Philips Products Inc. is ceasing operations, including those at a plant in Chester County.
The Indiana-based company makes windows and doors for recreational vehicles and manufactured housing.
Chester County Supervisor Carlisle Roddey estimates the plant has 130 to 150 employees, which is in the Chester County Industrial Park, according to the (Chester) News & Reporter.
The local plant [...]
June 9, 2009
Philips Products to cease operations
June 9, 2009
Military spending jumps in N.C.
Spending by the U.S. Department of Defense in North Carolina increased 22 percent in fiscal 2008, according to Gov. Bev Perdue’s office and the N.C. Military Business Center.
Total defense-related spending in the state topped $3.6 billion, an increase of $657 million from fiscal 2007.
During the same period, spending by all federal agencies in North Carolina [...]
June 9, 2009
Kannapolis honored for economic strategy
The U.S. Department of Commerce has honored the city of Kannapolis with the 2009 Excellence in Economic Development Award.
The city received the award in the category of Excellence in Economic Diversification Strategies, which recognizes responses to plant closures and other economic dislocations, that promote economic diversification.
The competition is open to nonprofits; local, state and regional [...]
June 9, 2009
Stimulus money puts hundreds more local teens to work
A program called Workforce Connections is having success helping low-income teens in the local area find work. It’s part of the Tennessee Youth at Work Program funded by the economic stimulus package.
A group of teenagers is getting a lesson on Farming 101 at Beardsely Farm.
“Before I came here, I didn’t know how to [...]
June 9, 2009
Local businesses announce more layoffs
Camel Manufacturing said Monday it plans to cut 68 jobs in the next month at its plant in Fentress County.
That’s according to a report by the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Camel says demand is down for its tents and awnings, prompting the layoffs.
Smurfit-Stone Container, makers of cardboard boxes [...]
June 9, 2009
GM extends planned idling of Spring Hill plant
A planned idling of the General Motors auto assembly plant in Spring Hill has been extended from five weeks to eight weeks.
The shutdown will extend through July 24, then resume for the week of Aug. 10.
GM spokesman Chris Lee said workers are scheduled to come back in July to complete the switchover from the 2009 [...]
June 9, 2009
Tractor Supply headed to Hendersonville
Tractor Supply Co. has started construction on a new 20,000-square-foot store in Hendersonville.
The location, at 115 Four Seasons Mall, will employ 12-17 people. The retailer currently has stores on Old Brevard Road in South Asheville and on Monticello Road in Weaverville, as well as 35 other locations in North Carolina.
Boyd Holder of Hendersonville is the [...]
June 9, 2009
Asheville-Buncombe Tech business incubator celebrates growth
A popular business program and the entrepreneurs who depend upon it remain optimistic about the future, despite the prospect of state budget cuts.
During an annual ceremony Wednesday, leaders of the Center for Business and Technology Incubation at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College offered praise for businesses that boosted revenue and added employees over the past year.
The [...]
June 9, 2009
Apple to open new data center in NC, invest $1B
Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Apple has selected North Carolina as the location for a new data center. The company is expected to invest more than $1 billion in the project over nine years.
“North Carolina continues to be a prime location for growing and expanding global technology companies,” said Perdue. “We welcome Apple [...]
