Gaston County EDC

NCEDA Professional Development Seminar

April 14th, 2015

Headquarters Call Program

• How we started

• Basics of the program

• Cost of activities

• Results

Targeted Industry Study

Rank Description

1 NAICS 3261: Miscellaneous Plastics Products

2 NAICS 3323: Fabricated Structural Metal Products

3 NAICS 3331 & 3339: General Industrial Machinery

4 NAICS 3371 & 3379: Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures

5 NAICS 3334: Ventilation, Heating, A/C & Commercial Ref. Equipment Mfg.

6 NAICS 3391: Medical Equipment & Supplies Mfg.

7 NAICS 3362 & 3363: Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Mfg.; Motor Vehicle Parts

8 NAICS 3262: Rubber Product Mfg.

9 NAICS 3118 & 3119: Bakeries & Tortilla Mfg.; Other Food Mfg.

10 NAICS 3372: Office Furniture (incl. Fixtures) Mfg.

11 NAICS 3322: Cutlery & Hand Tool Mfg.

12 NAICS 3254: Pharmaceutical & Medicine Mfg.

Description

Non-profit & sport-related organizations associated with water sports in cooperation with US Whitewater Park in Mecklenburg County.

Headquarters, regional headquarters, back-office & distribution/warehouse operations associated with target sectors.

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Ancillary Targets

Targeting for Visits

• Maintain/establish relationship with HQ• Solve issues if discussed

• Determine what facilities, expansions, and new product lines may come and if they are a fit for our community

• Create redundancy in existing industry relationships

• Insurance policy

Parker Hannifin

• Expanded its manufacturing and office operations at the hydraulic gear pump facility• 47,000 sf addition to manufacturing and 16,000 sf of office space• 45 production and 45 technical engineering jobs

Daimler Trucks N.A.

• New 311,000 square foot facility• $18,000,000 initial investment

DSM Dyneema

• Technical center adjacent to DSM Desotech plant• $4,400,000 initial investment

Wilbert Plastic Services

• Global headquarters relocated to Gaston County• 41 initial jobs announced

Affinia Group/Wix Filters

• Global headquarters relocated to Gaston County• 40 initial jobs

FMC Lithium

• Opened the Center for Lithium Energy and Advanced Research at the Bessemer City plant

• Research is to focus on stabilized lithium metal powder which is to be used to lengthen the life of the next generation of batteries

• FMC Lithium employs world class researchers at the Center

• $50 million to be invested in equipment and 25 new chemical engineers to be hired

Curtiss Wright

• Curtiss Wright Sensors and Controls technical and design center

Stabilus

• Stabilus manufacturing and North American HQ