March 8. Steel Warehouse Co., a South Bend, Indiana-based steel company, will invest $30.5 million in a new facility in Hickory . It means 58 new jobs, with an average annual wage of $62,000, exceeding the Catawba County average of $54,151. Annual payroll: More than $3.5 million. Background The 77-year-old company operates 15 locations across […]
Nov. 10. Leaders of Catawba County, the cities of Conover and Hickory, the Town of Maiden, and the Catawba County Economic Development Corporation announced that Microsoft Corp. plans to invest a minimum of $1 billion in the phased development of four data centers in Catawba County over the next 10 years. A modest number of […]