Raymond Deane

Ray Deane, General Manager of the Lenoir operation stated in his announcement letter, "[this expansion] will substantially improve our manufacturing capabilities and competitiveness so as to strengthen our efforts to maintain current jobs and positions."North Carolina's Eastern Region supplied a nearly $5,500 Flex Grant to assist in this project.

Bosch-Siemens-Haushaltsgerate Home Appliances Corporation adds 1,400 jobs to Craven County . . .Bosh-Siemens-Haushalthgerate (BSH), a German corporation specializing in the manufacture of "white goods," announced its relocation into Craven County bringing with it an additional 1,400 positions and $150,000 in private investment.Currently this union between the three corporations is unique to this site.Generally, the three competitors share the "white goods" market producing top-of-the-line merchandise such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and dishwashers.BSH received a $25,000 Flex Grant, $30,290 for infrastructure improvements, nearly $30,000 in Environmental Grants and an impressive $83,000 in Golden Leaf grant assistance.

"The expansion, estimated at a cost in excess of $700,000, will initially create and add 10 new job positions to our current workforce," said General Manager Ray Deane in an April 2 letter to Larry Moolenaar, the county's economic development director.
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"We're taking an existing building and turning it from a warehouse to a manufacturing facility," Deane told The Free Press Tuesday."This will allow us to upgrade our process and make us more flexible and cost-effective."

Lenoir County is expected to give the company $25,000 to help with start-up of the new facility.Kinston will contribute $36,000 in utility improvements.The Eastern Region - formerly known as the Global TransPark Commission - is giving a $5,469 flex grant incentive.

Raymond Deane

Raymond DeaneWilliam Barnet & Sons, LLC

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Ray Deane, General Manager of the Lenoir operation stated in his announcement letter, "[this expansion] will substantially improve our manufacturing capabilities and competitiveness so as to strengthen our efforts to maintain current jobs and positions."