From the Triangle Business Journal, by Evan Hoopfer Even after landing a multibillion-dollar economic development project, there is still plenty of room at a Chatham County megasite available for another tenant. Michael Smith, president of the Chatham Economic Development Corporation, said there are roughly 1,400 acres still available at the Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record, by Ben Rappaport: 10x The multiplier representing the increased capacity of the new Wolfspeed silicon carbide facility coming to Chatham County. The new facility will produce 10 times more silicon carbide chips than Wolfspeed’s campus in Durham, currently the largest producer in the U.S. Read more…
RALEIGH, NC – September 9, 2022 –North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Friday that Wolfspeed, a silicon carbide manufacturing company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, will establish a new facility in Siler City. The facility will produce a silicon carbide product, often referred to as chips, for use in electric Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: SILER CITY — The Chatham-Siler City Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) Site, a 1,802-acre industrial megasite in western Chatham County, is ready for launch — all it needs are heavy industry companies to move in. “We’ve taken this thing as far as we can take it,” Read more…
PITTSBORO, NC – July 14, 2020 – The Chatham Economic Development Corporation is pleased to announce a newly designed website for the Chatham-Siler City Advanced Manufacturing Site. The website features new, engaging video content and updated information about the site. The website makes the site more competitive in the current Read more…
BY ZACHARY HORNER, News + Record Staff While the “Carolina Core” is made up of a broad swath of land, people and facilities across central North Carolina, its proprietors see it as a strategy, a strategy designed to bring employers to the middle of the state. “It’s strategic in its Read more…
The megasite corridor between Winston-Salem and Fayetteville, branded as the Carolina Core, will now have a more united identity to help economic development efforts. The Piedmont Triad Partnership announced the regional brand at the Wyndham Champions Breakfast Aug. 16 at an event attended by business and economic development leaders and high-ranking public Read more…