RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Sabra Dipping Company, the country’s leading hummus manufacturer will invest $86 million to further expand its manufacturing capacity in Chesterfield County. The company, which earlier today opened a new Center of Excellence research and development facility will further increase production capabilities and as result, will add 140 new jobs over the next several years. Virginia successfully competed against other states for the project.
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today welcomed Raytheon Company’s decision to locate the headquarters of its Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) business at the company’s Dulles operations, based in Sterling, VA.
RICHMOND - The Board of Directors of the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC) today announced that it has selected Michael Grisham as VBHRC President and CEO. Grisham has served as Founder, Managing Member and CEO of GPB Scientific LLC since 2002. Boasting 21 years of experience in the biosciences-related field, he has served as founder and CEO of Cell Point Diagnostics Corporation; Living Microsystems Inc.; MyWay Health, Inc.; and Paradigm Health, Inc.
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Iluka Resources (Iluka), a world leader in mineral sands exploration, mining, processing and marketing, is advancing a potential major expansion of its operations in Virginia with the development of a mineral sands mining operation in Dinwiddie County.
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that High Liner Foods, a publicly-owned processor and marketer of frozen seafood, will invest $6.6 million to expand its U.S. foodservice production in the city of Newport News. High Liner Foods acquired the operations of the former Icelandic USA in December 2011. The company plans to increase productivity via process improvements and upgrades to the current facility. Virginia successfully competed against Georgia and South Carolina for the project, which is expected to create 57 new jobs.
The Virginia Enterprise Zone (VEZ) program is a partnership between state and local government that encourages job creation and private investment. VEZ accomplishes this by designating Enterprise Zones throughout the state and providing two grant-based incentives, the Job Creation Grant (JCG) and the Real Property Investment Grant (RPIG), to qualified investors and job creators within those zones, while the local government provides local incentives.
RICHMOND - The Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) International Trade division today announced the release of “Export Opportunities for Virginia’s Defense Industry.” VEDP-International Trade’s focus is to promote the exports of Virginia companies with the goal to grow jobs and increase the state’s tax base. As the U.S. Federal Government cuts back on defense spending, there are significant opportunities for Virginia’s defense companies to grow sales abroad.
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Amazon Web Services, Inc., (AWS), will expand in Fairfax County by establishing an office. AWS designs and offers cloud computing services to businesses, government and educational organizations, including web hosting, application hosting, storage and backup, content delivery, and scalable database solutions. The company plans to establish an office to support the business and mission information technology requirements for the public sector and commercial customers of AWS cloud services.
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that HP Hood, one of the largest branded dairy operators in the United States, will invest $84.6 million in its Frederick County operation. The company will expand the facility to increase ultra-high temperature production capacity, creating 75 new jobs. This project represents the largest investment by an expanding company in Frederick County in 30 years.
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Canon Virginia Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., will invest $27 million to expand its operation in the City of Newport News. Canon Virginia, Inc. will add the manufacturing of toner for Canon copiers in 30,000 square feet of upgraded space at its Newport News campus.
Governor McDonnell met with Canon Inc. in Tokyo about this project during his recent Asia Marketing Mission.