Components • JetEngineFuelControls:Honeywell,RockyMount

• FireSuppressionSystems:Kidde Aerospace & Defense,Wilson

• AircraftCompositeStructures:Spirit AeroSystems,Kinston

(500,000sf/46,451m2),Kinston

• CompositeCenterofExcellence:Spirit AeroSystems

(30,000sf/2,787m2),Kinston

• CargoHandling:AAR Cargo/Defense Systems,Goldsboro

• PartsandSupplies:Commerce Overseas Corporation,Kinston

• ElectronicComponents:DHI Holdings, Inc.,Trenton

• FluidHoses:EATON Corporation,Middlesex

• InformationTechnologies,EngineeringServicesandSoftware

Solutions:Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc.,Kinston

• AS9100Machining:Petra & Goldsboro Machining,Goldsboro

• Logistics:Kanban,RockyMount

• Logistics:New Breed,Kinston

• Logistics: Longistics,Kinston

• Logistics: DB Schenker,Kinston

• NumberedToolKits:US Foam & Etch,Goldsboro

InTheRegion

MajorDefense/AerospaceAssetsAdvantages

Maintenance,RepairandOverhaul-MRO• CommercialFixedWingMRO:Mountain Air Cargo,Kinston

• MilitaryMRO:US Navy Fleet Readiness Center East, MCAS

Cherry Point(V/STOL,RotaryWing,FixedWing,UAV’S,

andturbineengines,plusDeptoftheNavyVerticalLiftCenter

ofExcellenceanddesignatedMROforallUSAF,USNand

USMCV-22Tiltrotoraircraft),Havelock

• LogisticsSupport:AAR Defense Systems,Havelock

• MineResistantVehiclesMRO:Oshkosh,Jacksonville

500mi.

250mi.

3802 Hwy. 58 North, Kinston, NC - USA 28504Phone: 800-474-8499 • Fax: 252-523-9017

E-mail: info@nceast.org www.nceast.org

AcademicSupport• EastCarolinaUniversity:MBAprogram,BSin

ComputerScience,Logistics,IndustrialTechnology,

SystemsEngineering(Mechanical),Electrical-CY2012

• SpiritAeroSystemsCompositeCenterofExcellence

• CommunityCollegeSystem:

-AirframeandPowerPlantTechnicians

-CarbonFiberCompositeComponentsFabrication

andAssembly

-AdvancedMachining(5axis)

-SheetMetalFabrication

• EarlyCollegeandScienceEngineeringTechnologyand

Math–STEMProgramsthroughouttheregion

• IntegratedCurriculumallowstransferofcreditfrom

HighSchooltoCommunityCollegetoUniversity

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Winterville

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Havelock

Jacksonville

New Bern

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AdvantagesMajorDefense/AerospaceAssetsInTheRegion

GlobalTransPark,Kinston,NC• Multi-modalbusiness-industrialpark,5,800acrespermitted, 2,500owned• LongestcommercialrunwaybetweenWashington,DCand Atlanta,GA-11,500ft/3,505m,CATIII,CY2012• ForeignTradeZone#214onsite• RailspurtoNorfolk-SouthernsystemandPortof MoreheadCity-NovCY2011

ConcentrationsofMilitaryAircraft• 2ndMarineAirWing -FixedWing,MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock -Helicopters&Tiltrotors,MCAS New River, Jacksonville• 4thFighterWing,USAF -FixedWing,Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro• MCBCampLejeune,Jacksonville - II Marine Expeditionary Force - USMC Special Operations Command - USCG Special Missions Training Center

Components • Engines(CommercialTransport):General Electric,Wilmington

andDurham

• Engines(Helicopter):Turbomeca,Monroe

• Engines(Aircraft):Honda Aero Inc.,Greensboro

• EngineComponents:Timco Aviation Services,Greensboro

• EngineComponents:Unison Engine Components,Asheville

• EngineComponents/TurbineBlades:PCC - Precision

Cast Corp.,Sanford

• Aero/IndustrialTurbineServices:Liburdi Turbine

Services,Mooresville

• AircraftParts/LandingGearComponents:Curtis-Wright

Controls,Shelby

• Airframe/LandingGearComponents:Twin Precision

Manufacturing,Leland

• SpecialtyMetals:ATI Alvac,Monroe

• Motion/VibrationManagementTechnologies:Lord Corp,Cary

• CompositeAirframeComponents:VX Aerospace,Morganton

• Tires(SpaceShuttle):Michelin,Norwood

• AircraftSeating:B/E Aerospace,Winston-Salem

InTheState

MajorDefense/AerospaceAssetsAdvantages

Maintenance,RepairandOverhaul –MRO• CommercialAircraft(Heavy):DRS Technologies,

ElizabethCity

• CommercialAircraft(Heavy):Timco Linecare,Greensboro

• Commercial737Maintenance:NS Aviation,Winston-Salem

• Repairs/RemanufacturingMajorAerospaceSystems:

Goodrich Corp,Monroe

• CommercialM&O:Piedmont Aviation Component

Services,Kernersville

• MilitaryMRO:US Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center:

DepotLevelforFixedWing,RotaryWing,Componentsand

TurbineEngines,ElizabethCity

ConcentrationsofMilitaryAircraft• 18thAirborneCorp.(RotaryandFixedWingaircraft):

PopeField,Ft.Bragg,Fayetteville

• U.S.CoastGuardAirStation(RotaryandFixedWing

Aircraft):ElizabethCity

3802 Hwy. 58 North, Kinston, NC - USA 28504Phone: 800-474-8499 • Fax: 252-523-9017

E-mail: info@nceast.org www.nceast.org

NorthCarolina’sEasternRegion• RegionalEconomicDevelopmentPartnershipserving

thirteencounties

• Free,ConfidentialSiteLocationServices

• Aunitoflocalgovernment

• Revolvingloanfundandgrantsformembercounties

toassistwithinfrastructuredevelopment

• Defense,Aerospace,AdvancedManufacturingand

LogisticsBusinessClusters

• Geographicarea:7,000mi2/17,900km2

• Onemillionresidents

• RighttoWorkState

• Lessthan1.0%Unionworkforce

• Region-wideWorkKeys/CareerReadiness

CertificateProgram

• ThreecommercialairportswithservicetoAtlanta

andCharlotte

AdvantagesMajorDefense/AerospaceAssetsInTheState

AcademicSupport• NCStateUniversity:BAtoPhD.programsinmultiple

engineeringdisciplines;researchcorecompetencies

includecombustion,structuralmechanicsandmaterials,

andcomputationalmethods

• DukeUniversity:Researchtopicsincludeadaptive

structures,acoustics,aerodynamics,controls,dynamics,

fluidmechanics,heattransferandthermodynamics

• NCA&TUniversity:AdvancedMaterialsandNano

Technology,CenterforAdvancedMaterialsandSmart

Structures,CenterforCompositeMaterialResearch

• EastCarolinaUniversity:MBAprogram,BSin

ComputerScience,Logistics,IndustrialTechnology,

SystemsEngineering(Mechanical),Electrical-CY2012

• UniversityofNorthCarolina:Institutefor

Defense&Business

NorthCarolinaFacts• LaunchpadforAmericanaviation;WilburandOrville

WrightFirstFlight1903

• Ranks9thnationallyintotalmanufacturingjobsand

firstinthesoutheastUS

• Ranks9thnationallyinplasticmanufacturingfacilities

• PolymersCenterofExcellence,Charlotte

• 10thmostpopulacestateintheUS,over9million

• 4thfastestgrowingstateintheUS

• 300+aviationandaerospacecompanies

• 65,000aviationandaerospaceworkers

• Fourinternational,74publiclyownedand300privately

ownedairportsinthestate

• Over7,000registeredaircraftand15,000licensedpilots

• 3rdlargestconcentrationofmilitarypersonnelintheUS

250mi. 500mi.