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High Performance Coatings – a Nanotechnology Company Selects Guilford County for East Coast Location
Greensboro, NC (August 9, 2006) – High Performance Coatings, Inc. announced today that it has chosen Guilford County for its’ East Coast location. The company will locate at 7237 Pace Drive. High Performance Coatings is a revolutionary company that has introduced heat resistant space-age coatings to the motorsports, industrial, food processing, aerospace and OEM automotive and trucking industries. This will be HPC’s eighth facility worldwide with corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The company analyzed the East Coast market diligently and eventually chose Guilford County for this newest operation. High Performance Coatings will create up to 210 new jobs and an investment of $ 3 million in Guilford County by 2008.
HPC employs a full time engineering staff innovating, improving and manufacturing coatings. HPC’s coatings are manufactured in-house using only the finest available raw materials, allowing HPC the flexibility to respond quickly to a customer’s needs.
“High Performance Coatings is pleased to begin operations in North Carolina,” Lance Kress, General Manager East Division, said. “In our search for our East Coast Headquarters the State of North Carolina emerged quickly as our choice. The innovations of their economic development program, the strength of their Nanotechnology Initiative, and most importantly the strength of the people were unmatched. This is the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship for HPC and the State of North Carolina.”
The High Performance Coatings project was a team effort involving Greensboro Economic Development Alliance (GEDA), the Greensboro/High Point/Guilford County Workforce Development Board, North Carolina Employment Security Commission, North Carolina Community College System, the State of North Carolina and the building owner Kevin Sasser.
“This is an important project for Guilford County,” Dan Lynch, President of GEDA, said. “Advanced materials manufacturing is one of our major industry clusters. We are excited to welcome High Performance Coatings. Any time you can locate a new progressive company it says a lot about your community and strengthens your position.”
For more information about High Performance Coatings, please visit www.hpcoatings.com.
A member of the Greensboro Partnership, Greensboro Economic Development Alliance’s mission is to facilitate the creation of high quality jobs, attract new capital investment, retain and expand existing businesses, improve per capita income and generally improve the quality of life in Greensboro and Guilford County.
Dan Lynch, President
Greensboro Economic Development Alliance
336-387-8310
dlynch@greensboro.org