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Weekly highlights from the
North Carolina Department of Commerce
(Left-right) Davie County EDC Executive Director Terry Bralley and
Governor Bev Perdue at the Ingersoll Rand announcement
Ingersoll Rand to create
60 jobs in Mocksville
Governor Bev Perdue on June 4 announced that Ingersoll
Rand, a global diversified industrial company, will expand its
operations in Davie County. The company plans to create 60
jobs and invest nearly $22 million over the next three years in
Mocksville. The project was made possible in part by a
$50,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund. The N.C.
Department of Commerce's Jan Critz was the developer on
this project.
"Our highly skilled workforce is vital to attracting advanced
manufacturers like Ingersoll Rand," said Perdue. "Investing in
education and customized job training programs will maintain
our state's top notch business climate."
Ingersoll Rand is a world leader in creating and sustaining
safe, comfortable and efficient environments. Its brands
include Ingersoll Rand®, Club Car®, Schlage®, ThermoKing®
and Trane®. The project will allow the Mocksville facility to
become the primary supplier of certain precision -machined
components used by Ingersoll Rand's Industrial Technologies
Sector, which makes air compressors, fluid pumps, material
handling systems, tools and Club Car vehicles. Ingersoll Rand
currently employs more than 2,300 employees in Davie,
Moore, Guilford and Mecklenburg counties. Read more.
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( Left -right) N.C. Department of Commerce Deputy
Secretary and COO Dale Carroll, N.C. Commerce
Secretary Keith Crisco, Unigel President Gary
Robinson, Unigel General Manager Tim Howard,
British Honorary Consul for North Carolina Michael
Teden, and Catawba County Economic
Development Corporation Existing Industry
Coordinator Nathan Huret at the Unigel plant
dedication in Htkory
Unigel Inc. dedicates
manufacturing facility for the
Americas in Hickory
Unigel Inc., a leading manufacturer of
advanced materials used in the production of
fiber optic cable, dedicated its manufacturing
facility for the Americas in Hickory on May 25.
Unigel Inc. is a part of Shenzhen UNIGEL
Telecommunications Co., Ltd., a joint venture
between UNIGEL Ltd. (Hong Kong) and
Jialing Communications Equipment Company
Ltd. Unitape (USA), a sister company located
in Conover, supplies the cable manufacturing
industry with narrow width armor and water
blocking tape as well as other narrow width
metal and fabric tapes.
(Left-right) Gaston County Economic
Development Commission Director Donny Hicks,
N.C. Department of Commerce International
