Record #:

24357

Author(s):

Snow, Michael

Abstract:

Commerce officials in North Carolina encourage local businesses to sell overseas, but relatively few have explored the options of selling products abroad. The experience of Arcon Manufacturing Incorporated, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of grain silos, illustrates the challenges of conducting business overseas.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 11, November 1990, p16-22, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Commerce; Manufacturers; Charlotte--Industry; Charlotte--Economic conditions

Record #:

24364

Author(s):

Donsky, Martin

Abstract:

Rocky Mount, once a slumbering tobacco and railroad town, has grown as a result of out-of-state manufacturing companies building plants in the area. The Hardees enterprise also helped the local economy after establishing its headquarters in Rocky Mount.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 9 Issue 4, April 1989, p24-31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Manufacturers; Rocky Mount--Economic conditions; Rocky Mount--Description and travel; Rocky Mount--Industry; Hardee's Inc.; Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.

Record #:

229

Author(s):

Bailey, David

Abstract:

The manufacturing industry in the Triad (High Point, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem) has suffered a steady decline since 1980.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 12 Issue 4, Apr 1992, p28-36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Manufacturers; Piedmont Triad Metropolitan Area