Press Releases

SB 943 Boosts Film Production Tax Credit to 25 Percent, Protects Jobs for North Carolinians

One North Carolina Fund Grant Helps Create 10 Jobs for Expanded Product Line

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Biotage LLC, a Swedish company that develops and manufactures instruments and consumables for pharmaceutical research, will relocate its United States headquarters to Charlotte.  The company plans to invest in facility upgrades and create 21 new jobs in Mecklenburg County. “North Carolina is known globally as a strategic location for tapping into the North American market,” Perdue said.  “Our top-rated business climate and highly skilled workforce continue to attract global companies looking to invest and expand.”

North Carolina’s State Energy Office has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to receive $8.8 million in federal funds to help homeowners purchase energy-efficient appliances such as furnaces, room air conditioners, refrigerators and dishwashers. The program for distribution of the money for ENERGY STAR-rated appliances is being developed by the Energy Office, along with the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery and Investment.

State Grant Helps Global Financial Giant Open Subsidiary

State Spending by Domestic Visitors Jumps 2.1%, to $16.9 Billion

Signs H.B. 1481, Awards $950,000 in Green Business Fund Grants to Grow NC’s Green Economy

State Grant Helps Henderson County Company Expand

State Grant Helps Yale Industrial Products Expand in Wadesboro

State Grant Helps Alpla Inc. Locate in Raeford