Chemicals and Plastics
The Greenville region’s chemicals and plastics cluster manufactures a range of specialized products including agricultural chemicals and pesticides, plastics material and resins, synthetic fiber, and artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments as well as fabricated products such as plastic fixtures and packaging for consumer and commercial use. Coastal Agrobusiness, TriEst Ag Group, Avient, Fuji Silysia Chemical, UNX-Christeyns, and CMI Plastics are among the area’s top chemicals and plastics manufacturers.
Machinery and Metals
Nearly 30 companies in the Greenville region with more than a combined 1,000 employees make up the area’s machinery and metals cluster. Major employers including Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Penco Products, The Roberts Company, United Machine Works, Corbett & Strickland, Jack A. Farrior, North State Steel, Winterville Machine Works, and Mestek are among the machinery manufacturers and primary and fabricated metal manufacturers in the area.
Wood and Paper Products
Anderson Truss Company, Weyerhaeuser, Hexacomb, Package Craft, AccuFlex, and Attindas are among the wood and paper products companies employing 750 workers in the Greenville area. Eastern North Carolina has a deep history in logging that is seen in the finished wood products coming out of the area today, from manufactured homes to wood containers to sanitary paper.
Marine-Related Manufacturing
The Tar River, leading to the Pamlico Sound and Atlantic Ocean, puts Greenville at the doorstep to North Carolina’s coast. Boat and other marine-related manufacturers leverage Greenville’s strength in other clusters—plastics, metals and wood—in addition to producing navigational equipment and electrical components. In addition to production facilities, Grady-White Boats, a leading designer and manufacturer of fiberglass boats, has been based in Greenville for more than 60 years.
