Economic Development - Expansions and Relocations

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

9 hours ago, atlrvr said:

I read this as 2 separate announcements.

1) Red Bull - just a distribution center

2) Rauch - a juice company opening a manufacturing plant

 

I don't read it as 2 announcements, Rauch is the exclusive bottler of Red Bull and some of the space may be used for non manufacturing purposes. This is a similar announcement to the 2019 announcement of their joint bottling plant in Arizona but 3 times larger.  Ball Canning also was part of the joint venture in AZ and likely will be involved as well.

[tarhoosier]

Now you are in my Hoosier history neighborhood.

https://www.ball.com/na/about-ball/overview/history-timeline

Ball jars were the standard for home canning for a century or more: the Ball mason jar is something everyone knows from corn liquor containers to grandma's preserves. The Muncie, Indiana plant was close to the gas fields of north central Indiana and glass requires a large amount of gas to fuel the glass making process. Now they are involved with  containers of all types.

[CltFlyer]

20 hours ago, carolinaboy said:

Can we get Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez to do some laps in their F1 cars at Charlotte Motor Speedway as a promotion for Red Bull?

Maybe a Red Bull NASCAR team?

You're underselling the possibilities here.  How about the Carolinian Grand Prix (Formula 1) using the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval or converting uptown Charlotte/Southend into a street circuit?

In all seriousness the only US based Formula 1 team, Hass F1 Team,  is based in Kannapolis.  

 

On a side note I wouldn't be surprised to see several Charlotte sporting events/teams pick up Red Bull as a sponsor.  

Edited July 14, 2021 by CltFlyer

[Popsickle]

1 hour ago, CltFlyer said:

You're underselling the possibilities here.  How about the Carolinian Grand Prix (Formula 1) using the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval or converting uptown Charlotte/Southend into a street circuit?

In all seriousness the only US based Formula 1 team, Hass F1 Team,  is based in Kannapolis.  

 

On a side note I wouldn't be surprised to see several Charlotte sporting events/teams pick up Red Bull as a sponsor.  

F1 would never use the Roval, because CMS would not spend the incredible amount of money needed to upgrade to FIA Grade 1. 
 

On the other hand, I’ve always been surprised that Charlotte doesn’t have a world class road track considering it’s history and prestige in the Motorsport community. As long as Tilke doesn’t design, I could get behind a road circuit being built in the area. 
 

Edit: Of course ignoring the fact that building a purpose built track is a boondoggle. 

Edited July 14, 2021 by Popsickle

[davidclt]

2 hours ago, Popsickle said:

F1 would never use the Roval, because CMS would not spend the incredible amount of money needed to upgrade to FIA Grade 1. 

Edit: Of course ignoring the fact that building a purpose built track is a boondoggle. 

For those of us where (almost) every word in the above post was English but for which, not any words beyond "would never use the", "because ... would not spend the incredible amount of money needed to upgrade to" and "boondoggle" made a lick of sense and might as well have been Ελληνικά . . . here's a Motorsport Explained: FIA Track Grades (msn.com)

Edited July 14, 2021 by davidclt

[tarhoosier]

Does anyone on this board drink Red Bull regularly? I had half of a can of Monster once. Liquid treacle. 

[turbocraig]

39 minutes ago, tarhoosier said:

Does anyone on this board drink Red Bull regularly? I had half of a can of Monster once. Liquid treacle. 

I think it all tastes like Robitussin.  I don’t get it.  

[stw52]

30 minutes ago, turbocraig said:

I think it all tastes like Robitussin.  I don’t get it.  

You are doing it wrong. You need to mix it with Jäger.

[KJHburg]

In a ranking of 47  NC based companies with $1 Billion in market cap here is how the metro areas breakdown

Charlotte metro has 22 HQs including 7 of the top 10 biggest companies top 5 BofA, Honeywell, Lowes, Duke Energy, Truist

Raleigh Durham has 14 HQs   including 1 of the top 10 

Triad Greensboro Winston Salem has 6 HQs   including 2 of the top 10 

from the Biz Journal list of the largest public companies based in NC

Others are based in Hickory, Asheville, Wilmington, etc. 

[cltheel.sdl]

So, it sounds like the "big news" this week was the Red Bull announcement?

[J-Rob]

I was kind of hoping something else was coming, like maybe something with MUFG, but it doesn't seem that is the case at this point. 

[KJHburg]

10 minutes ago, J-Rob said:

I was kind of hoping something else was coming, like maybe something with MUFG, but it doesn't seem that is the case at this point. 

Maybe this was the big announcement but there is still today.  MUFG is here and hiring lots of people now.  VaroBank is hiring people for their non announced office.  Big industrial investments such as this one with Red Bull and their partner is great for region.  Not every announcement is a huge office user.  There is MORE to come believe me. 

[RANYC]

18 hours ago, cltheel.sdl said:

So, it sounds like the "big news" this week was the Red Bull announcement?

This was good news for the region.  "An amazing week for the Queen City?"  Well, I'll have to get back to you on that.  Let's review standards.

[Ric0_0]

Thought this was interesting: 

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) has made takeover bids for SPX Flow (NYSE:FLOW) that have been rebuffed, including a recent all-cash offer that valued SPX Flow in the low-$80s/share, or ~$3.5B, WSJ reports. Ingersoll Rand has no plans to make a hostile offer for SPX Flow, and it is not clear if it will submit a new bid, according to another report.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/news/3716152-spx-flow-rebuffs-ingersoll-rand-takeover-bids-wsj

Edited July 19, 2021 by Ric0_0

[rancenc]

Looks like some push back on the proposed lithium mine in Gaston County!!

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/push-supply-tesla-piedmont-lithium-irks-north-carolina-neighbors-2021-07-20/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BizFayetteville.com+Tuesday+Update

[Blue_Devil]

1 hour ago, rancenc said:

Looks like some push back on the proposed lithium mine in Gaston County!!

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/push-supply-tesla-piedmont-lithium-irks-north-carolina-neighbors-2021-07-20/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BizFayetteville.com+Tuesday+Update

Reading the article, I don't understand how their leadership messed that up so much. They get a huge contract, for the largest lithium mine in the US, with goals to not only have the mine but also the refining and processing which could lead to having a lot of battery manufacturers in the area and eventual Electric car manufactures once the supply chain is built out, and they don't get permits from the City Council... The Hell?

[Matthew.Brendan]

Local leadership can’t play big league ball. Shrugs. 

[KJHburg]

in person recruiting trip to the NY NJ region for the Charlotte Regional  Business Alliance

Charlotte Regional Business Alliance | New York/New Jersey Trip

 

[HopHead]

14 hours ago, KJHburg said:

in person recruiting trip to the NY NJ region for the Charlotte Regional  Business Alliance

Charlotte Regional Business Alliance | New York/New Jersey Trip

 

As a part of this trip, I feel like the CLT Regional Business Alliance would be driving moving trucks from NY & NJ on their way back with the amount of people from those locales coming here lol

[J-Rob]

Better.com has hired 1,000 employees already. They are going public through a SPAC merger, so Charlotte will have another publicly-traded presence.  As a refresher, they expanded here in part because of their partnership with Ally Bank. I

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2021/07/23/better-com-reaches-local-hiring-target-1000-people.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_23&cx_artPos=6#cxrecs_s

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LOL. I now see that @KJHburg and @atlrvrboth posted this elsewhere.  Sorry. Would delete if I could. 

Edited July 26, 2021 by J-Rob

[KJHburg]

^^ No need to delete.  Better.com, MUFG, USAA, Moodys have all come to Charlotte and created now 1000s of jobs without any incentives.  That shows you how attractive Charlotte is for many companies.  That is something to be celebrated. 

[KJHburg]

More jobs coming to Concord and the Grounds from twitter Biz Journal

BREAKING: Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp., of Ball Corp., is investing $383.8 million into a new can manufacturing facility in Cabarrus County. The project is expected to create 220 new jobs. I'm told this project will locate at The Grounds at Concord.

 

this is in addition to the Red Bull/ Rauch announcement.  

[kermit]

^ also good news for our brewery cluster!

[KJHburg]

To keep up to date with the Grounds  of Concord and the 3 big announcements that would be

2 Million sq feet $740 M investment between Red Bull and Rauch  400 jobs

800K with Ball Metal Can Co.  $384 M investment   200 jobs

So total in the last 2 weeks that would be  $1.124 BILLION investment and 600 plus jobs for Cabarrus County 

 

[rancenc]

News from Reuters on the most recent developments of the proposed lithium production facility in Gaston County.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/piedmont-says-has-delayed-timeline-supply-lithium-tesla-2021-08-02/