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BorgWarner expansion to add 378 jobs off Upward Road

By Bill Moss, Published: May 26, 2026

BorgWarner Inc. announced Tuesday that it will further expand its operations in Henderson County with a capital investment of at least $100 million that will create 378 new job paying more than $67,047 a year.

“BorgWarner is proud to continue to invest in the state of North Carolina to bring exciting new technologies to market and provide jobs to local residents,” said Joseph F. Fadool, president/CEO of BorgWarner Inc. “We appreciate the grant and continued support from the state of North Carolina to expand our manufacturing footprint here in the United States.”

BorgWarner is a U.S.-based global mobility company, operating 81 manufacturing and technical locations worldwide with 37,500 global workers. A legacy employer in Western North Carolina, BorgWarner operated a plant at Cane Creek Industrial Park in Fletcher before consolidating that facility with one in Arden.

A new manufacturing plant is going up behind the Blue Ridge Commerce Center, the large distribution-warehouse facility off McMurray Road that was used as an aid distribution center after Hurricane Helene. Borg Warner will also use space in the Blue Ridge Commerce, said county Board of Commissioners Chair Bill Lapsley.

“They’re going like gangbusters out there,” he said.

“We are excited and grateful for the continued investment that BorgWarner is making in Henderson County,” John Bryant, chair of the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development, said in a news release. “This is a testament to what the city and county have nurtured together: a community that is attractive to global companies like BorgWarner, in turn creating high paying jobs for our friends and neighbors.”

“The city has strategically grown its manufacturing base the past few years, with a focus on sustainability and advanced industries,” Mayor Barbara Volk said. “It is exciting to see facilities like this locating here and positioning Hendersonville on the cutting edge of clean energy and advanced manufacturing.”

The city partnered with the county and economic development agency to provide incentives for Blue Ridge Commerce Center, and both also granted tax incentives to Borg Warner for the plant expansion off McMurray Road in the Upward community. The city annexed the land when it agreed to provide water and sewer service.

Partners involved included the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development, Henderson County, the city of Hendersonville, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina Department of Commerce, N.C. Commerce’s Divisions of Workforce Solutions and Rural Economic Development, the Rural Infrastructure Authority, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, North Carolina Community College System and Blue Ridge Community College and Duke Energy.