The state will give the Research Triangle Park company as much as $4.8 million to create the new jobs. As part of the incentives grant, Talecris will have to retain its 2,298 existing jobs in the Triangle, including 1,500 at the Clayton plant already.
Talecris’ new jobs in Clayton will pay average annual salaries of $51,066, state officials said. That’s above the Johnston County average of $33,800.
The company wants to increase production to meeting rising demand for its drugs made from blood plasma. Talecris was considering three sites in South Carolina for a new production facility, a factor that helped it qualify for incentives from North Carolina.
Critics argue that handing out incentives to multimillion-dollar corporations is a waste of taxpayer money. Talecris is the Triangle’s largest biotechnology company and its stock began trading on Wall Street on Oct.
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