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Blog Post from North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership InnovaKnits  is a specialized contract manufacturer that provides flat knit consulting and develops domestic flat knit textile products for the medical, wearable electronics, and technical fields. Other industry applications include aerospace, energy, performance athletics, orthotics and prosthetics, molding and composites, hosiery and high-end fashion and apparel. In addition to product development services, I

HICKORY, N.C. - The City of Hickory's newest walkway opened Tuesday morning. City leaders held a ribbon cutting on the steel pedestrian bridge that's part of the Aviation Walk.  The walk is one of five trails being built across the city connecting more than 10 miles of neighborhoods Click here for the rest of the article and videos on WSOC-TV

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North Carolina is part of Apple’s $500 billion U.S. expansion plans. Apple will expand facilities in nine states over the next four years and create 20,000 jobs, the tech giant said in a news release Monday. With the company’s largest ever financial commitment, it is focusing on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering and skills development. The plan includes expanding its data center capacity in North Carolina, as well as in Iowa, Oregon, Arizona and Nevada. Apple helpe

Click here for original post from UNC-Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded esteemed  Research 1 – or R1 –  status  by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It is the highest recognition that a doctoral university can receive.  The prestigious classification, indicating “very high research activity,” affirms UNC Charlotte as an elite research institution. With this designation, Charlotte (and East Carolina Universi