Greensboro Economic
Development Alliance
342 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Office: (336) 387-8302
Toll-free: (888) 693-6939
Fax: (336) 510-0295
greensboroeda@greensboro.org
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Advanced Manufacturing Materials Cluster
Greensboro has long been known as the manufacturing center of North Carolina, and our economic growth has been built by a skilled manufacturing workforce. From wireless components and electronics, to aerospace and defense, to specialty composites and coatings, Greensboro is an advanced manufacturer’s dream.
As times have changed, Greensboro’s manufacturing capabilities have changed with them. Our colleges and universities are working together to provide the skilled manpower and brainpower to ensure success. We have the transportation infrastructure as well as excellent power reliability to keep company’s operating at optimum efficiency.
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Location and Transportation Infrastructure to Support Manufacturing
- Outstanding East Coast location midway between New York and Miami
- More than half of the U.S. population and most major markets are within 650 miles.
- The new FedEx Mid-Atlantic Air Hub opened in 2009 and is located at the Piedmont Triad International Airport .
- UPS operates a major ground facility in Greensboro that sorts over 44,000 packages per hour.
- Greensboro is only 3.5 hours from North Carolina’s two deep-water ports at Wilmington and Morehead City and is in close proximity to ports in Savannah, Charleston, and Norfolk.
- Greensboro features one of the largest concentrations of trucking companies on the East Coast, as well as excellent trailer availability.
Business-Friendly Manufacturing Environment
- Forbes magazine ranked Greensboro as #1 in Top 200 Places for Business and Careers in the sub-category of “Cost of Doing Business” for our reasonable costs of labor, energy, taxes and office space.
- North Carolina is a Right-to-Work state, and less than 1% of firms in Guilford County are unionized.
- Low utility costs, excellent power reliability from Duke Energy.
- No inventory tax.
- State and local incentives, as well as state tax credits (including a credit for R&D), are available to qualifying companies.