Press Releases

N.C. Energy Office website shares stories of how Recovery Act grants spent across the state
, N.C. — With 35,000 delegates, dignitaries and media representatives as well as the eyes of the world converging on Charlotte for the 2012 Democratic National Convention next week, the N.C.
Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Rep. Daniel F. McComas, a Republican from New Hanover County, will be named chairman of the North Carolina State Ports Authority.  McComas will resign his house seat effective Sept. 2, to take the new position.
 
State Grant Helps Hospira Modernize, Expand Capabilities in Rocky Mount
Merchandise export sales already outpacing 2011 by 5 percent
, NC -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) announced recently new export data that shows North Carolina merchandise exports increased 5 percent in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, growing from $13.4 billion to $14 billion.
State Grant Helps Company Locate in Charlotte
Southern Business & Development, a leading publication covering and promoting economic development in the American South, announced that North Carolina has been named the “2012 State of the Year.”  North Carolina is being honored as State of the Year based on its performance in 2011. 
Manufacturing Company Poised to Thrive in North Carolina
State Grant Helps Culp Expand in Stokesdale