Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Workforce
Henderson County: 48,823
Asheville MSA: 205,323
17% of Workforce in Mfg. [6,060]
Above 9% US average
$270+ million annual payroll
You’re in Good Company
Continental Teves, AG
ArvinMeritor Automotive
Porvair Fuel Cell Technology
Blue Ridge Metals (Central Yoshida)
Borg‐Warner
Volvo Construction Equipment
Business Climate
Taxes
One of the lowest tax rates in NC
($0.462 per $100)
Low Workers Compensation &
Unemployment Insurance Rates
Labor Trends
No Unionized Manufacturing Labor
Local Assistance
Aggressive incentive policy allows
payments of 120% ad valorem for
projects with 150+ jobs
State Assistance
Investment & Job Creation Tax Credits
Job Development Investment Grant
One North Carolina Fund
Customized Workforce Training
Infrastructure Funds & Grants
Access & Logistics
Quick Access to I‐26 and I‐40,
connecting I‐77, I‐85 & I‐81.
84% of cars and 88% of trucks
manufactured in the US are
assembled within a 700‐mi radius.
70% of US & Canadian industrial
base is within a two‐day trucking
distance.
Asheville Regional Airport (AVL),
Greenville‐Spartanburg (GSP) 45
min., and Charlotte International
(CLT) 1.5 hour.
The Port of Charleston, SC is 254
miles away on I‐26.
Education & Training
The Center for Rapid Product Realization at
Western Carolina University provides Concept to
Manufacturing capabilities creating functional
prototypes in hours.
The Clemson University International Center for
Automotive Research (CU‐ICAR) is an advanced‐
technology research campus where academia,
industry and government organizations engage in
synergistic collaboration.
ArvinMeritor’s senior management team
Blue Ridge Community College offers an present Henderson County with a formal
Advanced Manufacturing Certification Program, thank you in support of their recent $32.3
and the assistance of specialists throughout the million expansion project.
state that aid in metal working, plastics, quality,
ISO/TS and lean manufacturing.
Productive Workforce
North Carolina is a right‐to‐work state, the least
"Henderson County's strategic unionized state in the nation. Henderson County
southeastern US location provides has no unionized manufacturing labor.
our facility with direct interstate
17% of Henderson County’s workforce is engaged
access to our customer base. Access
to the four points of the compass is in manufacturing, compared to 11% statewide
critical in allowing us to get our and 9% nationwide.
product to where it needs to go, Blue Ridge Community College provides students
when it needs to get there."
Bobby Nelon, Plant Manager at
and employees access to JobLink, which links
Continental Teves skilled employees to business and industry.
North Carolina is ranked #1 for manufacturing
productivity among the top ten industrial states.
Stable and balanced workforce growth –
averaging 2% per year over the last 20 years.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that NC ranks
41st in average hourly manufacturing wages.
Sites & Buildings
Broadpointe Industrial Park
Prince Mfg, Continental‐Teves,
FedEx, UPM Raflatac
Ideal Manufacturing Spaces:
1,500 to 269,000sf spaces for lease/purchase.
2 to 262 acre sites available for purchase.
Great Utility Allies:
Duke Energy, Progress Energy, PSNC Energy (Scana),
AT&T Tier 2 Broadband Connectivity, Norfolk Southern,
and Water & Wastewater
Ferncliff Industrial Park
221 acres adjacent to Asheville
Regional Airport, Certified by NC
Department of Commerce in 2009
Contact Information
Andrew Tate
President & CEO
Henderson County Partnership
for Economic Development
(828) 692‐6373 Office
(828) 692‐6658 Fax
(828) 808‐2817 Mobile
www.strategiclocation.com
andrew@hcped.org