Press Releases

State Grant Helps CertainTeed Expand in Oxford

Gov. Bev Perdue today joined leaders from LORD Corporation in Cary to announce 117 new jobs and a $20 million investment as part of an expansion project in North Carolina. LORD Corporation is a diversified technology company that develops breakthrough adhesive, coating and motion management technologies. Corporate functions to be included at the site are sales, technical service, marketing, R&D, purchasing and product development.

Gov. Bev Perdue today joined executives from Time Warner Cable, Inc., the second largest cable operator in the U.S., in Charlotte to announce that the company will expand its operations and build a national data center on its Charlotte campus. The company plans to create 225 jobs over the next three years with a $101 million capital investment in Charlotte. The project was made possible in part by a state grant from the Job Development Investment Grant program.

State Grant Helps Company Expand in Etowah

Grants to 17 New and Emerging Businesses Help Energy Efficiency and Job Growth

Company plans a precision machining facility in Buncombe County

State Grant Helps Company Expand in Salisbury

State Grant Helps Niagara Bottling to Locate in Mooresville

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that Compass Group USA, Inc., a hospitality and support services company will move some corporate jobs from several regional headquarter operations to Charlotte. The company plans to create 200 jobs over the next four years with an $8.5 million capital investment in Charlotte. The project was made possible in part by a state grant from the Job Development Investment Grant program.

State Grant Helps Company Expand in Mebane