Inmates to Entrepreneurs, a Raleigh-based nonprofit, that offers an eight-week course that teaches ex-convicts how to start their own business launched in Greensboro at The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship in early September. People coming out… Read more »
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National General Insurance expands in Winston-Salem
National General Insurance, a property and casualty insurance company, will expand its operations in Winston-Salem to create 626 new jobs and invest $12.2 million by the end of 2022. The company, formerly the GMAC Insurance… Read more »
Publix to create 1,000 jobs in Greensboro
Florida-based Publix Super Markets will build a $400 million distribution center in Greensboro and create more than 1,000 jobs with an average salary of $44,000. The 1.8 million sq ft distribution center will be the… Read more »
FedEx Express hiring 400 new employees
The FedEx Express will hire 400 new employees, doubling the size of its workforce at the company’s Mid-Atlantic Air Hub at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. FedEx Express opened its 1 million-square-foot, $228 million facility… Read more »
Guilford Apprenticeship Partners holds signing day event
The Guilford Apprenticeship Partners (GAP) extended apprenticeships to 40 high school students and recent graduates during a signing day ceremony at Guilford Technical Community College in August. Entering its third year, the 2018 GAP apprentice… Read more »
Samet to build two 100,000+ spec buildings
Samet Corp. plans to build two spec buildings on Campground Road, near I-85 and I-73 in South Greensboro. Samet also owns an adjacent tract of about 10 acres that could be developed at a later… Read more »
Cook Medical acquires 850,000 sq ft in Whitaker Park
Cook Medical will move its Winston-Salem operations to the former Reynolds cigarette manufacturing plant, Whitaker Park. Cook Medical, a medical-device manufacturer with 650 employees will move into about half of the facility 1.7 million sq… Read more »
China-based Markor International Furniture Co. invests in the Triad
Markor International Furniture Co., will invest $20 million to build a 147,200 sq ft showroom in High Point for its subsidiaries A.R.T. Furniture and Caracole. A.R.T. Furniture recently opened a 100,000 sq ft distribution center… Read more »
Two companies expand in Randolph County
Ernie Green Industries, a Seagrove company that produces plastic injection molding products and medical devices, will add 12 new jobs and invest $240,000 in a new clean room for medical devices production. Ferree Trailers, which… Read more »
Amada will build in High Point
Amada North America Inc. will build an $82 million manufacturing plant in High Point. The project is expected to create up to 201 jobs. The company manufactures of a full line of precision, sheet metal… Read more »