AXYS, a leading engineering and consulting firm specializing in building management and security systems, will invest $2.18 million to establish new operations in the City of Winchester, creating 46 new jobs.

Afton Scientific, a manufacturer of sterile injectable pharmaceuticals, will invest over $200 million to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Albemarle County, creating over 200 new jobs.

Sirius Analysis, a U.K.-based defense management software consulting company, will invest $305,000 and create 105 new jobs in the City of Virginia Beach.

VFP Inc., a custom building solutions manufacturer, will invest $5 million to expand its facility in Scott County, creating 50 new jobs.

TECHnista, LLC, an education consulting company, will invest $1.5 million and create 15 new jobs to support a Department of Defense contract in Pittsylvania County.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Inc., a global provider of defense and aerospace systems, will invest $71 million to establish a facility in James City County, creating 180 new jobs.

Optimum Technologies LLC, which provides space flight hardware design, manufacturing, integration and test, will invest $999,000 to expand in Loudoun County, creating 40 new jobs.

American Type Culture Collection will invest $54.7 million to expand its bioresource center campus in Prince William County with a new biomanufacturing facility, creating 75 new jobs.

Shalag U.S., Inc., a manufacturer of non-woven fabric for use in manufactured products, will invest $16.6 million to open a new non-woven manufacturing and production facility in Mecklenburg County, creating 52 new jobs.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Canon Virginia, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of consumer and office products, will expand its manufacturing facility in the City of Newport News.