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Plastics equipment manufacturer to reopen Pulaski facility
Plastics industry equipment manufacturer Xaloy Holdings LLC will move its barrel manufacturing operation from Ohio back to Virginia, reopening its former facility in Pulaski County, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Xaloy will invest $1.75 million in its 100,000-square-foot, 30-acre site in Pulaski to produce bimetallic bar[...]
Biden will nominate SAIC senior VP as Army under secretary
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Gabe Camarillo, a senior vice president at Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp., for under secretary of the U.S. Army. Camarillo is SAIC’s senior vice president of its army business unit and previously held other le[...]
SAIC appoints three initial members to new advisory board
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has formed a new Strategic Advisory Board, the company announced Tuesday, and the first three board members include former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist. Norquist, who served in federal government from 1989 to 2021, serve[...]
Sentara Healthcare hires medical director of health equity
Sentara Healthcare has hired Dr. Keith H. Newby as an independent contractor to serve as the system’s medical director of health equity. He will work on expanding plans and initiatives that improve access to health care in underserved neighborhoods, as well as on plans that promote higher COVID-19 vaccination rates among popul[...]
Octo acquires Volant Associates, creating new division
Reston-based government contractor Octo Consulting Group has acquired Volant Associates, a Chantilly-based defense software development company, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Volant has contracts supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence community agen[...]
Draper Aden Associates names new CIO
Richmond-based engineering, surveying and environmental firm Draper Aden Associates promoted Lud Eng to chief information officer on July 1. Eng, who is based in Blacksburg, previously served as the firm’s director of information technology. He has been with Draper Aden for more than 25 years. “We are pleased to announce Lud[...]
Northrop Grumman lands $935M contract to build crew quarters for lunar space station
Falls Church-based aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a $935 million contract from NASA to build the crew quarters for a space station in lunar orbit as part of NASA’s Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the moon this decade. The Fortune 500 corporation will complete t[...]
SAIC makes three new leadership appointments
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has appointed two new senior vice presidents and a new corporate controller, the company announced Friday. SAIC appointed Heather Wilson as senior vice president of human resources, a role in which she will serve as the HR business partner to[...]
Va. Hospital Center receives $5M gift from Arlington CEO
Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington has received a $5 million donation from longtime donor Lola C. Reinsch to promote the hospital’s campus expansion efforts. “We are honored to receive this gift and would like to thank Lola and the Reinsch Pierce family for their enduring commitment to Virginia Hospital Center,” Virginia Hospital Center Foundation President Tony […]
Scottish company to locate data center HQ in Loudoun
Scottish energy solutions company Aggreko plc will establish its data center division’s North American headquarters in Leesburg, according to an announcement Friday from Loudoun County’s economic development department. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, Aggreko provides temporary power generation equipment and temperature control equipment. “We are pleased to welcome Aggreko to the growing ecosystem of energy and […][...]
Altria to sell winemaking division for $1.2B
Henrico County based Altria Group Inc. announced Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates winemaking division for $1.2 billion to New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners Management LP in an all-cash deal. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year. The [...]
Charlottesville apartment complex goes for $44.9M
Barracks West, a 324-unit townhouse and apartment complex in Charlottesville, has been sold for $44.9 million, Edge Multifamily Capital Markets Group announced this week. Located at 255 Saponi Lane, the community was sold off-market to Reston-based Willow Creek Partners by The Goldstar Group. Bethesda, Maryland-based Goldstar pu[...]
