Charlotte’s Got the Power!
May 08, 2012
Those AA batteries in your TV remote, alarm clock, smoke detector, and kid’s LeapFrog game most likely came from just outside Charlotte, North Carolina. In fact, every Duracell AA alkaline battery that’s sold in North America is made nearby in Lancaster, South Carolina — more than 1
Norfolk Southern breaks ground for intermodal facility at Charlotte airport
May 02, 2012
Norfolk Southern Corp. broke ground Wednesday for its long-proposed Charlotte Regional Intermodal Facility at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Energy-firm recruitment takes on narrowing focus
April 20, 2012
After three years of major industry expansions at companies such as Siemens Energy Inc.
Charlotte Douglas now sixth-busiest world airport
April 04, 2012
A report released Tuesday by the Airports Council International showed Charlotte Douglas International Airport was the world’s sixth busiest airport in terms of takeoffs and landings last year.
Apple plans nation’s biggest private fuel cell energy project at N.C. data center
April 03, 2012
North Carolina will be home to the nation’s largest private fuel cell energy project, a nonpolluting, silent power plant that will generate electricity from hydrogen.
Apple (yes, that Apple) filed its plans with the N.C. Utilities Commission last week to build the 4.8-megawatt project in
Norfolk Southern on board with Charlotte airport
March 28, 2012
Norfolk Southern Corp. and the city of Charlotte became business partners Wednesday, signing a lease that paves the way to add a freight center at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
The freight hub, known in the
The U.S. Cities With the Fastest Growing Job Markets
March 19, 2012
Austin and San Jose led the United States in job growth last year, according to an analysis of the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by Aaron Renn, who blogs as The Urbanophile. Houston, Charlotte, and Nashville round out the top five.
Baldor Electric eyes wind power with Cleveland County shift
March 15, 2012
Baldor Electric Co.’s plans for a new Shelby plant — and its Cleveland County operations in
Rolled Alloys picks Chester County for new metals facility
March 15, 2012
Rolled Alloys Inc., a metals supplier, will bring 24 jobs to a speculative industrial building in Richburg, spending $3.7 million to equip the facility.
The company expects to start hiring as soon as May for the center, which will supply metals to the aerospace, chemical processing, medical and
CoaLogix to add jobs, boost capacity by midsummer
March 08, 2012
CoaLogix Inc. is preparing to launch an expansion that will double its local plant capacity and add as many as 60 employees by July.
