21st Century Containers, Ltd. to create 120 new jobs with expansion to Westinghouse facility

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that 21st Century Containers, Ltd. (21st Century) will expand its existing manufacturing operations to Washington County. The company will create 120 jobs and invest $6 million in the plant over the next three years as part of the expansion. The expansion was made possible with the assistance of Paramount VA Realty, LLC, a new company formed to provide manufacturing facilities for 21st Century. 

Precision Bed Rail Manufacturing to invest $1 million in new facility

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Precision Bed Rail Manufacturing Company will begin manufacturing operations in Appomattox County. The company expects to create 100 new jobs over the next three years, and will invest $1 million in the new plant. Production will begin September. 

Siemens Information and Communication Networks facility opening to create 100 new jobs

Reston - Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore today joined Siemens executives and customers to celebrate the opening of the new region headquarters office of Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. The new facility will allow for the creation of 100 new jobs in Fairfax County. 

Telephone company will create 200 new jobs for Greater Richmond, Hampton Roads

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Cavalier Telephone Company will create 200 new jobs in the Greater Richmond and Hampton Roads areas by the end of this year. Most of the jobs, including those at a customer care center, will be located in a new Richmond headquarters facility. 

Tecnialambre will team with Richmond company to manufacture shopping carts

Santiago, Chile - At a meeting yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel in Santiago, Chile, Governor Jim Gilmore announced that Richmond-based Rehrig International, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Tecnialambre, Ltda., a manufacturer based in Bogota, Colombia. The two companies will manufacture plastic shopping carts for the Latin America market. Governor Gilmore announced the agreement during his 13-day trade mission to Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

Virginia company to export container recycling equipment to Brazilian environmental remediation fir

Sao Paulo, Brazil - At a speech before the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo, Brazil (AM-CHAM-BRAZIL), Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia will open a new international trade office in Brazil by the end of 1999. The office will join the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) operating trade offices in Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mexico City. The announcement came as part of the Governor’s 13-day trade mission to Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

Blacksburg firm partners with Rio university as a result of trade mission to South America

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - During a signing ceremony at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Governor Gilmore today announced that Virginia Tech Library Systems, Inc. (VTLS) has signed a contract to supply library cataloging software to the 18,000-student university. The Governor met with VTLS executives and UERJ officials today, the third day of his South America trade mission.

Company's decision will result in 330 new jobs for Virginians

Sao Paulo, Brazil; Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that eToys Inc., a leading Internet retailer of children’s products, has selected Pittsylvania County for its new fulfillment center. It is anticipated that the project will create 330 new jobs through a $14 million investment beginning in January 2000. In addition, up to 900 seasonal jobs may be created. Virginia successfully competed with Georgia and Tennessee for the project.

Governor Gilmore participates in meeting with Virginia company and Brazilian steel industry leaders

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - At a meeting today at the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Governor Gilmore announced that Pittston Coal Company has renewed a sales agreement to export coal to Brazil’s major steel companies. The Governor’s announcement came in conjunction with a 13-day trade mission to Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Thirty Virginia business leaders are joining Governor Gilmore on the mission.