your GLOBAL connection LOCATION: East Coast, USA Section 1—Location Map LOCATION: Lenoir County is centrally located in eastern NC approximately 75 miles east of Raleigh Lenoir County, NC (our state’s capital) and 75 miles west of Morehead City (one of our seaports and the beautiful crystal coast)and is within a 6 hour drive of the beautiful NC Blue Ridge Mountains. Our county is a blend of agriculture and manufacturing. Lenoir County has three incorporated municipalities: Kinston, LaGrange and Pink Hill. Our county is a blend of agriculture and manufacturing. Lenoir County has three incorporated municipalities: Kinston, LaGrange and Pink Hill. Lenoir County is home to North Carolina’s Global TransPark, a multi-modal transportation and industrial Major Highways complex encompassing 15,000 acres and an Eastern North Carolina 11,500-foot runway. Kinston: serves as the county seat for Lenoir County and is situated centrally on US Highway 70 the region’s east/west corridor. The north/south highways of 11, 55, 58, and 258 also pass through the City of Kinston. LaGrange: approximately 10 miles west of Kinston at the intersection of US 70 and Highway 903 in the western part of Lenoir County within 35 miles of Interstate 95. Pink Hill: approximately 15 miles south of Kinston on Highway 11 in southern Lenoir County within 20 miles of Interstate 40. Lenoir County Road Map Section 1—Location Map REGIONAL OVERVIEW: NC’S EASTERN REGION Lenoir County is part of North Carolina’s Eastern Region, a multi-county partnership established by the North Carolina General Assembly to promote economic development in a thirteen county area of eastern North Carolina. It encompasses nearly 7,000 square miles and over 982,000 residents. The centerpiece of the region is the North Carolina Global TransPark, which is located in Lenoir County. The multi-modal transportation and industrial complex is designed to meet the present and emerging needs of domestic and global commerce. The GTP is master planned to eventually encompass 15,300 acres and provide a full range of business amenities. The North Carolina Global TransPark Center is an integral part of the GTP concept. This 33,000 square foot on-site facility houses contemporary distance learning and networking technologies that can deliver customized training to meet the needs of the knowledge economy. Section 2—Regional Overview REGIONAL OVERVIEW: • Regional Economic Development Partnership • Created and funded by the North Carolina State Legislature in 1993 • A unit of local government • $26 million dollars in assets • Revolving Loan Fund and Grants for member counties • Diverse economy • Geographic area: 7,000 sq mi/17,900 sq km • One million residents Section 2—Regional Overview REGIONAL OVERVIEW: Major Aviation / Aerospace Assets in the Region Components Concentrations of Military Aircraft: Jet Engine Fuel Controls: Honeywell, Rocky Mount • 2nd Marine Air Wing ( Fixed and Rotary Wing Fire Suppression System: Kidde Aerospace & Defense, aircraft): MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock and Wilson MCAS New River, Jacksonville Aircraft Composite Structures: Spirit AeroSystems, Kinston th (500,000 sf/46,451 sq meters) Mfg facility and Composite • 4 Fighter Wing, USAF (Fixed Wing aircraft): Research Center under construction Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro Cargo Handling: AAR Cargo/Defense Systems, Goldsboro Parts and Supplies: Commerce Overseas Corporation, Academic Support: Kinston • East Carolina University: Systems Engineering Electronic Components: DHI Holdings, Inc., Trenton BA degree, Greenville Fluid Hoses: , Middlesex EATON Corporation • Spirit AeroSystems Composite Structures Information Technologies, Engineering services and Software Solutions: Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc., Kinston Training Center • Craven and Wayne Community Colleges: Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul - MRO Airframe and Power Plant Technicians Commercial Fixed Wing MRO: Mountain Air Cargo, • Lenoir Community College: Advanced Kinston Machining Center: Kinston Military MRO: US Navy Fleet Readiness Center East, • Early College and Science Engineering MCAS Cherry Point: V/STOL, Rotary Wing, Fixed Wing, Technology & Math –STEM programs UAV’S, and turbine engines, plus Dept of the Navy Vertical Lift Center of Excellence and designated MRO for all USAF, throughout the region USN and USMC V-22 Tiltrotor aircraft. Havelock • Statewide Aerospace/Aviation Workforce Assessment & Gap Analysis: North Carolina’s Global TransPark, Kinston, NC Eastern Region (Kinston) in partnership with the • Multi-modal business-industrial park, 5800 North Carolina Golden Leaf Foundation (Rocky acres owned, 2,400 owned Mount) • Longest commercial runway between Washington DC and Atlanta – 11,500 meters, Catt II ready • Foreign Trade Zone #214 on site • Rail spur under construction Section 2—Regional Overview REGIONAL OVERVIEW: Major Aviation / Aerospace Assets in North Carolina Components Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul – MRO Engines (Commercial Transport): General Electric, Wilmington Repairs/Remanufacturing Major Aerospace Systems: and Durham Goodrich Corp, Monroe Engines (Helicopter): Turbomeca, Monroe Commercial M & O: Piedmont Aviation Component Services, Kernersville Engines (Light Commercial): Honda Aero Inc., Burlington Military MRO: US Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Engine Components: Timco Aviation Services, Greensboro Center: Depot level for Engine Components: Unison Engine Components, Asheville Aircraft Engine Components/Turbine Blades: PCC - Precision Cast Corp, Unmanned Lighter than Air Platforms: TCOM LTA Sanford Systems, Elizabeth City Aircraft Parts/Landing Gear/Components: Curtis-Wright Business Aircraft: Honda Aircraft Company, Greensboro Controls, Shelby Specialty Metals: ATI Alvac, Monroe Concentrations of Military Aircraft: • 18th Airborne Corp (Rotary and Fixed Wing Motion/Vibration Management Technologies: Lord Corporation, aircraft): Ft. Bragg, Fayetteville Cary Academic Support: • BA to PhD programs in Composite Components: VX Aerospace, Morganton NC State University: multiple engineering disciplines; research core Tires (Space Shuttle): Michelin, Norwood competencies include combustion, structural mechanics and materials, and computational Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, components and turbine engines, methods Elizabeth City • Duke University: Research topics include adaptive structures, acoustics, aerodynamics, Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul – MRO controls, dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and thermodynamics Commercial Heavy Aircraft Overhaul/Maintenance: DRS • NC A & T State University: Advanced Materials , Elizabeth City Technologies & Nano Technology, Center for Advanced Materials & Smart Structures, Center for Composite Material Research Section 2—Regional Overview North Carolina Global TransPark AT A GLANCE OVERVIEW GTP ADVANTAGES • 11,500 foot runway with CAT II/III ILS upgrade by 2012 The North Carolina • Rail spur operational by 2012 • Foreign-Trade Zone #214 Global TransPark (GTP) • Environmentally permitted for 5,775 acres • TransPark is a combined industrial Center – 33,000 sf onsite education and training facility • Land available for immediate development • Convenient park and airport interstate highway access • Proximity to two international developed by the state in Atlantic Coast ports • Convenient to six North Carolina Future Spirit manufacturing at the GTP will Eastern North Carolina. military facilities include fuselage and wingspar construction MAJOR TENANT CATEGORIES AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING The Global TransPark is ideally suited to serve the current and future needs of the aerospace manufacturing industry. With the emergence of composites as the new industry standard, the GTP intends to help equip Eastern North Carolina’s workforce with the skills needed to excel in this advanced manufacturing technology. Spirit AeroSystems is now building a 500,000 square foot manufacturing center at the Global TransPark in order to produce aircraft parts for Airbus. The new facility at the GTP will produce the center fuselage and front wingspar for the Airbus A350 using state-of-the-art composite technology and will emerge as a Center of Excellence in the use of composites. AIRCRAFT SERVICE & MAINTENANCE The GTP is strategically equipped and located to serve the commercial, military and business aviation sectors. THE GTP MISSION Mountain Air Cargo (MAC) is an express cargo carrier providing • Create skilled, well-paying flight and maintenance services throughout much of North and jobs in Eastern North South America. MAC is a contract carrier and services provider for Carolina • Support education, FedEx in the Eastern U.S. Its main maintenance facility is at the research and development GTP. efforts related to the creation of new economic Segrave Aviation is the fixed base operator for the Kinston Regional opportunity • Attract economic Jetport and specializes in private jet charter, aircraft management investment from identified, and aircraft maintenance. Pegasus Elite Aviation is a rapidly growing Segrave Aviation's control center targeted industries. private jet charter service affiliated with Segrave. Continued on side 2... GTP FACT SHEET - SIDE 1 North Carolina Global TransPark At A Glance LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT The GTP offers immediate access to transportation infrastructures, a Foreign-Trade Zone and available warehouse and distribution facilities. 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