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Dell marks first anniversary in Triad

September 28, 2006
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(High Point Enterprise (NC) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Sep. 27--TRIAD -- Dell Inc. has more than 1,100 reasons to celebrate its first anniversary next week.

When Dell and state officials announced that the computer conglomerate had picked Winston-Salem for its latest manufacturing facility, the company pledged to create 1,500 jobs within five years.

As it prepares to mark its first year in operation, Dell already has more than 1,100 full-time workers. The company's employment is ahead of the 750 that Dell originally projected for the end of this year, said Donna Oldham, spokeswoman at the Winston-Salem plant. Dell plant.



"That number puts us well on the way to the 1,500 team-member number that we had projected after five years," We will add additional team members as needed," she said.

Dell will mark the formal anniversary of the opening of its more than 500,000-square-foot plant Oct. 5. North Carolina won a national recruiting battle when the state secured the Dell computer manufacturing operation. The company received a record state and local incentives package of $280 million, which will be phased in during a 12- to 15-year period. Dell hasn't applied yet to receive its first installment of incentives, said a spokeswoman for the N.C. Department of Commerce in Raleigh.

High Point has benefited from Dell suppliers locating in the city during the last year, creating jobs and adding to the tax base, said High Point Economic Development Corp. President Loren Hill.

"Our reputation as a place to do business was enhanced as soon as Dell made its announcement," he said. "The fact that Dell would open a major manufacturing facility and distribution operation five miles from High Point gives great credibility to our region for similar projects."

Dell is based in Round Rock, Texas, near Austin. In addition to its Triad facility, Dell has manufacturing operations in Lebanon, Tenn.; Limerick, Ireland; Penang, Malaysia; Xiamen, China; and Eldorado do Sul, Brazil.

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