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Plastics company plans 200 jobs, $34M investment in Pittsylvania
An Ohio-based plastics company is planning to invest $34 million in a new plant in Pittsylvania County, a project expected to bring 200 manufacturing jobs to the region over the next four years, local officials announced Friday. The 250,000-square-foot plant will be built on the former site of Burlington Industries in the Southern Virginia Multimodal […]
Sauer Brands buys top popcorn seasoning brand in U.S.
Richmond-based Sauer Brands Inc. is expanding into popcorn seasoning with the acquisition of Chicago Custom Foods LLC, the company announced Tuesday. CCF makes Kernel Season’s, a brand that makes more than 20 popcorn flavors. Sauer, which owns Duke’s Mayonnaise, The Spice Hunter and its own line of spices and seasoning, did not disclose the financial […]
Hanover County packaging manufacturer making isolation gown material
Hanover County-based packaging manufacturer INDEVCO North America announced Thursday that it’s shifting its manufacturing materials to make materials for protective isolation gowns, worn by first responders and medical workers. The company typically produces house wrapping material under its Barricade Building Products brand, but due to COVID-19, there’s been a decrease in U.S. housing[...]
Shifting from shirts to masks
Virginia Business virtually sat down with Paul Trible, CEO of Richmond-based menswear manufacturer Ledbury, which specializes in custom clothing and men’s shirts. This is part of an ongoing series of conversations with Virginians about how their work lives and businesses have changed during the pandemic. Virginia Business: How did you decide to convert to producing […]
DuPont Spruance plant worker dies from coronavirus
An employee of the DuPont Spruance plant in Chesterfield County has died from COVID-19, the company announced Thursday. Earlier this week, the company confirmed that five plant employees, including the employee who died, had tested positive for COVID-19. The plant has employees working around the clock to produce material used to make personal protective equipment, […]
Richmond’s Liqui-Box completes $585M DS Smith plc acquisition
Richmond-based packaging company Liqui-Box Corp. completed its acquisition of London-based international packaging business DS Smith plc’s plastics division to create a combined company with 35 manufacturing facilities and approximately 3,000 employees, the company announced Thursday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but media reports last fall stated that the United Ki[...]
Water heater manufacturer will create 180 jobs in James City County
Navien Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of a South Korean manufacturer of water heaters and boilers, is setting up shop at the former Lumber Liquidators building in James City County, creating 180 manufacturing jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. This is the first U.S. manufacturing operation for KD Navien, which is headquartered in Seoul, and the […]
BWX Technologies awarded $1B nuclear propulsion contract
A subsidiary of Lynchburg-based nuclear fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) was awarded approximately $1 billion in contracts from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program for the manufacturing of naval nuclear reactor components, the company announced Monday, bringing the company’s naval nuclear propulsion contracts up to nearly $4 billion. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc. will [...]
Custom Truck One Source adding 61 jobs in Bedford County
Custom Truck One Source will expand its manufacturing business in Bedford County, investing $2.6 million and creating 61 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company plans to double production at its specialized truck and heavy equipment plant in Bedford’s Forest area to meet growing demand. “Custom Truck One Source has been […]
Packaging company set to invest $6.5M in Henrico County plant
Austin, Texas-based packaging manufacturer ePac Flexible Packaging will invest $6.5 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Henrico County, creating 35 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. ePac Flexible Packaging was founded in 2016 and produces finished pouches and rollstock. The manufacturer invested $100 million last November in HP Indigo 20000, a commercial digital printing [&he[...]
Henrico County manufacturer purchases North Dakota company
Henrico County-based manufacturer Alchemco recently acquired a North Dakota waterproofing technology company, TechCrete LLC, in a move expected to create 15 to 20 jobs, according to Alchemco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Alchemco, which produces products to clean, repair and waterproof concrete and masonry, expects the addition to generate $50 million in […]
Mack Trucks plant in Roanoke County to create 250 jobs
Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that Mack Trucks will create 250 jobs at a Roanoke County facility building a new line of medium-duty trucks. The company, part of the Volvo Group, plans to invest $13 million in the project, according to state and county officials. The plant, to be known as Mack’s Roanoke Valley Operations […]
