month to 221,746, and decreased 49,242 over the year.
Textile producer will invest $9.8 million at Burlington facility
Global Supplier of Electrical Transmissions Selects N.C. for New HQ
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. The company will invest nearly $2.7 million on the Center over a period of three years, creating up to 56 jobs in the process. The target site will be the City of Concord in Cabarrus County.
Prescient Will Invest Nearly $19 Million in East Coast Operations Center
Loans and grants support 197 new jobs statewide
Direct Pack, Inc. to create 94 jobs at new East Coast facility
 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. Articles include interviews with Governor Pat McCrory, Commerce Secretary John Skvarla, Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson and Economic Development Partnership of N.C. CEO Christopher Chung.