Hampton Roads, Richmond and Charlottesville named #1 in the South

Richmond - When considering the best place to live, look no further than Virginia. Money magazine's 1998 survey of the Best Places to Live has named five Virginia metropolitan regions- Norfolk, Richmond, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Roanoke - as the best places to live in the South.

$10 million facility to employ up to 400

Chesapeake - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies officially opened their new $10 million Claim Service Center in Chesapeake. The facility will employ more than 250 people by year end 1999 and as many as 400 in the future. Virginia successfully competed with New Jersey and Orlando, Florida, for the investment in April 1997.

Value City Furniture to invest $18.5 million for regional distribution center

Caroline County - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced the decision by Value City Furniture to locate an $18.5 million distribution center in Caroline County. Virginia successfully competed with locations in Maryland for the investment.

First Data Resources to locate new facility in Virginia

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that First Data Resources, Inc., a leading global provider of transaction processing services, will locate a $15 million credit card personalization and distribution center in the City of Chesapeake. The company will initially hire 120 workers and anticipates adding up to a total of 500 new jobs.

Governor Gilmore announces 196 new jobs; $30.5 million investment

Hampton - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced the decision by Howmet Corporation, a manufacturer of turbine engine components, to expand its Hampton facility by adding 196 new employees over the next three years. Secretary of Commerce and Trade Barry E. DuVal joined Howmet executives in Hampton today to make the announcement public. The company will invest $30.5 million in the project.

Swedish-owned Svedala to move facility from West Virginia to Saltville

Smyth County - Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore today announced the decision by Svedala Industri AB to relocate a manufacturing facility from Nitro, West Virginia, to the Town of Saltville. The Swedish company will invest $350,000 in the facility and create at least 45 new jobs for Southwest Virginians over the next year.

State to host the 1998 World Congress on Information Technology June 21-24

Richmond - More than 1,500 of the world's top information technology leaders will gather in Northern Virginia for the 1998 World Congress on Information Technology in June 1998. Northern Virginia has the highest concentration of IT firms in the nation.

Virginia Companies to Build Business Partnerships with Global Firms

Gilmore also discusses partnership between Virginia and Boehringer Ingelheim for workforce trainin

Readicut International finalizes dual operations for Martinsville Industrial Park