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36255
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The life sciences sector provides job growth for areas such as research, development, and manufacturing. It also fuels funding ventures such as business loans from the Biotech Center. Collectively, this data measures the economic and occupational impact this sector makes on North Carolina.
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24796
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Catawba County has long relied on manufacturing industries for its economy. Today, the county has turned to technology for its primary economic development, including the increase in data center properties. The county is home to an Apple data center and one of the world’s largest fiber-optic cable manufacturers, CommScope Inc.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016, p78, 80, 82-88, il, por, map Periodical Website
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36243
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Proving the persistent presence of the manufacturing industry in the state’s economic development are eight experts. Questions related to manufacturing covered these topics: its current state, how it has changed, how it recruits and develops workers, what can help sustain it, how can federal initiatives help it, and how it will change over the next two decades. Their responses collectively indicate the important role community colleges play in its development, changes in business ethics, and need for ongoing technological advancements.
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27581
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One of the earliest marked examples of southern salt-glazed stoneware is a jug produced by B. Duval & Company in Richmond, Virginia. Owned by apothecary Benjamin Duval, the company manufactured pottery to complement Duval’s medicine business. The jug is now on display at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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38216
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The promise of better food through science was recognized in two initiatives promising to generate growth in jobs, markets for farmers, and manufacturing. One was the Plant Sciences Initiative, the other the Food Processing Innovation Center. Collectively, they promised to produce greater crop numbers, pioneer crop varieties, and lower farm animals’ feed expense. Collectively, they may also help to assure the supply of food needed to feed the world’s population, projected to be 9.6 billion by 2050.
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36287
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Industries driving forward economic development and job growth for Eastern North Carolina were manufacturing, agriculture, biotechnology, and the military. Contributing to skill building for employees in such industries were higher education institutions such as Carteret Community College. Spotlighted about this college was its marine-trades program, cited as the only comprehensive one in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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30617
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North Carolina invests in Transportation and Workforce development to support manufacturers. Improvements to the states rail and air shipping infrastructure supports the logistical needs of manufacturers, while programs like NCSU's Industry Expiation Service offer training and consulting to companies aiming to grow.
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32321
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The Weyerhaeuser Company’s plywood, paperboard and fine paper manufacturing facility is located across the Washington County line from Plymouth. In this article, Chapman Hutchinson, Weyerhaeuser’s area manager for North Carolina, discusses the manufacturing operation and industrial development in North Carolina.
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33071
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The late 1970s were a troubled time for The Bahnson Company in Winston-Salem, which since 1915 has been designing, manufacturing, marketing and installing in-plant environmental control systems for industries. Bahnson partnered with the Swedish company, Flakt, Inc., and became Flakt, Inc./Bahnson Division in 1981. The division’s president, J. Thomas Brown, discusses the company’s evolution and operations in air-conditioning and environmental control.
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29416
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Training in Japanese-style management techniques is paying off for the American Avenue Plant of AMP Inc. in Greensboro, North Carolina. For the second year in a row, the plant, which makes electric and electronic switching devices, has won AMP's Excellence in Quality Improvement Award.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Jan 1992, p8, il, por
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5006
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In 2000, North Carolina lost 27,800 manufacturing jobs. This was the largest such loss in the nation. Many jobs went to cheaper labor markets in Mexico and overseas. Hajian discusses how towns like Erwin and Reidsville deal with the loss of a major employer.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Mar 2001, p1, 10-11, il
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29363
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Despite the 1990s being a decade of economic shakedowns, some of North Carolina's core industries--textiles, furniture, and other heavy manufacturing--are adjusting to the new economic reality. Taking advantage of global partnerships and technological advances are keeping these industries running successfully.
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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 11, November 1991, p20-22, por
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36284
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Community colleges, traditionally considered a second rate form of higher education, is increasingly making a first grade contribution to the state’s economy and work force. North Carolina’s fifty-eight community colleges are proving themselves an asset for fields such as biotechnology, welding, law enforcement, aviation, and manufacturing.
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24321
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The number of high-tech manufacturers in North Carolina has steadily risen since 1977. Over this time, manufacturing has become the backbone for the state's economy.
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32964
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Consolidated Diesel Company was formed in October 1980 to manufacture two families of advanced technology diesel engines. Located north of Rocky Mount, the company manufactures cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, and connecting rods. These components are assembled into engines which are then tested, painted and upfitted with accessories.
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