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5 <br /> 1 Weider Nutritional Supplements & Fitness (photos) <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Hi-Chew (Logo graphic) <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Hi-Chew <br /> 6 Morinaga distribution channels are international (graphic/map) <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Hi-Chew <br /> 9 Bag & Stick Varieties (photo) <br /> 10 Hi-Chew <br /> 11 Over 140 Different Flavors (photo) <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Timeline of Project Rainbow <br /> 14 • February 2012 - Project began for Orange County. <br /> 15 • Competition - Toronto, Portland OR, Philadelphia PA, Richmond VA, Atlanta GA, & 18 <br /> 16 sites in 12 N.C. counties. <br /> 17 • 11 total visits to Orange County (including visits by Chairman Gota Morinaga & <br /> 18 President Toru Arai). <br /> 19 • Interstate visibility became a key site criterion during 3rd visit. <br /> 20 • 3 closed session meetings with the BOCC. <br /> 21 • March & July 2013 - Governor McCrory & Secretary Sharon Decker of the N.C. <br /> 22 Department of Commerce met Morinaga. <br /> 23 • January 2013 - Orange County &Atlanta became finalist sites. <br /> 24 • September 3, 2013 — Company announced it will establish Morinaga America Foods, <br /> 25 Inc. in Orange County, N.C. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Key Recruitment Partners <br /> 28 Orange County <br /> 29 ■ Board of County Commissioners <br /> 30 ■ Manager's Office <br /> 31 ■ Economic Development, Planning & Inspections <br /> 32 ■ Visitors Bureau, Public Affairs <br /> 33 City of Mebane <br /> 34 N. C. Department of Commerce <br /> 35 N. C. Department of Transportation <br /> 36 Durham Technical Community College <br /> 37 InSpec Group <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Morinaga's Investment Plans <br /> Investment: $34 - $48 million <br /> Employment: 90 — 120 jobs <br /> Avg. Annual Salary: $37,969 <br /> Annual Payroll: $3.4 million + Benefits <br /> Facility Size: 98,000 sq. ft. <br /> Type of Operation: Production of"Hi-Chew" <br /> Site Size: 21 Acres (Buckhorn EDD) <br /> 40 The Company has not committed to making any additional investment at this time. However, <br /> 41 an expansion may eventually occur, since the site acreage is large enough to allow for the <br /> 42 facility to double. <br />