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Oakboro, NC (Stanly County): Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, a trusted North Carolina-based manufacturer of plumbing systems since 1901, announced it would be relocating specialty pipe coating operations to its existing Oakboro, North Carolina foundry location. The process to aesthetically coat the cast iron plumbing pipe is the last remaining operational activity at its former, 55-acre foundry in Uptown Charlotte. It is anticipated the process will be fully operational at the Oakboro site by December 2025.

Mostly rural Stanly County is only a hop, skip and jump from the state’s most-populous city. It’s investing in a future that supports growing businesses and expanding population while protecting its natural and cultural wonders.

Albemarle, NC (Stanly County): Global Packaging Solutions has announced an expansion of its operations in
Albemarle, NC, creating 10 new jobs and investing $4.8 million in real and business personal property.

The Central Lines: Local Government Edition

11.12.2024: “In 2024, we are proudly celebrating our 40th year of operation. Throughout our history, we have likened our organization’s growth and development to that of an individual. From navigating the ‘terrible twos’ and the volatile teenage years, through the challenges of young adulthood, we have now reached a stage of maturity at 40. Our financial results this year reflect this organizational maturity, as we experience one of the best growth and performance periods in our history.”

Albemarle, NC (Stanly County): Sarasota, Florida-based Quality Enclosures announced today that it will be expanding its facility in Albemarle by creating approximately thirty-six (36) new jobs within the next five (5) years and investing $1.475 million in real and business personal property.

Stanly County: A $90,000 grant will support the 4,000-square-foot expansion of an existing building in Locust. The building is currently occupied by Flextol, a family-owned company that specializes in fabrication of jacketed valves, pipe flexible metal hoses, and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) hose and expansion joints. The company expects to create 11 jobs and invest $329,645 in this project.

Stanfield, NC (Stanly County): O.B. Builders has selected Riverstone Industrial Park in Stanfield, North Carolina to construct a new manufacturing facility. The project will create eleven (11) new jobs in addition to relocating forty-seven (47) employees and will generate over $6.7 million in new taxable investment over the next five (5) years

Clayton Supply selects location in New London
RALEIGH: Clayton Supply, part of Clayton Home Building Group, will create 263 jobs as it locates a new facility in Stanly County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company’s project will locate in New London.

Oakboro, NC (Stanly County): CT Commercial Paper Company, LLC, a full-service tissue and towel converter,
announced it will be expanding its production operation in Stanly County. Founded in 1999, CT Commercial
Paper operates three facilities in Stanly County, and plans to invest over $1,500,000 in machinery and
equipment and create eight (8) new jobs at its South Main Street location in Oakboro.