North Carolina’s Big Push Into Biomanufacturing

By Barry D. Teater

BIOCONTRACT SERVICES:
A Supplement to BPJ Volume 3, Issue 1 (January/February 2004)

No state is losing more traditional manufacturing jobs than North Carolina, as its furniture, textile, and tobacco industries continue to decline with many companies going overseas for cheap labor. Manufacturing employment in the state has plunged by 140,000 workers during the last three years…

Citation: Teater BD. North Carolina’s Big Push Into Biomanufacturing. BioProcess J, 2004; 3(1, Suppl. 1): S31-33. https://doi.org/10.12665/BCS1.Teater

Posted online July 19, 2026