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idX plant in Washington announces expansion

INTRO – A Beaufort County manufacturer has announced it will expand operations at its Washington plant. George Olsen has more.

The Governor’s Office announced that idX Impressions will spend $3 million over the next three years to expand its operations in Washington. The expansion is expected to create 159 new jobs. No average salary was announced for the positions but the average annual payroll for the new jobs is expected to be over $4.8 million plus benefits. IDX builds store fixtures for companies worldwide, including banks, retailers and telecom companies. It currently employs 84 people in the state. IDX could receive a $300,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund dependent on meeting job creation and investment goals as well as local matches. I’m George Olsen.

George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.