A Raleigh-based organization that provides resources to help those with criminal records start their own business, is opening up a regional base in Wilmington. Inmates to Entrepreneurs is a social impact initiative funded by Raleigh-based private software company Sageworks, according to Jaclyn Parker, executive director of the organization. The organization is currentl ...

Growing up, Christian Daniel collected things like stamps, coins and rocks.   His grandfather ran a Coca-Cola bottling company, and Daniel soon began collecting vintage advertising. Then he started collecting folk art, such as hand-painted wooden signs for businesses from the late 1800s or utilitarian items made beautiful by the pride of the maker.   Today, t ...

New York-based Modern Aviation, a fixed-base operator (FBO) platform backed by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, has acquired Air Wilmington for an undisclosed amount of money. The Air Wilmington acquisition is the first for the company, which plans to pursue additional FBO acquisitions and development opportunities in North America and the Caribbean, according to a news r ...

Feller LLC, 9100 Industrial Blvd. NE in Leland Company description: Power cord manufacturer Top local official: Gregor Kysely, president & CEO Number of employees: 68 Year founded: Founded in the United States in 1984; parent company founded in 1863 in Austria Products made: Power cords Distribution: North, South and Central America What made the c ...

One Saturday in 1926, Albert Corbett’s grandfather made a business deal that would change the course of life for members of the Corbett family for generations.   That day, his grandfather W.A. Corbett, made the trip from his Atkinson home to Wilmington to negotiate a deal with the owner of Godwin Package Co., which supplied his grandfather’s business wit ...

Feller Power Cords’ manufacturing and distribution facility in Leland makes products that are powering industries around the globe.   The company’s 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and warehouse off Industrial Drive in the Leland Industrial Park hosts manufacturing operations, testing and distribution of its products, servicing North, Central an ...

If owning a business were a card game, Heath Newton would be holding a winning hand.   That’s because at an early age the Wilmington resident tapped into a niche market that turned out to be, well, Magic.   As a student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington studying computer science about 15 years ago, Newton started selling digital Magic: The ...

Lucid Innovative Technologies LLC, 130 Division Drive, Suite A in Leland   Company description:  Medical device manufacturer  Top officials: John Boos, Pete Peterson and Lisa Ferrara, cofounders Year founded: 2017   No. of employees: 5   Products made: Medical, dental and surgical instruments/ implants and surgical cases/trays   ...

If solving a client’s pain point is the key to developing sustainable business relationships, then Lucid Innovative Technologies appears to have found the right market cavity to fill.   Now starting its first full year in business, the Leland-based company brings medical, dental, surgical and spinal devices to market through a precision manufacturing model tha ...

When two Category 5 hurricanes decimated the Virgin Islands in late summer, the Wilmington Army Corps of Engineers was tapped to lead the recovery efforts. Months later, those efforts are far from complete but are starting to wind down.   More than 170 temporary emergency generators were installed at schools, hospitals, clinics, government buildings and other facili ...