Pepsi bottler to add 10 jobs at Chesterfield County plant
May 02, 2012
A Cheraw Pepsi bottler is spending $20.8 million to expand production and add 10 jobs at its Chesterfield County operation.
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.
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.
Aramark consolidates units, will base new division in Charlotte
March 30, 2012
Aramark Corp. has invested roughly $150 million in a new division in Charlotte that will expand the company’s health-care technology capabilities.
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.
Novant to hire 150 in Fort Mill for electronic-health-records initiative
February 21, 2012
Novant Health Inc. will hire 150 employees in Fort Mill by
Can American manufacturing really be cornerstone of economic revival?
February 10, 2012
In his State of the Union address, President Obama focused on manufacturing as an engine driving US economic recovery. Among the successes he highlighted was the partnership between Siemens and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.
Families Partner to Add Jobs for Iredell Drinks Line
January 20, 2012
A Statesville partnership is spending $7 million and initially hiring 28 workers to produce a line of healthy yogurt-and-fruit shakes.
Helpful Hand in Research
January 20, 2012
Published 1/20/12 in the Charlotte Business Journal / Laura Williams-Tracy, Contributing Writer
The laboratories at the Charlotte Research Institute quickly dispel any lingering notions that manufacturing is marked by the three Ds — dirty, dark and dangerous.
Inside brightly lit and in some
