General Dynamics unit moves to Charlotte

Charlotte Business Journal | 07/28/2003

[Redleg Duke]

General Dynamics unit moves to Charlotte Charlotte Business Journal – 07/28/2003

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Inc. is moving its headquarters and light-manufacturing operations to Charlotte. The relocation, from Burlington, Vt., will create 405 jobs and require a $30 million investment.

The Vermont-based company, which designs, develops and manufactures aerospace and defense products, will move in September and plans to be fully operational by the fall of next year.

The company says the positions will pay an average of $70,000 a year. Charlotte was selected from among 10 cities.

In a release, company President Linda Hudson cites a central location on the Eastern Seaboard, access to a major airport, affordable cost of living and business incentives for the company's choice of Charlotte.

General Dynamics Armament is a unit of General Dynamics Corp. and has more than 2,500 employees in eight other locations.

The project is a recipient of an N.C. job development investment grant, which will provide a benefit of up to $5.9 million in the next 10 years.

[Redleg Duke]

Another stunning success for Mr Dean from Vermont. Hey, they didn't want them dirty old defence jobs in the "Queen Mountain State" anyway!

[Constitution Day]

Good news for NC!

[Mamzelle]

re: "Queen Mountain State"--Heehee...

V'maaaaunt can be the Wedding Chapel of the East Coast...

[KevinDavis]

I thought all jobs was moving to China??

[xrp]

Your use of the English language leads me to believe that you are already in China!

[AmericanCheeseFood]

This is awesome. I wonder if this is mentioned on Dimmy.com!

Bound to be lots of complaints about this.

I think I'll go check.

Cheese.BiggerKookThanU Dim.com member

[JohnnyZ]

All your jobs are belong to us!

[Constitution Day]

NC ping!
Please FRmail me if you want to be added to or removed from this North Carolina ping list.

[ChadsDad]

and we NEED good (economic) news!!!

[Phantom Lord]

But Howard Dean built a wonderful Vermont as governor. Why would they want to leave?!?!

[ctlpdad]

Those left-wing commie city-trsansplanted neo-hippie anti-everything-not-organic goat farmers are so f'ed up and really are trashing a beautiful suburb of New York City. It's turning into one big government-run collective dairy farm.

I don't blame GD one bit for moving.

[Pedrobud]

AS a Vermonter, this is devastating to the state. Howard Dean and the flaming liberal legislators in Vermont are very anti-business but claim to be for the small guy.
The new Governor in Vermont is doing what he can, but it is not possible to change everything himself. Many of these legislators are from NY and want to keep Vermont pristine and beautiful and to hell with jobs. They have what they need. They are short sighted as hell!!!!!!!!!

[JustAnAmerican]

"I thought all jobs was moving to China??

Just the ones from anti-American, money before country companies.

[Helms]

But Howard Dean built a wonderful Vermont as governor. Why would they want to leave?!?!

[Helms]

But Howard Dean built a wonderful Vermont as governor. Why would they want to leave?!?!
<p
To escape Ben and Jerrys world..

[rrrod]

yep we need good news too!

[Farnham]

You're welcome down here!

Maybe you could convert your property in Vermont to a timeshare rental property and soak the NYC types who love that stuff. I love the Vermont countryside, I just can't afford to live there, either.

[snopercod]

I could commute, almost...

[wasp69]

affordable cost of living and business incentives

Liberalism runs yet another business out of a state. When are the good, salt of the earth New Englanders going to wake up?

[Constitution Day]

How far do you live from there?