Since 1978, the Catawba EDC has assisted in the creation of over 28,000 jobs and over $7.9 billion in investment. In the last five years (2017-2021) the EDC assisted in the creation of over 3,200 jobs and $2.7 billion in investment. Selected announcements for the most years recent include:
| 2022 Announced Jobs & Investment (YTD) |
| Company |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Nufabrx |
R&D, Pharma, & Textiles |
$10,000,000 |
45 |
| Pregis |
Flexible Packaging |
$11,200,000 |
10 |
| Microsoft |
Data Centers |
$1,029,000,000 |
50 |
| Feetures |
Sock Manufacturing |
$11,600,000 |
25 |
| Southeast Industrial Solutios |
Spec Building |
$4,500,000 |
- |
| Pasta Piccinini |
Dough, Fresh & Dried Pasta |
$6,000,000 |
27 |
| |
|
|
|
| Total (2022 YTD) |
|
$1,072,300,000 |
157 |
| 2021 Announced Jobs & Investment |
| Company |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Bassett Furniture |
Upholstered Furniture |
$897,000 |
117 |
| Gusmer Enterprises |
Filtration Media & Devices |
$38,200,000 |
73 |
| Apple Inc |
Data Center |
$448,000,000 |
- |
| Room & Board |
Distribution Center Expansion |
$9,000,000 |
6 |
| Minelli Group |
Wooden Products |
$0 |
3 |
| Sunnyside Textiles |
Textils for Socks |
$360,000 |
12 |
| Tree Brand Packaging |
Custom pallets, skids, boxes |
$6,450,000 |
59 |
| McCreary Modern |
Furniture |
$6,000,000 |
100 |
| Prysmian Grouop |
Optical Fiber |
$50,000,000 |
50 |
| Everything Attachments |
Farm Attachments |
$20,039,000 |
147 |
| Corning Optical Communications |
Fiber Cable |
$150,000,000 |
200 |
| Poppelmann Plastics |
Plastics |
$19,000,000 |
100 |
| WestRock |
Paper & Packaging |
$47,000,000 |
50 |
| Clear Electric Motor Svcs. |
Electrical Apparatus |
$96,450 |
12 |
| Sherrill Furniture |
Furniture |
$2,096,000 |
90 |
| CommScope |
Cabling Communications |
$50,000,000 |
100 |
| All Fire Services |
Fire Protection Services |
$400,000 |
20 |
| Interstate Foam |
Foam Products |
$7,483,977 |
50 |
| The Print Path |
Graphc Design/Vehicle Wraps |
$1,455,000 |
10 |
| |
|
|
|
| Total (2021) |
|
$856,477,427 |
1,199 |
| 2020 Announced Jobs & Investments |
| Company |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Arhaus |
Furniture Distribution |
$26,000,000 |
67 |
| State Bureau of Investigation |
Government Office |
$1,102,855 |
40 |
| Atriax |
Engineering & Planning |
$1,200,000 |
11 |
| Windak |
Automated Packaging |
- |
2 |
| Stonement Financial Group |
Spec Building |
$10,000,000 |
- |
| D9 Brewing |
Craft Beer |
$1,050,000 |
26 |
| MaxPax, LLC |
Packaging |
$9,550,000 |
300 |
| Crate & Barrel |
Furniture Distribution |
$38,500,000 |
150 |
| PurThermal |
Powder Coating |
$500,000 |
10 |
| Lake Park Ventures |
Spec Building |
$2,500,000 |
- |
| RMC Advanced Technologies |
Motor Vehicle Bod Manufacturing |
$7,000,000 |
49 |
| R L Williams |
Paper Converting & Supplies |
- |
10 |
| Nufabrix |
Textiles |
$4,000,000 |
10 |
| American Fuji Seal |
Labels and Packaging |
$52,000,000 |
101 |
| |
|
|
|
| Total (2020) |
|
$153,402,855 |
776 |
| 2019 Announced Jobs & Investments |
| Company |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Bassett Delivery Service |
Furniture Delivery |
- |
10 |
| Design Foundry |
Custom Furniture |
$3,133,000 |
202 |
| Ramsey Finishing LLC |
Finishes |
$150,000 |
12 |
| Protection Products Inc. |
Protection Materials |
$150,000 |
8 |
| Star Snax LLC |
Tortilla Chips |
$5,800,000 |
40 |
| One Noth Center |
Mixed Use Commercial/Residential |
$19,000,000 |
- |
| Preston Ridge |
Mixed Use Commercial/Residential |
$40,000,000 |
- |
| Cataler |
Automotive Catalysts |
$42,000,000 |
151 |
| |
|
|
|
| Total (2019) |
|
$110,233,000 |
423 |
| 2018 Announced Jobs & Investment |
| Company Name |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Bassett Furniture |
Furniture (new outdoor line) |
$400,000 |
40 |
| Capital Converting |
Covers for lumber transport |
$1,150,000 |
22 |
| Bradington Young/Hooker Furn. |
Upholstered Furniture |
$4,077,052 |
13 |
| Timeless American Furniture |
Upholstered Furniture |
$70,000 |
18 |
| Apple Incorporated |
Data Center |
$1,834,034 |
- |
| Corning Incorporated |
Optical Communications |
$60,000,000 |
110 |
| Progressive Furniture |
Furniture |
$6,500,000 |
50 |
| Rubber Mill |
Gaskets, Packing, Sealing |
$1,000,000 |
10 |
| Cargo Transporters |
Trucking & Freight |
$5,000,000 |
- |
| Triple Crown Trailers |
Utility & Truck Beds & Trailers |
$250,000 |
12 |
| Satellite |
Distribution of Satellite Equip. |
$25,000 |
4 |
| PTI Hickory Springs Mfg. |
Plastics, Foam |
$1,000,000 |
15 |
| ITM Medical Isotopes Inc. |
Pharmaceutical |
$17,000,000 |
137 |
| Shurtape Technologies |
Tape Mfg. & Dist. |
$31,400,000 |
100 |
| |
|
|
|
| Total (2018) |
|
$129,706,086 |
531 |
| 2017 Announced Jobs & Investment |
| Company Name |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Apple |
Data Center |
$1,000,000,000 |
- |
| Corning Optical Communications |
Fiber optic cable & communications systems |
$67,000,000 |
210 |
| Room & Board |
Distribution Center for furniture & accessories |
$12,870,000 |
13 |
| Sutter Street Manufacturing |
Upholstered furniture manufacturing |
$1,900,000 |
72 |
| Prysmian Group |
Fiber optic cable |
$53,800,000 |
50 |
| Terra Mulch Products |
Mulch products |
$8,000,000 |
16 |
| Corriher Implements |
Farm implements/metal fabrication |
$5,000,000 |
0 |
| Apple Project Sycamore |
Data Center |
$300,000,000 |
0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Total (2017) |
|
$1,448,570,000 |
361
|
| 2016 Announced Jobs & Investment |
| Company Name |
Product |
Investment |
Jobs |
| Dalco Nonwovens |
Nonwoven fabrics |
$4,000,000 |
8 |
| Amphenol Antenna |
Wireless Base Station Antennas |
$2,300,000 |
23 |
| Invictus Lighting |
LED lighting fixtures |
- |
8 |
| US Conec |
Fiber optic interconnects |
$20,000,000 |
42 |
| Dynamic Air Engineering, Inc. |
Specialty components for aerospace and defense |
$7,255,000 |
46 |
| Minelli USA |
Specialty wood products |
$2,000,000 |
12 |
| Peoples Bank |
Financial services and banking HQ |
$3,500,000 |
25 |
| Temprano Techvestors |
Technology services for startup businesses |
$520,188 |
21 |
| Corning Optical Communications |
Fiber optic cable & communications systems |
$30,000,000 |
105 |
| Prysmian Group |
Cables for energy and telecom industries |
$20,000,000 |
50 |
| GKN Driveline |
Automotive driveline components |
$110,000,000 |
143 |
| Total (2016) |
|
$199,575,188 |
490 |