A German company that makes products used in the auto industry plans to locate its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Shelby.

KSM Castings NC plans to hire 189 people by the end of 2018. It will build a 110,000 square foot production facility and invest more than $45 million in the Cleveland County operations, according to press release from the N.C. Department of Commerce.

If it meets hiring and investment goals, the company could receive as much as $705,000 from the state's One North Carolina Fund, and as much as $2.86 million in Job Development Investment Grants.

A publicly traded paper company plans to build a new factory in Shelby, about 45 miles west of Charlotte, and create 250 jobs over five years.



Clearwater Paper announced earlier this month that it wanted to build a new facility in the Southeast to make private-label tissue products for retail grocery chains throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast.

The Spokane, Wash.-based company also considered sites in Macon, Ga., Chester, S.C., and Chattanooga, Tenn.

In Raleigh this morning, N.C. Commerce officials approved giving the company incentives worth up $3.5 million if it meets its hiring goals.

CHAPEL HILL — In what was probably just kids getting caught up in the moment, the end of the 2-A boys and 4-A girls state title games at the Dean Smith Center both saw pointless shots taken by the winning team in the closing seconds.

In both cases, the games were firmly decided with seconds remaining. But that didn’t stop players from showing off with a monster dunk and a 3-pointer.