TARGET SECTORS
MANUFACTURING
HEALTH
DEFENSE
ENERGY
FINANCE
MOTORSPORTS
Sector Examples
Sector Examples
Sector Examples
Sector Examples
Sector Examples
• Medical device manufacturing
• Performance materials /
• Power Generation Engi-
• Financial services IT research
• Motorsports component manu-
• Biotech/Pharmaceutical
manufacturing & research
• Health care information
advanced textiles
• Unmanned systems & C4ISR
• Military and aerospace
neering
• Alternative energy
components manufacturing
and development
• Financial services software
development and
facturing
• Vehicle manufacturing
• Energy storage/battery technology
components manufacturing
• Fuel and power systems
• Energy efficiency materials /
systems manufacturing
• Light armaments
• Energy storage device manufacturing
• Vehicle technologies
technology
Fast Facts
• Largest concentration of medical
device manufacturing in the
Carolinas
• More than 200
pharmaceutical/medical
equipment manufacturing
companies have facilities in the
region
• Home to 3rd largest public health
care system in U.S. – Carolinas
Health Care System
Fast Facts
• Defense & Security Technology
Accelerator located at UNC
Charlotte’s Ben Craig Center,
connecting military
establishments, higher learning
and centers of innovation
• N.C. Military Foundation, N.C.
Military Business Center and
Charlotte Research Institute
provide industry support and
research
• 15 military installations within the
Carolinas
• Building technologies /
materials
Fast Facts
• Growing energy efficiencies/
alternative energy sectors
manufacturing
Fast Facts
Fast Facts
• Second-largest banking center
• 90% of NASCAR teams located
within 50 miles of Charlotte
in the U.S.
• UNC Charlotte home to
• Estimated $6 billion economic impact
to region
College of Computing and
Informatics and Center for
eBusiness Technology,
• More than 500 firms operating locally
in the motorsports industry
• Three leading-market wind tunnels
working with financial sector
for IT security solutions
provide aerodynamic testing
• Motorsports and automotive
• More than 100 energy
industry firms operating in
• Home to one of the largest
trading floors in North America
engineering degrees offered at UNC
Charlotte; specialties include vehicle
region, ranging from solar
panel manufacturing to
nuclear engineering
• Focus area for UNC Charlotte
and local workforce
development agencies
dynamics, aerodynamics,
instrumentation, safety and
metrology
• Largest concentration of
nuclear engineering talent in
the U.S.
• NASCAR Technical Institute
provides technological expertise and
workforce training •
• NASCAR R&D Center houses rules
officials, corporate officers, accident
investigators and directors of three
official NASCAR series
Adapted from Charlotte Regional Partnership target sectors 2009-2010