Economic Development Futures Journal

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

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Looks Like Dell in the NC Triad Area

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley and Kevin Rollins, the chief executive of Dell Inc., announced that Dell would open a factory in the Triad next fall that will employ as many as 1,500 workers to make desktop computers.

Rollins said that the company has not made a decision yet on whether to build in Forsyth or Guilford County. But he said that Dell hopes to begin construction by the end of this year.
"We haven't finalized the decision clearly. We're going to be doing that in the next two weeks to a month. We're going to do it quickly," he said.

"We've looked at the whole Triad region and many locations, and we've had excellent cooperation from all the governments there, so it will be a hard decision. But we want to move quickly, and get on with the job of adding jobs in North Carolina," Rollins said.
"Our plan is to review those sites quickly so we can begin construction by the end of the year," he said.

Though Dell has pledged to hire 1,500 workers within five years, a Dell spokeswoman said that the company plans to hire 700 full-time employees in the plant's first year.

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