Ranked #1 Best Business Climate, 8 of the last 9 years, by Site Selection Magazine AAA bond rating 9 th nationally in total manufacturing jobs, 1 st in the southeast US 10 th most populate state, 9.4 million 4 th fastest growing state in the US 300+ aviation and aerospace companies with 65,000 workers 4 international, 9 commercial airports 3 rd largest concentration of military in the US Nationally acclaimed workforce development/training program Why North Carolina

Optimum East Coast (USA) Location Midway between Boston and Miami Easy access to 70% of North American industrial market North-South & East-West interstate highways, and multiple freeways Close proximity to North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia ports (post Panamax-ready) Third largest concentration of military in the U.S., 50% of East Coast troops

Why NCER? Pro Business Climate o Affordable properties for lease/purchase o Highly productive, nearly union-free workforce o Business and Cost-of-Living indices below the national average o Electric Power Costs below national average o Extensive and integrated K-16 educational network, plus customized workforce training World Class Education and Workforce Training o East Carolina University–Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems & Bioprocess Engineering o NC State University-Off campus Mechanical Engineering o Nationally ranked Community Colleges offering Airframe/Power Plant, Advanced Manufacturing, CNC machining, Sheet Metal, Welding, Industrial Technology and job specific Composites Aerostructures Manufacturing programs as well as a number of life science (biopharma mfg) degree programs.

Where Global Firms Thrive Japan: ASMO, Bridgestone/Firestone, Fuji Silysia, Keihin Carolina Systems Technology, Uchiyama America, LiveDo Germany: BSH Appliances, Wirthwein (Carolina Technical Plastics), Drahtzaug Stein Sweden: Electrolux Netherlands: DSM Pharmaceuticals & Dyneema, Lely Corp. France: Saint Gobain Brazil: Ioto Canada: Spirit AeroSystems, Cote Beverage, Dopaco Mexico: Gruma Corp, Mission Foods

NCER Economy

NCER Economy by Sector

Manufacturing in NCER

CompanyIndustryCounty FRC EastDefenseCraven Butterball LlcFood ProcessingDuplin Smithfield Foods IncFood ProcessingDuplin House Of Raeford IncManufacturingDuplin Qvc Rocky Mount IncDistributionEdgecombe Sanderson Farms IncFood ProcessingLenoir Hospira IncPharmaceuticalsNash East Carolina UniversityEducationPitt BB&TFinanceWilson Consolidated DieselManufacturingNash Top 10 Companies in NCER

Central Sub-Region Sanderson Farms (Lenoir) Smithfield Foods (Lenoir) The Pork Company (Duplin) AAR (Wayne) – 100 mfg and 60 engineering jobs Spirit AeroSystems-Gulfstream (Lenoir) – 150+ jobs West Pharmaceutical Services (Lenoir) Pioneer Hi-Bred R&D facility (Lenoir) – 10+ jobs Cooper Standard Automotive (Wayne) jobs Coastal Sub-Region MBCOI to catalyze marine science sector (Carteret) Stanadyne (Onslow) Other manufacturers (Onslow) Regional Job Growth

Pitt Sub-Region Pioneer Surgical Orthobiologics – 10 jobs Confidential Records Management The Roberts Company - 29 Jobs (exp) Vidant Health Children’s Hospital – VA Medical Clinic – 150 jobs North Sub-Region BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (Wilson) Superior Essex (Edgecombe) – 166 jobs QVC, Inc (Edgecombe) –expanded 500 jobs (delayed 2012 ) Keihin Carolina Systems Tech (Edgecombe) - 50 jobs Hospira – 200 jobs (Nash) Regional Job Growth We are creating high-skilled jobs

WorkKeys & the Career Readiness Certificate Investment o Formed in 2006 by NCER o Partners: 11 Community Colleges, 13 Public School Systems & 3 Workforce Development Boards (Assessing Skills for Performance in Rebounding Economy - ASPIRE) o NCER provided $1+ million and $4+ million from state and federal grants Results o 33,303 individuals in NCER possess a CRC o 6.83% of NCER labor force possess a CRC. State average is 3% o 60 job profiles for 30 companies o Over 100 companies participating o All CTE students taking CRC NCER leads the state of NC in absolute # of CRCs and % of labor force possessing a CRC

Education & Certification –WorkKeys to WorkReady o NCER generating advanced manufacturing jobs as well as higher level jobs in science and engineering tied to STEM o Region’s growth capacity will be defined by its ability to create a pipeline of qualified workers – at all levels o Solutions must be both regional and community-based WorkReady Communities o Built upon the foundation and success of the CRC program o Modeled after Georgia – but with stricter standards o All 13 counties engaged o Over 100 employers committed

Connecting Industry and Educators o coordinate activities to expand pipeline of students for 2 -yr community and 4 -yr colleges o form academic alliances between university, public schools and area companies (aerospace/biopharma) o place computer-based STEM learning centers in each 7 th grade throughout NCER region to increase student exposure and encourage interest in STEM o 5 STEM Centers in local Middle Schools o 7 STEM HS (Health/Life Science Careers) o 6 employers engaged o 22 partners STEM East

Significant Assets in NCER o Global TransPark – 2,500 acre, multi-modal industrial park offering access to rail, air, highways and 2 international ports o East Carolina University – Awards bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Over 28,000 students and 123,000 alumni o Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station – Since 1942 the 29,000 acre base has been in Craven County o FRC East – A MRO aboard Cherry Point, FRC East provides world-class maintenance, engineering and logistics support for Naval and Marine Corps aviation. o Seymour Johnson Air Force Base – Occupying over 3,000 acres in Wayne County, SJAB is home to the distinguished 4 th fighter wing o USMC Camp Lejeune – Based in Onslow County, Camp Lejeune is home to the II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Marine Logistics Group o Cape Lookout National Seashore - o Cape Lookout National Seashore - Horse watching, shelling, fishing, birding, camping, lighthouse climbing, and touring historic villages--there’s something for everyone at Cape Lookout. o Port at Morehead City - One of the deepest ports on the US East Coast, the Port of Morehead City is located just four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The port handles both breakbulk and bulk cargo and is the second largest importer in the country for natural rubber.