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New Castle County a Center for Innovation
New Castle County was the birthplace of such well-known products as Corian, Gore-Tex, Lycra and Tyvek, and it remains an incubator of innovation
Claymont Company Produces Custom Steel Products
Pittsburgh, yes, but Claymont
Wilmington Company Expanding Internationally
Home-grown Wilmington Trust has offices on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean – in Dublin, Frankfurt, London and now Luxembourg
saturn Newport GM Plant Rolling Strong
Busy. That’s how to describe the General Motors Corp. assembly plant near Newport
Businesses Flocking to New Castle County
AstraZeneca, DuPont, Hercules, W.L. Gore & Associates and a bevy of financial institutions – including Bank of America, Barclays, Chase Bank USA and Wilmington Trust – have headquarters or significant operations in New Castle County. So do numerous smaller companies
movie screen Newark Company Installs Custom Home Theaters
TheaterXtreme makes movie-watching comfortable, especially because the experience takes place inside your home
Local Golf Courses Offer Something for Everyone
Hit ’em long and straight at the nearly 20 public and private golf courses that grace New Castle County
child with Italian flag New Castle County Celebrates Year-Round
There’s a festival for almost every interest and taste in New Castle County

Business Climate

Bob Chadwick says the business incubator helps entrepreneurs. New Castle Chamber Incubator Hatches Business Startups
Incubators of different kinds help entrepreneurs’ dreams come true.
Business Doesn’t Stop at Border for Delaware Firms
County’s great location helps it leverage opportunities in neighboring states
David J. Freschman of Innovation Capital Advisors is a leading funder. VC Funds Flowing for Delaware Entrepreneurs
Businesses find funding available from many private and public sources
MGZA Architecture’s Mary Severino says government officials are much more accessible in compact Delaware. Delaware Stresses Easy Access for Business
Businesspeople here are on a first-name basis with politicos
Shekar Shetty says location was a big reason why Air Liquide selected New Castle County for its R&D center. Location, Workforce Bring Companies to New Castle
Location, labor and leisure opportunities lure companies from far and near
Carmen J. Facciolo Jr. (right) promotes the region in his capacity as co-chairman of the New Castle County Economic Deve New Castle Blends Best of Two Worlds
New Castle County offers community atmosphere in a big-city setting
Delaware’s Court of Chancery, the site of many major trials, is housed in the New Castle County Courthouse. Court System Boosts Delaware’s Legal Standing
High-profile corporate cases are decided in the Court of Chancery
Sitting from left: Ron Walker, Nash Childs, Sherry Freebery, Thomas P. Gordon. Standing from left: Joe DiNunzio, Carmen EDC Tours New Castle County Business Advantages
Economic development council touts the county’s many attributes
The Port of Wilmington leads the nation in importing fresh fruit, meat, fish and juice concentrate. Wilmington Port Leads U.S. in Fruit, Meat Imports
Kiwis to commuters take advantage of county’s central east coast location

Technology

Micropore cartridges that filter out carbon dioxide have applications for national defense, homeland security and civili Tech Companies Like Temperature of Delaware’s Business Climate
Location, lifestyle, leisure opportunities lure workers from Silicon Valley, Microsoft territory.
At Delaware Technology Park, J. Michael Bowman (right) and Karl Steiner hold 3-D glasses used to view computer animation Fertile Environment Makes New Castle IT Hotspot
Information technology companies find a fertile environment here
Berhan Tecle of Ultrafine Technologies, holding a copper nano-coated glass substrate, says nanotechnology will make prod New Castle Firms Part of ‘Small Scale’ Revolution
Nanotechnology promises major benefits for a wide range of fields

Energy

University Affiliate Sheds Light on Photovoltaics
University of Delaware affiliate conducts photovoltaic research
Mike Houser displays a membrane developed by the Fuel Cell Technologies Group of Newark-based W.L. Gore & Associates. Innovative Firms Bring New Fuels to New Castle
Area companies play key roles in supplying alternative energy sources

Transportation

Yes, we have bananas at the Port of Wilmington – boatloads of them, in fact. New Castle Moves Goods by Water, Land or Air
New Castle County offers convenient transportation by water, land or air
The renovated, century-old train station near downtown and Riverfront Wilmington is among the busiest on the Amtrak syst Infrastructure Makes Transport Easy in New Castle
By plane, train, automobile or ship, transportation is a breeze

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