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• Dole Fresh Vegetables to add new lines to Bessemer City Salad Production Plant.
• Gaston County adds much needed office/warehouse flex space. Read about the Wren flex building in Gaston Business Park.
• IGA heads to Dallas to make glass.
• Goodwill Industries and Gaston County Workforce Development Board Council create partnership in new location.
• Custom Plumbing opens in Lowell.
• Calling all existing manufacturing companies! Download a full Gaston County Investment Grant Program package now. The deadline is April 15th.
• AC Foam brings high quality foam products to Gastonia.
• The Gaston County 2006 Project Recap is now available.
• Milanco Industrial Chemicals is coming to Gastonia.
• Anchor Paper relocated to facility in Gastonia. Details can be found in the 2006 Project Recap.
• Beal Manufacturing purchased Ranlo facility, created 60 jobs.
• Pantron Automation located in Cramerton.
• Ramsey Products Corporation moved to Gastonia.
• New Flex Space coming to Gaston County.
• Gaston County EDC's 2005 Annual Report is now available.
• Lukjan Metal Products opens manufacturing facility in Kings Mountain.
• McNaughton McKay moves to Castlegate Business Park.
• Century Buildings Products moves to 215 Bulb Avenue.
• Meridian Specialty Yarns relocated to Ranlo. Details can be found in the 2006 Project Recap.
• SciVolutions, Inc. opens manufacturing facility in Gastonia.
• New Gaston County MapLocator. Find Businesses, industrial parks, area amenities, etc. on this new mapping tool!
• National Gypsum creates 100 jobs in Gaston County and invests $125 million.
• UCS receives a $4.75 Million USDA Rural Development Loan Guarantee.
• Dole brings 525 jobs to Gaston County, invests $54 million near Bessemer City.
• Pharr Yarns to build new facility in McAdenville, NC.
• New website, www.firstchoicegaston.com, links all major Gaston institutions to guide newcomers.
• Colortex USA, LLC, locates headquarters and operations in Gastonia.
• Curtiss Wright will expand in Gastonia.
• Dimensional Printing locates in existing facility in Gastonia.
• Atkinson International leases 200,000 square feet and creates 100 jobs.
• Southern Shavings Company relocates to Cherryville.
• Pizza Equipment Supply, Inc. chooses Cherryville location.
• EDC Office Relocates to Belmont.
• Carolina Materials LLC invests $2.5 million in machinery and equipment and adds 20 new jobs.
• Hunter Douglas Pleated Shades officially opens its new headquarters.
• Essex Parts Services, Inc. relocates its operation to Cramerton, NC.
• USC to Locate in Gaston County Near High Shoals.
• Texas Encore Materials will create 100 jobs and invest $2.5 million.
• Talon International leases building in Redwood Business Park.
• Arrow Industries takes over Ranlo textile operation.
• DTI chooses former Carolina Mills plant in Ranlo for its operations.
• Red Valve purchases the former Moore Wallace facility in Gastonia.

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