Deals

ZC Sterling Corp., a specialty insurance provider for the residential mortgage service and insurance industries, moved to a new office at 2250 Perimeter Park Drive in Raleigh. The 230-person call center handles customer service calls for the company.

Media Box Studios, a multi-media design firm based in Warrenton, Va., opened a satellite office on Chapel Hill Road in Raleigh. The office has a staff of four with a goal of 20 by next year.

Syngenta in Durham announced an agreement with Metabolon for biochemical profiling technology that will enhance Syngenta's seeds research programs.

Neal and Cheryl Zipser have opened ShutterBooth, a business that provides photo booths for special events, in Apex.

Jim and Faye Wilson are the newest owners of a Weichert real estate franchise at 4805 Green Road, Suite 103, in Raleigh. The new company is named Weichert, Realtors -- Welcome Home. It provides real estate and home ownership services.

Chapel Hill-based Cempra Pharmaceuticals has a research agreement with Biovista to identify and profile adverse event associations for the macrolide drug class. The data generated will be used to better understand the benefit/risk characteristics of the antimicrobial drugs.

Etrials Worldwide in Morrisville, which provides eClinical software and services for clinical trial management, named Emerging Growth Equities as its exclusive financial adviser.

Durham-based Cree, which makes LED lighting, announced a long-term agreement with Austrian Zumtobel Group to supply LED downlights to the European market.

Advance Auto Parts opened a second store at 5992 N.C. 42 West in Garner. Fred Mills is owner of the new store, where he works with 11 employees.

Capital Bank is the official banking partner of the ACC Sports Journal and its Web site, ACCSports.com. As part of the partnership, Capital Bank provides banking services as well as advertising support to the ACC Sports Journal and ACCSports.com.

Holistic Body Alliance has opened for business at 224 East St. in downtown Pittsboro. Six licensed massage and bodywork therapists joined forces to create the practice: Patricia Barner, Bonnie Barrow, Jaime Chandra Kozlowski, Cindra Kerscher, KimLien LaFitte, and Dee Tarantino.

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences and UNC- Chapel Hill are establishing a joint Center for Drug Safety Sciences that will be led by Dr. Paul Watkins, an expert in drug-induced liver injury. As founding director, Watkins will develop new drug-safety initiatives with academic partners, the bio/pharmaceutical industry, the National Institutes of Health and the FDA. The Hamner Institutes and the university have committed to spend at least $10 million over the next three years to launch the center and its research and training programs.

Kilpatrick Stockton launched a Green Initiative when it adopted the ABA/EPA Law Office Climate Challenge. The firm agreed to implement all three components of the challenge, the Energy Star Program, the Green Power Partnership Program and the WasteWise Program. The law firm has nine offices, including one in Raleigh.