Candle maker bringing jobs to Pittsylvania County

Virginia Candle Co., a Lynchburg business that makes and sells WoodWick and Ribbonwick candle brands, is bringing its distribution and warehousing operations — and some light manufacturing — to the former eToys location. Company and Pittsylvania County officials...

ICF praised for rapid success

By MICKEY POWELL – Martinsville Bulletin State officials praised ICF International’s rapid success in Henry County during a dedication ceremony for its new building on Monday. Thirteen months ago, ICF announced it would open a business operations center in...

Hybrid vehicle company hopes to bring 150 jobs to Danville

By: Tara Bozick | GoDanRiver A hybrid vehicle maker announced in May it would build and retrofit vehicles in Danville, creating 150 jobs within three years. Hybrid Vehicles of Danville, Inc. entered into a joint venture with Danville’s Advanced Vehicle Research...

With new world of technology, biomass company grows in Danville

By Tara Bozick – Work It, SoVa One wood sugar producer invested about $10 million at the Institute’s Sustainable Energy and Technology Center as it works to scale up to commercial production. Virdia recently finished construction of its automated...

GSI to expand, add 61 jobs

GSI will receive state and local incentives as part of agreements company officials signed Monday. The agreements call for GSI to create 61 jobs by Dec. 31, 2014. According to a performance agreement signed with the state, the jobs are to have an average annual wage...