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Guatemalan technology company seems to click with Danville
By Tara Bozick - Work It, SoVa Web Parts LLC moved from Guatemala to Danville to develop software add-ons and operate a data center. The company will start with 10 employees and plans to employ 260 people within three years, said owner and founder Brad Mainland. One-third of those positions would be programmers and two-thirds would be various...
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 announced the company's plans during a ceremony at the facility Wednesday at 9141...
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 an approximately 100,000-square-foot building in the Patriot Centre industrial park,...
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 Center, where the new company operates temporarily on Stinson Drive. Hybrid Vehicles...
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 demonstration facility at the new "Sentec" building at the Institute for Advanced Learning and...
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 of at least $24,315. Some of the new positions are posted online now at...
Danville Supercomputer Up and Running
Danville is now home to a new Noblis supercomputer, located at the Noblis Center for Applied High Performance Computing.
LamTech to create 30 jobs
Ohio company to invest $3 million in Henry County By GINNY WRAY - Martinsville Bulletin Staff Writer The improving economy, the skills of Henry County-area workers and the assistance of governments and the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corp. were the key factors in Laminate Technologies' decision to open a plant in Henry County...
Faneuil announces 150 new jobs for Dominion Virginia Power call center
From The News & Record If Southside Virginia painted Gov. Bob McDonnell as a green Grinch for announcing the closing of Mecklenbrg Correctional Center last week, it surely saw Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling as bright-red Santa Claus himself today as he announced that the 150 new workers would be employed by … Dominion Virginia Power. Bolling made the...
SVRA Holds Second Annual Primland Resort/Martinsville Speedway Event
Linda Burns, with Burns Development Group from Dallas, Texas, who participated in the SVRA's weekend said, "I was honestly amazed at not only the venue for the weekend, but the many attributes Southern Virginia has to offer my clients. I look forward to working with the SVRA on projects in the future." The Southern Virginia Regional Alliance's...