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Rick Cook : Network Operations AdministratorCATAWBA COUNTY NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR WINS STATE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION

Hickory Daily Record Article

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Effective date Company City Number Closing/Layoff

2008-09 Mfg. Closings & Layoffs (North Carolina Employment Security Commission)

Effective date Company City Number Closing/Layoff

All 2008 Mfg. 5 Companies Various 416 (2008)

August ‘09 Ingold Co. , Inc. Hickory 40 Closing

January ‘09 GoldToe Moretz Newton 56 Layoff

May ‘09 Classic Moving & Storage

Conover 33 Layoff

September ’09 Jason Finishing (Jackson Lea)

Conover 43 Closing

January ’09 STM (Shurtape) Industries

Hickory 96 Layoff

July ’09 CommScope Catawba, Claremont

210 Layoff

December ’09 Corning Cable Hickory 208 Closing

January ’09 Getrag Maiden 141 Layoff

TOTAL (mfg.) 5 in 2008;8 in 2009

416 (2008)827 (2009)

2 Layoff/3 CL ’085 Layoff/3 CL ‘09

2008-09 Mfg. Closings & Layoffs (Catawba County-NC Employment Security Commission)

2009 Report: Jobs & Investment

• US Fasteners, $1mm, 28 jobs• FedEx Ground, Hickory, $3.9mm (complete)• FedEx Freight, Hickory, $4.5mm (under construction)• BSN Medical expansion, Conover, 25 jobs, 50k sf• Ethan Allen, Maiden, 302 jobs, $2.8mm• Target hires 450-500 associates, Newton• von Drehle Corp., Maiden, $3mm expansion• Heil Screw Products, Conover, 10 people• Poppelmann Plastics, Claremont, $8mm• Apple Inc., Maiden, $1Bn, 500,000sf• Fiserv, Inc., Hickory, $4.9mm, 419 jobs• Legacy Furniture Products, Conover, 120,000sf, $1.4mm?

Announced NC (ytd) $2,470,000,000Announced Catawba County (ytd) $1,033,400,000 (41.8% of NC)

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