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EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — An eastern North Carolina megasite has landed a 10-figure investment from a battery maker that pledges to bring more than 1,000 jobs to the region.
Santa Clara, California-based Natron Energy is planning to invest $1.4 billion to build a battery manufacturing plant at the Kingsboro Megasite in Edgecombe County, according to a meeting this week of the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Economic Investment Committee.
With the investment, Natron Energy pledges to create 1,062 jobs with an average annual salary of $64,071.
The committee voted to approve a performance-based JDIG economic incentive of $21.7 million. Tennessee and South Carolina were also finalists for the company’s investment.
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