The company’s American subsidiary, Turbocoating Corp. USA, opened in North Carolina and plans to create 53 jobs and invest $15 million in the next three years. The company will occupy 60,000 square feet at Cataway Industrial Commons in the town of Hickory. 

City and county leaders gathered Friday next door at the North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies for the announcement. 

“Turbocoating is a company that is able to offer our customers a complete solution,” said Nelso Antolotti, president of Turbocoating. “We are able to offer machines that apply coatings by our sister company Artec, or to provide coating, laser drilling and brazing services for their products. We are proud to become part of such an engineering and manufacturing focused community and workforce. We are looking forward to working with the people of Catawba County and Hickory.”  

Antolotti told the crowd he is happy the company is moving to the region and that it reminds him of his area of Italy. 

Turbocoating Corp. will coat the blades that Siemens in Charlotte, NC makes, which are used in gas engine turbines. A special coating keeps the blades from corroding in the production of energy. 

The company will receive a $110,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund. The incentive is performance-based, meaning the company has to create the number of jobs and investment it says it will, according to information from the state.  

State officials are happy about the announcement and the continuously increasing number of jobs. Dale Carroll, deputy secretary of the N.C. Department of Commerce, was in Hickory for the announcement and said that it was the 10th straight day of job announcements through different parts of the state.  

Catawba County Board of Commissioner Chair Kitty Barnes said she hopes this company moving to the area will lead others in the same industry to choose Catawba County to locate.