🏭 Manufacturing · Lexington, North Carolina
Unnamed company ("Project Emerald"): Advanced manufacturing facility
💰 $1 billion (possible investment, per the city's incentive notice)👷 450 jobs (at least 450 full-time jobs paying above the Davidson County average, a condition of the incentives)🏗️ Proposed: Lexington City Council public hearing on incentives in November 2026; the company has not been named and Lexington is still in the runningA possible $1 billion advanced manufacturing plant in Lexington, NC, code-named Project Emerald. The city is weighing incentives that would require at least 450 jobs paying above the county average.
How to get on the sub list
The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits.
Source: Greensboro News & Record (also reported by Triad Business Journal) · checked Nov 7, 2026
How to get on the Unnamed company ("Project Emerald") Lexington sub list
- Find the general contractor. It hasn't been announced publicly. Watch local news and Lexington's county building permits.
- Get prequalified. Have your insurance, safety record (EMR), licenses and references ready.
- Call the local economic development office. North Carolina and its counties often run supplier fairs and keep vendor lists for projects like this.
- Have a one-page capability statement. Build yours in Launchpad.
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Investment and job figures are the company's own announced numbers, from the linked source. Plans change; check the source for the latest. Contrax isn't affiliated with Unnamed company ("Project Emerald").