SWANSBORO, NC—Armstrong Marine Inc. will invest more than $8.4 millionto build a new assembly plant to make welded aluminum boats. The facility could create 200 jobs.
CHARLOTTE, NC—DeWalt will assemble more than 600 different cordless power tools, hand tools and accessories at its 75,000-square-foot factory here. The plan will create 250 new jobs.
SOUTHPORT, NC—Lee Controls, a manufacturer of linear motion components, will spend $2.46 million to locate its manufacturing and headquarters operations here, bringing 77 new jobs to the area.
MORRISVILLE, NC—Contract manufacturer Absolute EMS has installed a new circuit board assembly line has its factory here as part of an expansion project.
MAYODAN, NC—Firemarms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co. plans to open a new assembly plant here that could employ more than 470 workers in Rockingham County.