NC being the only state in the Southeast with no Automobile Assembly Plant. (Greensboro: moving, bills)
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When you do a lot of shipping ideal logistics don't include sending trucks across mountains if possible. For an NC plant to avoid that you pretty much have to drop down towards Atlanta when shipping to the West.
Any logistics people from the Hickory furnitures plants have any thoughts on shipping to Texas and California?Those two state are 25-30% of the US market.
While a big auto plant isn't the end-all, be-all, the plant itself plus all of the spinoff with suppliers and such provide lots of jobs for those without degrees and those who reside in other parts of the state outside of metro Charlotte and the Triangle, which is driving the bulk of the growth in NC. NC has other big manufacturing outfits to hang its hat on though.
When you do a lot of shipping ideal logistics don't include sending trucks across mountains if possible. For an NC plant to avoid that you pretty much have to drop down towards Atlanta when shipping to the West.
While a big auto plant isn't the end-all, be-all, the plant itself plus all of the spinoff with suppliers and such provide lots of jobs for those without degrees and those who reside in other parts of the state outside of metro Charlotte and the Triangle, which is driving the bulk of the growth in NC. NC has other big manufacturing outfits to hang its hat on though.
This is true, I think NC does an awesome job either way, with or without a automobile plant. I think it'll be cool to have one though.
While a big auto plant isn't the end-all, be-all, the plant itself plus all of the spinoff with suppliers and such provide lots of jobs for those without degrees and those who reside in other parts of the state outside of metro Charlotte and the Triangle, which is driving the bulk of the growth in NC. NC has other big manufacturing outfits to hang its hat on though.
I also wonder what happened with the CSX intermodal terminal that was supposed to be coming to Rocky Mount as well. I was rooting for that too.
I also wonder what happened with the CSX intermodal terminal that was supposed to be coming to Rocky Mount as well. I was rooting for that too.
That was a sure thing until E. Hunter Harrison became the CEO of CSX and proceeded to kill the hub as originally planned, along with other plans in other states. He died last December.
CSX still owns the property in Rocky Mount and has indicated that it might do something, but on a smaller scale. Here’s a recent article from last month covering the issue:
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