With three projects announced this quarter and more on the horizon, along with twelve site visits from companies interested in locating here, it’s clear that our momentum is strong in 2024. We continue to enhance the talent pipeline and offer on-ramps to popular career pathways through Forsyth Works, as well as ensure our younger generation… Read More »
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Location Wins, Workforce Efforts, and National Recognition in Q2 Report
Excel Interior Door Selects Winston-Salem for New Manufacturing Site
Company Opens a Second Location to Expand Reach in Southeastern US Market Excel Interior Door, a manufacturing company headquartered in Hartselle, Alabama, has selected a site in Winston-Salem’s Union Cross Industrial Center for a new production and distribution facility. The expanding company is seeking a second location to meet growth in demand. Excel will manufacture… Read More »
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Ricoh USA Launch 3D Printing Medical Device Manufacturing Studio in Innovation Quarter
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Ricoh USA, Inc. have announced the Ricoh 3D for Healthcare Innovation Studio, a first-of-its-kind manufacturing facility, located in One Technology Place in Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. In partnership with clinicians and researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the on-site Innovation Studio provides easy and immediate access to development, design and manufacturing services for patient-specific, 3D-printed… Read More »
Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. Named Chamber of the Year Finalist
National awards presented by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives recognize industry-leading Chambers In an awards competition recognizing the best in the Chamber industry, Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. has been named a finalist for the 2024 Chamber of the Year award, presented by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). The award, sponsored by… Read More »
John Deere Kernersville Expands Product Line in Forsyth County
John Deere will invest about $70 million to build a new 380,000-square-foot factory in Kernersville, an expansion of its John Deere Kernersville campus. The factory will produce small, 6-10 metric ton, excavators and is expected to add about 150 new jobs. Currently, about 600 salaried and production employees work at the Kernersville campus. “Kernersville has… Read More »
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Partners with Winston-Salem State University to Create Pathway Program for PA Students
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Winston-Salem State University have created a pathway program to encourage more Winston-Salem State students to pursue careers as Physician Assistants (PA) and apply to Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s PA program. This new initiative builds on the longstanding relationship between the Department of PA Studies at Wake Forest University School of Medicine… Read More »