Duplin County business expanding and adding jobs

WALLACE, N.C. (WITN) – The Metal Specialist announced they will be building their headquarters and industrial manufacturing facility in Duplin County.

The project will bring 33 new jobs paying average salaries of over $40,000 a year, and will create an annual payroll impact of more than $1.3 million.

Metal Specialist LLC, is a custom metal fabricator agricultural, commercial, and residential roofing company.

The Metal Specialist will build the new headquarters on what is now the South Park Industry Center. The company says the new headquarters will include a manufacturing plant for custom metal fabrication with expansion plans for a 14,000-square-foot distribution center.

The company will receive $100,000 in funding from the State Department of Commerce’s One North Carolina Fund, which is a performance-based grant only to be received upon meeting the job creation and capital investment targets established by the Department of Commerce.

“It’s easy to…

Read more…