Coronado Global Resources Inc., a leading international producer of high-quality metallurgical coal, plans to commit $169.1 million to expand its Buchanan Mine Complex in Buchanan County and Tazewell County.
DroneUp, LLC, a leading drone flight services innovator and aviation technology provider, will invest $27.2 million to expand its headquarters in the City of Virginia Beach and establish a training center in Dinwiddie County.
As consumers’ increasing demand for safe, sustainable, locally grown food increases, Virginia provides the ideal home for controlled environment agriculture (CEA) companies. As a top state in the CEA industry, Virginia offers a mid-Atlantic location with strategic access to domestic consumer markets, access to plentiful natural resources and competitively priced electricity, a skilled talent pipeline, and exceptional partners like the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).
RICHMOND - Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that San Francisco-based Shift Technologies (Shift) will invest $20 million to establish its first East Coast operation in Arlington County. The project will create 100 new, high-tech jobs and is a direct result of the Governor’s meeting with company officials in California during his West Coast marketing mission in September 2015.
Civica Inc. will invest $27.8 million to establish a laboratory testing facility at Meadowville Technology Park in Chesterfield County. The facility will support Civica’s Petersburg pharmaceutical manufacturing operation.
California-based Plenty Unlimited Inc. will build the world’s largest indoor vertical farming campus, a $300 million investment in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park, creating 300 jobs.
Pennsylvania-based Lutron Electronics, the trusted global leader in lighting control, automated shading solutions, and intelligent fixtures, will invest $28.3 million to build a manufacturing facility in Hanover County.