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N.C. Gov. Cooper Announces Plan for 800 Jobs in Asheville as Pratt & Whitney Selects North Carolina for Major Facility
October 23, 2020
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 23 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 22:

Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX) plans to invest approximately $650 million and create 800 jobs through 2027 in Asheville, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The project will bring a new high-tech turbine airfoil production facility to Buncombe County.

"We are positioning North Carolina to come out of this . . .

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