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GOVERNOR COOPER ANNOUNCES APPLE WILL CREATE 3,000 JOBS IN WAKE COUNTY
Apple has selected North Carolina’s Research Triangle region as the location for its newest research and development campus and will create 3,000 jobs in Wake County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. Apple plans to invest more than $1 billion in the state by 2032. Earlier today, G… Read more >
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Life Sciences Company Announces $114.6 Million Investment in Morrisville
Invitae Corporation, a life sciences company specializing in genetic testing, announced today that it plans to make a $114.6 million capital investment in the Town of Morrisville in Wake County, NC. Joining the more than 600 life sciences organizations in the Research Triangle region, the S… Read more >
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Governor Cooper Announces Genetic Testing Company Will Build New Lab and Create 374 Jobs in Wake County
Invitae Corporation expanding into North Carolina, plans to invest $114.6 million in Morrisville over the next decade Apr 20, 2021 Invitae Corporation, a leading medical genetics company, plans to build a major testing and laboratory facility in Wake County, creat… Read more >
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Leading Life Sciences Company Announces $2 Billion Investment to Build Manufacturing Facility in Holly Springs
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced today that it plans to build in Holly Springs the largest end-to-end cell culture CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in North America. The $2 billion project i… Read more >
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Governor Cooper Announces North America’s Largest End-to-End Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility Coming to N.C. as FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Selects Wake County
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies U.S.A. Inc., a world leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), will create 725 jobs and expressed its intent to invest $2 billion in Wake County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will build North America’s… Read more >
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New reports shine bright light of Raleigh: No. 1 metro, significant job growth coming
Two new reports from Wake County Economic Development presented to Wake County commissioners paint an optimistic picture for the Raleigh metro area as the economy begins to rebound from the pandemic. In the 2020 Metro Comparison, an independent study commissioned by WCED – a part… Read more >
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Amazon to Open Two New Delivery Stations in the Triangle
Amazon Logistics has signed various leases in an effort to open two new delivery stations in the Triangle. The new stations will power Amazon’s last-mile delivery capabilities to speed up deliveries for customers in the Triangle. Each delivery station will create hundreds of full-time … Read more >
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LimeLight: Wake County, Research Triangle development execs crack top 50 list
Ashley Cagle, Assistant Executive Director of Wake County Economic Development, and Ryan Combs, Executive Director or the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, have been named to the top 50 economic developers of 2021. Read more. Read more >
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Gilead Sciences Will Create 275 Jobs in the Research Triangle Region
Feb 9, 2021 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq; GILD), a leading biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines, has selected North Carolina’s Research Triangle region as the location for a major business services and information technology hub, creatin… Read more >
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Ashley Cagle Named to Consultant Connect North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers of 2021
Ashley Cagle, Assistant Executive Director of Wake County Economic Development and Vice President of the Raleigh Chamber was named to the top 50 economic developers of 2021. The economic development professionals selected for this list were nominated by their colleagues in both the economic … Read more >
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