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State Grant Helps Knit-Rite Inc. Expand Facility in Ellerbe

JDIG and One North Carolina Fund Grants Help Company Add 259 Jobs

One North Carolina Fund Grant Helps Richmond Specialty Yarns Expand in Ellerbe

Greensboro Event to Focus on Textile Markets for Military & Performance-Related Uses

RALEIGH Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that North Carolina remains the state with the “Top Business Climate,” according to Site Selection magazine.  It is the fifth year in a row and the eighth time in nine years that the state has taken the top honor in the annual ranking by Site Selection, one of the nation’s premier magazines for economic development. 

State Grant Helps Palziv North America Open New Facility in Louisburg

State Grant Helps Fiserv Open New Facility in Hickory

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Premier Inc., the largest healthcare alliance in the nation, will move its headquarters from California and expand in Charlotte, adding 300 jobs over the next five years and investing $17.7 million. The project was made possible in part by a state Job Development Investment Grant. “North Carolina prides itself on being a state that promotes innovation,” Perdue said. “Premier’s pioneering approach to healthcare shows that we have created a business climate in which innovative companies can prosper and grow.”

State Grant Helps Shalag Industries Open New Facility in Oxford