Premier Trailer Incorporated in Lenoir County Creating 55 Jobs

A new horse trailer manufacturer, Premier Trailer Incorporated, plans to invest $464,000 and 55 jobs during the next three years

February 1, 2008

LENOIR COUNTY NC NEWS -- A new horse trailer manufacturer, Premier Trailer Incorporated, plans to invest $464,000, which has the potential to create 55 jobs during the next three years in Lenoir County, North Carolina. The project is also receiving a $25,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Premier Trailer is a new company being created by Double D Distributors, a national horse trailer manufacturer that has been located in Lenoir County for about 10 years and currently employs 33 people at a facility in Pink Hill. Double D Distributors has been making horse trailers from galvanized steel, but now under a new name, Premier Trailer, will create and build an all aluminum product line. The new company will move into a now vacant facility in Kinston, North Carolina.

Individual wages for the predicted 55 new jobs at Premier Trailer will vary according to job title and responsibilities, but the overall average will be $28,290 a year not including benefits. The current Lenoir County average wage is $27,040 per year without benefits.

Premier Trailer spokesman Jim Yeates said the company considered locations in South Carolina and Georgia before choosing Kinston as the best site for the new venture. "The abundance of manufacturing infrastructure available in eastern North Carolina is overwhelming," Yeates said. "We have found the citizens, local and state agencies a pleasure to work with and we look forward to a long and prosperous future."

Governor Easley affirming the grant said. "This decision is proof that we are making the right investments to help businesses grow in our state. We are committed to keeping North Carolina's reputation as the best choice for manufacturing companies that are expanding or relocating."

Other partners who helped make this project possible include the N.C. Department of Commerce, Lenoir County, City of Kinston, Lenoir Committee of 100 and Lenoir Community College.

For more information about jobs and opportunities with Premier Trailer in Lenoir County, North Carolina, contact Nathan Bradley at (252) 568-4042 or write to Double D Trailers Inc., 601 N. Kinston Blvd., Pink Hill, N.C., 28572.