Universal: Defense contractor to add 86 jobs in relocation to Shelby

Metal Works Manufacturing Co. will move its headquarters to a Shelby facility and add 86 jobs over the coming three years. The defense contractor, whose parent company bought Ultra Machine & Fabrication Inc, earlier this year, will spend $3.9 million to add equipment to the 200,000-square-foot building on U.S. Highway 74 in Cleveland County. N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory says the manufacturer will contribute greatly to the state's manufacturing base. "That's what make this country and state great,"...