Greensboro Economy
Greensboro is home to the corporate headquarters of the Honda Aircraft
Company, Lorrillard Tobacco Company, VF Corporation, Volvo Trucks of
North America, RF Micro Devices and the International Textile Group.
Although traditionally associated with the textile, furniture, and tobacco
industries, Greensboro leaders are attempting to attract new businesses
in the high-tech and transportation/logistics fields.
Federal Express
In
1998, Federal Express (FedEx) chose to build and operate a $300 million
Mid-Atlantic air-cargo package-sorting hub at the Piedmond Triad International
Airport. It is expected to open by 2009 and should attract thousands
of jobs. The planned FedEx hub has drawn developments such as Triad
Tower, a planned 25-story office/condominium project for Greensboro
near Piedmond Triad International Airport. The tower is expected to
open in conjunction with the FedEx hub opening and will include amenities
such as an aquarium, penthouse restaurant, public rooftop observation
deck and possibly an IMAC theater.
Honda Aircraft Company
The Honda Aircraft Company announce in February of 2007 they would be
building a world headquarters and multi-million dollar jet factor at
Piedmond Triad International Airport. The new HondaJet is currently
in development and scheduled for production in 2010. It’s projected
that Honda Aircraft Company will bring several hundred jobs to Greensboro.
Gateway University Research Park
Jointly operated by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Gateway
University Research will consist of two 75 acre campuses. Slated for
completion in 2007, the vision for the park is to be a center for research
as well as the potential incubation and development of new industries.
The research park is expected to employ more than 2,000 and span approximately
one million square feet of research space.
Major
Employers
Guilford County School System
Moses H. Cone Health Systems
Sears Regional Credit Card Ctr.
American Express Financial Services Ctr.
Guilford County Government
City of Greensboro
Tyco Electronics
High Point Regional Hospital
UPS
Bank of America
Thomas Built Buses
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Cone Mills Corporation
Lorillard Tobacco Company
TIMCO, Inc.
Marconi Commerce Systems
Cone Mills Corporation
City of High Point
Koury Corporation
Aetna US Healthcare
Procter and Gamble Mfg. Corp
Jefferson Pilot
U.S. Postal Service -Main Office
RF Micro Devices
Guilford Technical Comm. Coll.
Wesley Long Community Hosp.
Piedmont Marble, Inc
Lucent Technologies
VF Jeanswear
Furnitureland South
Greensboro News and Record
Women's Hosp. of Greensboro