Yes I hope there is more good news like this. A bit expensive per employee. The State paid $225 to Dell to land the plant.
11-9-2004 Dell Plans North Carolina Plant, to Hire 1,500
Dell Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to open a third U.S. manufacturing plant, based in North Carolina with 1,500 workers, in a rare example of a U.S. high-tech company expanding domestic production.
Dell is the only major U.S. computer maker to have U.S. manufacturing operations, though it also has four other production plants in Ireland, Malaysia, China and Brazil.
While all U.S. computer makers depend on electronics components from Asia, Dell's strategy is to assemble PCs as close to customers as possible, arguing that logistical and distribution costs exceed U.S. labor costs.
In a separate statement, North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley said the new plant could generate up to 6,000 additional jobs for the region and pump net revenues of $743 million into the state economy over 20 years.
The 500,000 square foot facility will cost about $60 million in the first year and receive tax credits from the state, a Dell spokesman said. The tax credit will amount to up to $225 million over 15 years, Gov. Easley said.
This is the third U.S. facility Dell has announced this year. It recently opened a sales office serving home and small business customers in Oklahoma that will employ about 700 workers, company spokesman Mike Maher said.
Dell opened an order fulfillment and distribution center in Ohio that will employ 250 people. And it set up a 500-employee North American customer service center in Edmonton, Alberta.
11-9-2004 Dell Plans North Carolina Plant, to Hire 1,500
Dell Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to open a third U.S. manufacturing plant, based in North Carolina with 1,500 workers, in a rare example of a U.S. high-tech company expanding domestic production.
Dell is the only major U.S. computer maker to have U.S. manufacturing operations, though it also has four other production plants in Ireland, Malaysia, China and Brazil.
While all U.S. computer makers depend on electronics components from Asia, Dell's strategy is to assemble PCs as close to customers as possible, arguing that logistical and distribution costs exceed U.S. labor costs.
In a separate statement, North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley said the new plant could generate up to 6,000 additional jobs for the region and pump net revenues of $743 million into the state economy over 20 years.
The 500,000 square foot facility will cost about $60 million in the first year and receive tax credits from the state, a Dell spokesman said. The tax credit will amount to up to $225 million over 15 years, Gov. Easley said.
This is the third U.S. facility Dell has announced this year. It recently opened a sales office serving home and small business customers in Oklahoma that will employ about 700 workers, company spokesman Mike Maher said.
Dell opened an order fulfillment and distribution center in Ohio that will employ 250 people. And it set up a 500-employee North American customer service center in Edmonton, Alberta.
overall to that one. (We're trying to automate to save as many as possible but Mexican labor is really hard to compete againist).
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