226 new jobs are coming to Robeson.

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Robeson County, buffeted by plant closings and job losses, will get a boost when a new factory and a factory expansion bring more than 200 new jobs. Oak Brook, Ill.-based Elkay Southern, which makes sinks, will hire 156 employees in a three-year, $25 million expansion of its 309,000-square-foot Lumberton factory. The jobs will pay about $28,000 a year, and the expansion will boost employment to 585. National...