April - May 2026
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ABBVIE SELECTS NORTH CAROLINA FOR NEW $1.4 BILLION MANUFACTURING CAMPUS
Durham, NC – AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced a $1.4 billion investment to build a 185-acre pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Durham, North Carolina. The state-of-the-art campus will integrate advanced manufacturing and laboratory technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) to support the production of AbbVie’s immunology, neuroscience and…
SMBC GROUP ANNOUNCES 2,000 NEW JOBS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
The announcement strengthens the already robust pipeline between North Carolina and Japan, the state’s largest partner for foreign direct investment
Charlotte, NC – SMBC Group, one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, is creating 2,000 jobs over the course of six years and investing $50.5 million to establish…
CHOBANI EXPANSION OF LA COLOMBE IN NORTON SHORES, MICHIGAN CREATES 337 NEW JOBS, INVESTS $567 MILLION IN LOCAL AREA
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Michigan Strategic Fund Board (MSF) approved support for improving wastewater infrastructure to communities across Muskegon County, which is also advancing a significant investment by Chobani to expand La Colombe’s facility in Norton Shores (Muskegon County). With this investment, the company is expected…
UCB TO INVEST $2 BILLION IN GEORGIA, ESTABLISH FIRST U.S. MANUFACTURING FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that global biopharmaceutical giant UCB, Inc. is planning a significant investment of $2 billion in Georgia to establish its first U.S. pharmaceutical biologics manufacturing facility. The investment will generate 330 new jobs over the next several years at the Rowen Foundation’s…
