The N.C. Industrial Center in Mebane was among six sites that Cambro Manufacturing considered statewide to build a new production and distribution facility.
Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Cambro is looking to invest $33.9 million to construct a new production and distribution center in Mebane, creating 100 full-time jobs with an average salary of $44,200. Thompson said Cambro currently employs 850 workers worldwide. The company, which was founded in 1951, makes plastics for the food service industry.
The Alamance County Board of Commissioners and Mebane City Council are scheduled to hold public hearings April 7 to consider incentives requests from Cambro.
Alamance County�s proposed incentives agreement is to provide the company with $678,000 to be distributed over a five-year period. The county�s annual incentive distribution would be $135,600. Tax revenues provided annually to the county through Cambro�s taxable investment would be $183,060, said County Manager Craig Honeycutt.
Mebane City Manager David Cheek said Wednesday that he was still negotiating what incentives the city might provide to Cambro. Cheek said the city�s incentive package will be close to what the county provides.
Thompson said if the incentive agreements are approved, Cambro likely would break ground at the Industrial Center later this year. He said it would take about one year to build the company�s new production and distribution facility.
Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce President Mac Williams said he was first notified of Cambro�s interest in Mebane in December. Williams traveled Feb. 19 to Cambro�s facilities in Huntington Beach to see first-hand how the company operates.
Williams said state incentives likely also would be made available to Cambro for its planned expansion in Mebane. Cambro Owner Argyle Campbell is scheduled to be at the Alamance County and Mebane public hearings April 7.
The company has grown to become an international business with production facilities and sales offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.