The Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an incentives deal for Morinaga America Foods on Tuesday night, a final piece of the puzzle to help advance the Japanese company’s major expansion planned for Mebane. Board members approved more than $2.9 million in tax incentives for the construction set at Morinaga’s facility at 4391 Wilson Road, which is just south of Interstate 40. The performance-based package will be distributed across the next five years as long as the candy manufacturer meets its hiring goals for a new 40,000-square-foot building that will be constructed on the same property as the current factory. Morinaga announced in July it chose Orange County and its current Mebane property as the site for its $137 million expansion over several of its factories in Asia, including locations in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. President of Morinaga America Foods Noriyuki Nishikawa told the board of commissioners on Tuesday the Asian countries may have been more co...