Raleigh, N.C. – Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) is expanding its operations in Lenoir County. The company plans to create 18 new jobs and invest $30 million over the next three years in Kinston. “DuPont is one of North Carolina’s best known employers,” said Governor McCrory. “By adding these high-paying, quality jobs to their production facility in Kinston, the company is making a much-needed difference to the economy in this part of the state.” DuPont employs more than 750 workers in North Carolina. The…
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Mr. Don Thone received a check for $1000 as a part of the Lenoir Committee of 100’s Relocation Incentive Program. Pictured Left to Right: Carolynn Craig, Century 21 agent in Kinston, Don Thone, Smithfield Packaging, Plant Manager and Dan Sale, Sale Auto Mall Benefits offered to Professionals moving into Lenoir County when they purchase a home valued at $150,000 or higher. Relocation bonus of $1,000 to help offset moving expenses. Join the Kinston Country Club and receive a $500 credit to cover food and club services (excluding monthly dues). Participating local banks offer qualified loan applicant’s a reduction of loan origination…
David Anderson Staff Writer Kinston Free Press Nearly two years after Spirit AeroSystems opened its doors in Kinston, the first glimmer of what state and local officials call an “aerospace cluster” can be seen in the form of CrateTech Inc. “I think what you’re seeing now is, hopefully, the beginning stages of what could be some pretty significant growth,” company President Ray Fricks said Tuesday. CrateTech Inc. was founded in the Seattle area in 1993 by Fricks and his wife Cherie. The company, which also has offices in Chicago and Wichita, Kan. — where Spirit is headquartered — specializes in…
David Anderson Staff Writer Kinston Free Press In the coming weeks, the construction workers who have been a fixture off Hull Road in Kinston for the last two years will depart, and be replaced by those hired to staff the state’s newly-opened veterans’ nursing home. It’s a project which has been five years in the making — county officials hosted a groundbreaking in 2007. “I’m excited,” said George Graham, chairman of the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners. “We’ve had a lot of people call and inquire about procedures to apply for a job up there. … There have been all…
David Anderson Staff Writer, Kinston Free Press In tough economic times, any news of new jobs is good news, even if it is news of only a handful. With both of their Sorona fiber production lines currently running at full capacity, DuPont officials are looking to fill seven positions at their Kinston facility in the coming weeks. “As of today, they’re both running full,” Terry Gooding, a Cary-based regional spokesman for the Wilmington, Del., corporation, said Monday. DuPont, which was established in Delaware nearly 210 years ago in 1802 to manufacture and ship gunpowder, has grown into a worldwide corporation…
Justin Hill Staff Writer / Kinston Free Press Smithfield Packing Company, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods and the world’s largest pork processor, is expanding — and it is doing it in Lenoir County. On Thursday, Lenoir County Economic Development Director Mark Pope announced the deal, along with the economics incentive package, at a special meeting of the county commissioners. The commissioners approved the agreement 5-0 — Tommy Pharo and Linda Rouse Sutton could not attend the meeting — to expand the $100 million facility, which opened in Kinston in November 2006. Smithfield Packing Company, founded in 1936, specializes in fresh…
Wesley Brown, Staff Writer Kinston Free Press July 20, 2011 Spirit AeroSystems will expand its workforce in Kinston by 150 to 200 employees over the next five years as company executives announced Tuesday plans to introduce a new product line at the N.C. Global TransPark. The independent supplier of commercial airplane manufacturers — one of the largest in the world — will establish production for the Gulfstream G250 wing at the state industrial site, according to Gov. Bev Perdue. Perdue said in a telephone interview with The Free Press Tuesday that officials decided against making the announcement part of a…
David Anderson Staff Writer – Kinston Free Press July 12, 2010 A New York State-based logistics firm is expected to bring up to 40 more jobs to the Global TransPark in the coming years. Officials of Schenker Logistics Inc., a logistics firm headquartered in Freeport, N.Y., signed a five-year renewable lease for half of an existing warehouse at the GTP, the Global TransPark Authority announced Monday. Schenker Logistics is a subsidiary of the international firm D.B. Schenker, which provides warehousing, transportation, manufacturing support and other services. “D.B. Schenker’s arrival at the GTP signals the continuing impact of Spirit’s opening, as…
Wesley Brown and Joel Gerber April 22 , 2010 A $5.3 million incentive package featuring perks from both local and state agencies lured a national cabinet manufacturer to choose its Kinston plant as the supporter of a new product line and recipient of more than 300 jobs. Officials from MasterBrand Cabinets joined a representative from the governor’s office Thursday to announce 334 new jobs with an annual average salary of $25,000 will be coming to Lenoir County over the next three years. Gov. Bev Perdue, originally scheduled to be on hand to make the announcement, was unable to attend because…