Press Releases

: A new program aimed at improving worker health in the automotive, aviation and manufacturing sectors in Western North Carolina launched today, Governor Roy Cooper announced.

TEAM Industries Andrews, Inc., an engineering-driven design and manufacturing company, will add 20 jobs and invest $3 million at its facility in Andrews, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.  With the help of this grant, the company will renovate the facility it has occupied for the past 13 yea

Innovative sushi rice producer RiceWrap Foods to scale up operations with $9.9 million investment in Butner

The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 16 grant requests totaling $3,948,755, N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 683 jobs, 461 of which were previously announced.

Quality Enclosures, Inc., a manufacturer of shower enclosures and tempered glass will create 65 full-time jobs over four years at a new facility in Stanly County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.  The company will invest nearly $3.3 million to upfit a vacant building in Albemarle and open a

State outdoor recreation directors from across the country will gather in Asheville this July to continue building a multi-state vision for connecting Americans with the outdoors, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Commerce Anthony M. Copeland announced today.

InterMarket Technology will bring corporate headquarters, manufacturing facility to Washington, NC

, N.C. — A new statewide partnership will bring accredited professional development to the North Carolina workforce system’s employer-facing staff to help them better serve businesses’ workforce needs.

North Carolina Department of Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland appointed Daniel (Danny) Giddens to serve as the Commerce Department’s Assistant Secretary of the Division of Workforce Solutions (DWS). Since December, Giddens has served as Acting Assistant Secretary of the division.