Breaking News! Newell Rubbermaid Chooses Statesville
Regional Airport for New Flight Operations Center

The Greater Statesville Development Corporation announced today that Newell Rubbermaid, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products with sales of approximately $6 billion, will relocate its corporate flight operations center to the Statesville Regional Airport beginning in 2008.  Newell Rubbermaid will base three aircraft and at least 15 new jobs at the facility.

“We chose Statesville because it is near our key facilities and customers, which enables us to operate more efficiently, and because Statesville has a first-class facility in a location with a good quality of life for our employees’ families,” said Randy Alwes, Newell Rubbermaid’s chief pilot.

The move marks the second Fortune 500 Company to call Statesville Regional Airport home. The airport is currently undergoing a $14 million expansion that will include a new fixed base of operation and additional hangar space. Groundbreaking for the project is slated for later this year. The first day of full operation is scheduled for early 2008.

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