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[cityboi]

Greensboro based RF Micro Devices aquires competitor Sirenza. The merger would create the world's largest company dealing with radio frequency components for cell phones and other wireless devices. RF Micro Devices was founded in Greensboro and has manufacturing facilities in the city as well. RF has operations all across the country including international locations. The aquisition will allow RF Micro to  manufacturer wireless components for broadband, cable television, wireless infrastructure, WiMAX and aerospace and defense applications. Two guys started RF Micro Devices in 1991 in a small design shop in Greensboro and have grown to become a global leader in wireless technology and component supplier.

U.S. locations:

Greensboro (Corporate headquarters)
Charlotte
Cedar Rapids, IA
Irvine, CA
Billerica, MA
Chandler, AZ
Scotts Valley, CA
Carlsbad, CA
Broomfield, CO

International locations:

China
Taiwan
Denmark
France
Bijing
Shenzhen
Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Shanghai

http://www.news-reco...EC0101/70813010

http://www.bizjourna...tml?jst=b_ln_hl

Edited by cityboi, 13 August 2007 - 09:20 AM.

[cityboi]

RF Micro Devices announced it could build another plant in Greensboro with 300 jobs that pay about $52,000 per yer

http://www.news-reco...EC0101/70813021

RF Micro Devices is really becoming a fixture in Greensboro.

Edited by cityboi, 14 August 2007 - 05:48 AM.

[krazeeboi]

It's always good when local companies expand and become more prominent.

[JerseyBoy]

Wow, that's great to hear! This will definitely help RF Micro become a bigger player in the wireless industry. Not too shabby jobs either I might add.  

[JerseyBoy]

BB&T buys commercial mortgage firm:

http://triad.bizjour...tml?jst=b_ln_hl

Wish the new office was moving to Winston, but we never seem to be on the positive side of any BB&T news.

[JerseyBoy]

A globally known manufacturer is looking at W-S and other cities for a $300 million 1,040,000 sf 2,500 worker campus. Anybody want to take a guess as to who it might be? Audi/Volkswagen perhaps?

[Creasy336]

DaAchiever, on Aug 24 2007, 10:10 AM, said:

A globally known manufacturer is looking at W-S and other cities for a $300 million 1,040,000 sf 2,500 worker campus. Anybody want to take a guess as to who it might be? Audi/Volkswagen perhaps?

$300 million 1,040,000 sf 2,500 worker ??? Now that would truly change W-S and the Triad forever.  Were any sites mentioned? or were they just looking at the area in general?  I'd love to see something like this on the east side of Winston as the Triad beginning to focus an employment center near the HOT.

[suburban george3]

DaAchiever, on Aug 24 2007, 12:10 PM, said:

A globally known manufacturer is looking at W-S and other cities for a $300 million 1,040,000 sf 2,500 worker campus. Anybody want to take a guess as to who it might be? Audi/Volkswagen perhaps?

I've heard Charlotte mentioned as well as other cities for this...  is there any backing to this 'rumor?'

[twincity]

where is this info coming from?

[krazeeboi]

If this is related to the VW/Audi rumor, it has been mentioned that the corporate headquarters could be relocating from Michigan to Arlington, VA, and that South Carolina is a potential location for a new manufacturing facility. I think Charlotte was also mentioned as a location for the HQ, but those are the only locations I've heard of specifically.

[JerseyBoy]

The news is from a local Winston forum, we should hear more in October. BTW, disappointingly it's not Audi.

[krazeeboi]

You should be glad it's not Audi as we already know the competition is pretty stiff. Winston-Salem probably has a better chance of landing the company that's actually involved here. I would like to know what other cities are being considered though.

[twincity]

the article i read was very vague and just mentioned all of NC as a possible location...no specific cities.  the other states in running are not known.

[cityboi]

Greensboro based VF Corp continues its aquisitions. VF Corp is a Fortune 500 company and is the world's largest appearal company. This is great news for Greensboro and is one of the very few good news you hear of the textile industry in Greensboro.

http://www.bizjourna...tml?jst=b_ln_hl

[cityboi]

twincity, on Aug 26 2007, 08:14 PM, said:

the article i read was very vague and just mentioned all of NC as a possible location...no specific cities.  the other states in running are not known.

I think this would be very EXCELLENT news for the Triad. A corporate park and manufacuring facilty for more than 2,500 people is region changing. If its a foreign auto company, it would be the North American Headquarters. The Triad is already strong in the auto industry. Greensboro is home to Volvo Trucks of North America, textile companies that make fabrics for car interiors and there is even a plant in Greensboro that makes axles for trucks. Certainly such companies in the area combined with FedEX builds a strong case for such a development in the Triad. I think we will find out that FedEx will keep coming up as a big reason a company looks to locate to the area. People today just dont realize what an important asset FedEx is to the Triad.

Edited by cityboi, 31 August 2007 - 12:43 PM.

[JerseyBoy]

Liberty Hardware is considering W-S for a large expansion! A decision about where this growth will occur will be made in the next couple of months!

[cityboi]

DaAchiever, on Sep 2 2007, 09:54 PM, said:

Liberty Hardware is considering W-S for a large expansion! A decision about where this growth will occur will be made in the next couple of months!

I was actually considering getting a job there one time

[JerseyBoy]

cityboi, on Aug 14 2007, 07:47 AM, said:

RF Micro Devices announced it could build another plant in Greensboro with 300 jobs that pay about $52,000 per yer

http://www.news-reco...EC0101/70813021

RF Micro Devices is really becoming a fixture in Greensboro.

Looks like that may not be the case, at least for now.

RF Micro was turned down by the Guilford County commissioners on Thursday for their $1.03 million incentive request. The company is now considering sites in High Point, Winston-Salem, China, and the United Kingdom for the plant.

http://www.news-reco...RSTAFF/70906024

[krazeeboi]

Interesting. I see a few members said they believe that the company will build the plant in Greensboro with or without incentives. Also, commissioners said it was difficult to give money to such a large company when small businesses were struggling, which is a fair point. Others didn't like that most of RF Micro's investment would be in equipment, not buildings. Others mentioned the recently passed county budget, which raised property taxes for the sixth time in seven years.

Also, the incentives requested were in the amount of $1.03 million. The company would be spending a total of $103 million to build the plant. And the article said the jobs would average $42K annually, not $52K (still a good figure).

[TheDash]

Clemmons make get a 96 million dollar hospital!!!
It will be a branch of Forsyth Hospital...
it seems like everyone is trying to get a hospital first Kernersville then Davie and now CLemmons
Here is a link about it.
http://www.bizjourna...tml?jst=b_ln_hl

Edited by TheDash, 17 September 2007 - 07:51 PM.