Project Announcements

Companies continue to choose North Carolina as the business location where everything comes together - a place where both their employees and their business will Thrive.

Every month, we update this page of mini case studies tracking project announcements in our state. As you can see, a diverse group of companies from a wide variety of industries now call North Carolina home.

You can also review more recent announcements in the News & Events section of our website.




Ei Inc.
March 26, 2012
Industry sector:Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences New jobs:119 Financial investments:$13.2 millino Location:Kannapolis New or expanding:Expanding
Company description:Ei Inc., headquartered in Kannapolis, is a product development and manufacturing solutions provider of prescription, over-the-counter, animal health and therapeutic skin care products. The company is seeking to partner with KeraNetics in order to commercialize research and patents that were developed at the Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Aerocrine Inc.
March 16, 2012
Industry sector:Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences New jobs:45 Financial investments:$219,000 Location:Morrisville New or expanding:New
Company description:Aerocrine, a medical technology company focused on improving the treatment of airway diseases like asthma, will locate its North American headquarters in NC. Its Swedish founders were the first to identify nitric oxide as a marker of inflammation, the main cause of asthma. The company markets two products globally to assist in the diagnosis and control of airway diseases.
Ameridial Inc.
March 9, 2012
Industry sector:Business and Financial Services New jobs:195 Financial investments:$2.1 million Location:Spindale New or expanding:Expanding
Company description:Ameridial, founded in 1987, is a privately held company headquartered in North Canton, Ohio. The company employs more than 800 service and sales professionals a eight centers located in Ohio and North Carolina. Ameridial offers a variety of contact center solutions for both large and mid-size clients, with a focus on the health insurance industry.
XPO Logistics, Inc.
February 28, 2012
Industry sector:Transportation Logistics New jobs:200 Financial investments:$1.1 million Location:Charlotte New or expanding:New
Company description:XPO Logistics, Inc., a leading third-party transportation logistics provider, plans to establish its new North American Operations Center in North Carolina. It uses a network of relationships with ground, sea and air carriers to offer expedited services, freight forwarding and freight brokerage to customers nationwide. The new facility will incorporate accounting and finance, HR, IT, brokerage, carrier procurement and operations.
Carolina Precision Plastics LLC
February 22, 2012
Industry sector:Plastics, Rubber and Chemicals New jobs:140 Financial investments:$5.3 million Location:Mocksville New or expanding:Expanding
Company description:Carolina Precision Plastics, a global plastics manufacturer operating as CPP Global, is a privately held company with manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Connecticut and China. The company produces a variety of injection molded and blow molded products, primarily in the area of consumer packaging, for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors.
AT&T Inc.
February 22, 2012
Industry sector:Information and Communications Technology New jobs:100 Financial investments:$200 million Location:Kings Mountain New or expanding:New
Company description:AT&T, the world’s largest communications company, provides an array of networking capabilities and is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. After establishing a DSL Technical Support Center and investing more than $1.8 billion across N.C. from 2008 through 2011, the company plans to also add a new enterprise data center.