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Business Development
Attracting business to North Carolina.
Expanding North Carolina's Domestic and Global Prescence
The Business Development team, responsible for sourcing quality project leads from domestic and global markets, had a successful year generating interest in North Carolina from prospective companies. The team represented the state at marquee trade shows, including the Paris Air Show, SEUS Japan Conference in Tokyo, Battery Asia, CPHI Europe/Korea, RE+, and SelectUSA, the largest trade show for foreign direct investment in the world with 5,500 attendees from 100+ international markets.
In 2025, the Business Development team generated 137 qualified project leads and 28 of those leads sourced by the team chose North Carolina for their operations.
Notable Announcements
EDPNC first met Genentech in 2022 and nurtured the relationship for years. The company announced in May 2025 it was building a $700 million manufacturing facility in Holly Springs that would employ 400 people. Not even one year later, Genentech announced it was more than doubling the investment in the facility and adding another 100 jobs to the project.
Originally sourced by EDPNC Europe, this investment of $51 million and creation of 125 jobs in western North Carolina came less than a year after the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene on the area.
This project was an EDPNC-sourced lead from the IEEE Power & Energy Society Transmission and Distribution tradeshow. Pennsylvania Transformer Technology, LLC (PTT), which is investing $102.5 million and creating 217 jobs in Hoke County, broke ground on its facility in December 2025 at an event attended by Gov. Josh Stein.
Sourced from the ‘All In North Carolina’ advertising campaign, Citel announced it was creating 57 jobs and investing $12.5 million to relocate its North American operations to Hillsborough. Gov. Stein also met with the company during a trip to Paris in June 2025
Team Highlights
