First State Wins NCDOT Contract

Jan. 8, 2016

First State Manufacturing announced it has been awarded a new multi-year contract with North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to provide cut and sew services for their rail car seating.  This is part of a multi-year NCDOT initiative to improve the customer experience on it daily passenger trains that serve nine cities between Charlotte and Raleigh. 

“North Carolina Department of Transportation runs six lines through 91 stations over 117 miles of track and has over 1100 cars in its inventory,” said CEO and President Dave Hitchens. “This is an exciting time at First State Manufacturing as we anticipate several new opportunities in the first quarter of 2016 which will see this company grow exponentially.”