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Apr 25, 2025

Hitachi Energy to invest $22.5M in SWVA expansion, creating 120 jobs

Hitachi Energy will invest $22.5M to expand its Bland facility and open a new warehouse in Atkins, creating 120 jobs and boosting production capacity.

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Apr 3, 2025

Supply chain co. plans $10M expansion in Pulaski

The Patton Logistics Group, a U.S. supply chain company, plans to expand with a $10 million, 100,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Pulaski County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. This is the company’s second expansion in four years in Pulaski County and will allow Patton Logistics Group to expand its customer base across the Southeast, […]

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Mar 7, 2025

Defense optics manufacturer to open Virginia Beach facility

Vidarr, which makes night vision goggles and other defense optical equipment, will invest $2.69 million over the next three years to open a manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, a project estimated to create 40 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The New Hampshire company’s manufacturing facility is moving into a 16,410-square-foot building located at 2656 […]

An aerial view of Super Radiator Coils' Chesterfield County facility. Photo courtesy Super Radiator Coils
Nov 15, 2024

Specialty coils manufacturer to expand in Chesterfield

Super Radiator Coils, an engineering and manufacturing company based in Minnesota, will invest $22 million to expand in Chesterfield County, creating an estimated 160 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s office announced Friday. The company will upgrade machinery and add about 80,000 square feet to its existing approximately 160,000-square-foot facility at 451 Southlake Blvd. The plant has […]

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Nov 1, 2024

Avionics manufacturer will invest $5M on Reston office and R&D facility

CMC Electronics, a Montreal-based avionics manufacturer, will invest $5 million to establish an office and research and development facility in Reston, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. Initially, the project will create 89 jobs, with more positions expected as operations increase, according to the governor’s office. “This creation of new high-tech jobs demonstrates the strength of [&h[...]

Jun 26, 2024

Liebherr to expand Newport News-Hampton facility

Newport News-based Liebherr Mining Equipment will invest $72.3 million to expand a plant at the border of Newport News and Hampton, creating an estimated 175 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. “We thank Liebherr, an international leader in mining equipment manufacturing, for its commitment to the commonwealth of Virginia,” Youngkin said in a statement. “Liebherr […]

A Morgan Olson step-van manufacturing trainee practices riveting at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville during an April 2020 training conducted through the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Talent Accelerator Program. Photo courtesy Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Jun 25, 2024

Va. ranked No. 1 in customized workforce training by Business Facilities

The Virginia Talent Accelerator Program has taken the top spot in site selection industry publication Business Facilities’ ranking of states’ customized workforce training for the second year in a row. Business Facilities is a magazine geared toward corporate site selectors and site selection consultants. The publication released on Monday the top states for a few […]

Mar 14, 2024

Food storage company to invest $77.5M in Suffolk facility

New Jersey-based cold and dry storage services provider FreezPak Logistics will invest $77.5 million to build a Suffolk facility, a project expected to create 80 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. FreezPak will build a 245,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Suffolk to serve the mid-Atlantic region. The 80 new jobs will be in warehouse operations […]

Mar 5, 2024

Modine will invest $18.1M in Rockbridge County expansion

Modine Manufacturing, a manufacturer of cooling equipment for data centers, will invest $18.1 million to expand its Rockbridge County operation, creating an estimated 211 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday.   Wisconsin-based Modine, which builds thermal management systems and components, saw $2.3 billion in net sales in fiscal year 2023, a 12% increase over the previous […]

Mack Trucks invested $13 million to start production on a new line of medium-duty trucks in Roanoke County last year, hiring 250 workers. Photo courtesy Mack Trucks Inc.
Feb 9, 2024

Mack Trucks will expand Roanoke County facility

North Carolina-based Mack Trucks, a division of Sweden-based Volvo Group, will invest $14.5 million to expand its Roanoke County manufacturing operation, a project expected to create 51 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. Mack Trucks, a medium- and heavy-duty trucks producer, will add 72,000 square feet to its current facility to increase capacity for its […]

Dec 28, 2023

Meat processor to build $1.7M Prince Edward facility

A halal meat business, 5 Pillar Meats, will invest more than $1.7 million to build an abattoir and red meat processing facility in Prince Edward County, a project expected to create 12 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. The new building, which will be located on a 3-acre site in the Prince Edward County Business […]

Dec 28, 2023

Russell County farm to invest $1M in expanded manufacturing

Goat milk products maker Bates Family Farm will invest roughly $1 million to relocate its manufacturing facility to a Russell County-owned building in Lebanon, a project expected to create 12 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. “We’re creating agriculture-based jobs and selling Virginia-made products,” Bates Family Farm co-founder and CEO Joseph “Joe” Bates said. T[...]

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