Just two weeks after North Carolina returned to CNBC’s top spot for businesses, the good news keeps rolling in.
Payroll company ADP released a study at the end of last week that analyzed the best place for recent college graduates to find a job. For the second year in a row, Raleigh was named the top city in ADP’s study.
From this year’s release:
“Once again, Raleigh claimed the top spot. North Carolina’s Research Triangle region consistently draws an influx of people attracted by its job opportunities, comparatively affordable cost of living, and strong hiring.”
Last year’s study from ADP highlighted “…[RTP] is the largest research park in the United States and is headquarters for more than 300 companies, most of them in the science and technology sectors.”
Right on the heels of ADP’s study, multinational biotechnology firm Biogen announced this week a $2 billion investment to expand its manufacturing operations in Research Triangle Park.
From Biogen’s press release:
“North Carolina’s RTP is home to Biogen’s largest manufacturing footprint. As the state’s largest biotechnology employer and one of the top five biopharmaceutical employers, Biogen employs over 1,500 manufacturing and technical employees and more than 400 skilled contractors across its Wake County and Durham County campuses. More than 90% of innovator commercial medicines produced by Biogen have manufacturing and quality control testing in the U.S.”
Since coming to RTP in 1995 Biogen has already invested approximately $10 billion in their RTP footprint.
Since 2011 conservative leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly have prioritized a business friendly environment. That long term commitment to forward thinking, economically sound principles has continued to yield results and set North Carolina up for the years to come.