RICHMOND - Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that Windward Consulting, an information technology consultancy helping large organizations manage their data centers and networks, will invest $825,000 to expand its headquarters in Fairfax County. The project will also create 97 new jobs.
Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader, is investing $22.5 million to expand its current facility in Bland, Virginia and add a warehouse facility in Atkins, Virginia to meet increased demand, creating 120 new jobs.
Global technology leader in electrification and automation will invest $28.5 million, creating 100+ jobs
Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore Wednesday night announced in his State of the Commonwealth Address that annual capital investment by new and existing Virginia companies exceeded $6 billion for the first time in 2000. According to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the previous record of $5.8 billion, set in 1995, was surpassed with last month's expansion announcement by Infineon Technologies Richmond. The final annual total will be released in early 2001 after Virginia's localities submit their economic development data to the Partnership.
RICHMOND - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced the award of a $3.2 million research grant that will allow the Institute for Computational Genomics, Inc. (INCOGEN), the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech (VBI) to create a cooperative bioinformatics program. INCOGEN will invest $2.4 million to relocate from South Carolina to the Busch Corporate Center in James City County.
RICHMOND - In just two years, eight companies that participated in the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) two-year Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program increased annual international sales by 30 percent. Launched in January 2002, the program assists exporters in the Commonwealth that have firmly established domestic operations and are committed to international exporting as an expansion strategy. The graduating class began the program with a combined $22,450,921 in annual international sales.
Course provides training on new hyperscale-grade fusion splicing techniques and equipment, career networking opportunities
Virginia scores second best year ever for new job announcements
Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore and First Lady Roxane Gilmore, accompanied by key state economic development and tourism professionals, will lead a trade, tourism and investment mission to Europe from April 21 to May 4, 2001. The mission will promote Virginia as a thriving business center and exciting tourist destination. High-level meetings with key business executives in Germany and the United Kingdom will help facilitate positive decisions for Virginia with active business recruitment projects.
Governor Gilmore praises the state's economic development team for worldwide recognition