Published by the Chatham News + Record SILER CITY — As people make runs to grocery stores, clearing shelves, fears of a shortage of food prevails. But in reality, workers in food and agriculture sector — that means agricultural production, food processing, distribution, retail and food service — are named Read more…
Published by the Chatham News + Record PITTSBORO — As companies and businesses around the world shift their production focus to making products designed to help fight the spread of COVID-19, a Pittsboro-based medical device manufacturer is doing the same. Kaitlyn Shaffer, the marketing communications manager for Gilero, said the Read more…
Published by the Chatham News + Record BEAR CREEK — As the state of North Carolina begins to “stay at home” as ordered by N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper last week, trucks and truck drivers are continuing their work to keep the supply chains moving — even as they face their Read more…
On Monday, March 23, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced new safeguards to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The measures are effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 5 p.m. Below are the key points of the announcement. Entertainment facilities without a retail or dining component are ordered to close, Read more…
Updated: 5.15.2020 at 11:20 a.m. The Chatham EDC, with support from partners at the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro, is compiling resources and advice for businesses amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This page will be updated as resources become available. Reopening Your Business The Read more…
With the rapid pace of growth and development in the Research Triangle region, workforce development is a top priority for many. The Regional Skills Analysis survey aims to gain a better understanding of the current state of the local workforce, skill gaps, and trends in growth, hiring, and industries. In Read more…
SILER CITY, NC – Floorazzo, a pre-cast terrazzo tile manufacturer in Siler City, has announced an expansion that will create 12 new jobs and invest $2 million. Construction has begun on a new 20,000 square foot building that will house their entire operation located on Harold Andrews Road in Siler Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: SILER CITY — Brookwood Farms and its president Jerry “Twig” Wood III are probably used to all the praise by now. The barbecue-producing company, based in Siler City, won a 2019 Triangle Business Journal Family Business Award and earned the 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Award Read more…
Alotech and 3M, two Chatham County-based companies, are winners of the 2019 Manufacturing Leadership Awards. Given by the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP), the awards recognize companies from across the state that are outstanding leaders in the fields of manufacturing excellence, sustainable manufacturing, innovation, workforce development, economic development/developing markets, Read more…
Chatham County businesses Brookwood Farms and Capital Ready Mix Concrete are winners of the Triangle Business Journal’s 2019 Family Business Awards. For the awards, the Triangle Business Journal considers businesses that are multigenerational, family-owned, as well as closely-held businesses in the Triangle for overall excellence, innovation, ethics, philanthropy and contribution Read more…