Buncombe County commissioners unanimously voted to give $1 million to Borg Warner to expand its turbocharger plant instead of moving it to Mexico.
On the other side of the state, the Duplin Winery has started buying its bottles from a new bottle maker in Pennsylvania instead of importing them from Mexico. High transportation costs as a result of rising gas prices eliminated the Mexican supplier’s price advantage, so a factory opened in Pennsylvania. The bottles started out at lower quality and come in a little dirtier, but the cost saving from having a closer vendor makes up for it. All this without a government subsidy.
