Manufacturing

Manufacturing Conference In Raleigh Looks To The Future

Leoneda Inge — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:12:39 +0000

North Carolina has a long history in manufacturing. Thousands of jobs have been lost to competition elsewhere. But a conference today at the Raleigh Convention Center sets out to show the future is again bright for manufacturing. Anita Brown-Graham is the Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues. She says this week’s conference is called “Manufacturing Works.”

TE Connectivity To Layoff More than 600

Jeff Tiberii — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:00:00 +0000

A manufacturing plant in High Point will close by the end of next year and more than 600 people could lose their jobs.

Lenovo To Build Computers In NC

Leoneda Inge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:20:00 +0000

Most of the computers sold in the United States are made somewhere else in the world. That includes computers made by Lenovo. But yesterday, the computer giant announced it will soon open its first U.S. based manufacturing plant. And that plant will be in North Carolina.

Lenovo has been moving like lightening during the past 18 months. The company has gone from 400 retail stores to four-thousand. And it’s paid off quarter after quarter. David Schmook is President of Lenovo for North America.

Triad-Based Sealy To Be Acquired By Rival

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Triad-based mattress giant Sealy is being acquired by rival Tempur-Pedic. The Lexington, Kentucky-based leader in foam mattresses will pay about $228 million in cash, and assume or pay back all of Sealy's outstanding debt. The merger would create the world's largest bedding company. Tempur-Pedic CEO Mark Sarvary says no major changes are expected in how either company is run.