RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Nestlé USA plans to invest $20 million to expand manufacturing capacity in Danville, creating 50 new jobs at its facility in Danville’s Airside Industrial Park. The company makes BUITONI® refrigerated pasta and sauces and NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® refrigerated cookie dough at the facility. Virginia successfully competed with Idaho and Wisconsin for the project.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine and a delegation of more than 100 Virginia business and government leaders will participate April 22-28 on a trade mission to New Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai, India. Governor Kaine is scheduled to depart Sunday, April 15, for Japan and Hong Kong where he will conduct a series of confidential business recruitment meetings prior to joining the delegation.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Virginia Tech will seek partnerships with the research and development community in India to support Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a world leader in specialty glass and ceramics, in the development of clean, sustainable energy solutions. Representatives of Corning and Virginia Tech are among the Virginia delegation currently in India.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced a new distribution agreement between Lynchburg-based Trainikins, Inc. and IMI Co, Ltd. to sell the Japanese version of CPR Teddy™ in Japan. CPR Teddy™ is a non-threatening tool created to teach new parents how to save their baby if he or she chokes or stops breathing. Trainikins donated 30 CPR Teddy™ bears to Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Chairman of Tokyo’s St. Luke’s International Hospital, last week.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Indage Group, India’s largest wine manufacturer and restaurant and hotel chain in Mumbai, India, plans to open five Indian restaurants and a headquarters operation in Virginia. Indage also will partner with Richmond restaurateur Jack Mehta to oversee management of his restaurant, India Garden & Grill, in Richmond. A memorandum of understanding between the restaurant owners was signed in Mumbai last night as part of a week-long trade mission organized by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that The Hershey Company, North America's leading chocolate and confectionery manufacturer, will invest $25 million to expand manufacturing capacity at its facility in Augusta County, creating 150 new jobs.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Essel Propack, an India-based manufacturer of laminated and plastic tubes for the oral, cosmetic and healthcare industry, will invest $14 million to expand the capacity of the Essel Propack facility and create a state-of-the-art printing center to support both Essel Propack and its subsidiary, Arista Tubes, which is also located in Danville. The expansion will create about 35 new jobs. The announcement came at the conclusion of a Virginia trade mission to India.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that AeA, the nation’s largest trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, has ranked Virginia as the national leader for its concentration of high-tech workers. Virginia surpassed Colorado with 89 workers per 1,000 in the private sector workforce. Virginia is the only state to take the lead from Colorado since AeA began publishing the report in 1997.
MI Technical Solutions, Inc. to expand IT support
RICHMOND – Today Governor Ralph Northam announced that MI Technical Solutions, Inc. (MITS), a professional engineering and technical services operation, is investing $100,000 to expand its IT and cybersecurity operation in the City of Chesapeake due to increased demand from the U.S. Navy, its largest client. The project will create 15 new jobs.
RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that TMEIC GE, a joint venture between Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric and General Electric, has made a deal worth about $80 million with India-based JSW Steel Limited to provide the company with a complete electrical and automation system. The system will be used for a new Hot Strip Mill located at Toranagallu, Bellary District, Karnataka India.