IKEA furniture-maker opening facility in Davie County | 250 jobs incoming [Video]

MOCKSVILLE, N.C. — Lithuanian factory maker SBA Group will build a new factory in Mocksville that will hire 250 people by the year 2029, according to the Triad Business Journal.

According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Mocksville’s primary competition for the new factory was a site in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The town and Davie County offered SBA Group around $800,000 in incentive packages.

The company was also awarded a state economic development grant of $1.9 million. The plan is for SBA Group to invest over $50 million of its own funds to build the 500,000-square-foot facility.

According to the Department of Commerce, the minimum average wage for the newly created jobs will be $53,470.

SBA’s furniture division exports 800 products to 50 countries. Its primary buyer is IKEA. The only IKEA location in North …