RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Showbest Fixture Corporation, which manufactures and installs fixtures for retail stores nationwide, will invest more than $2.5 million to locate a facility in Nottoway County. The Richmond-based company will create 104 jobs that range from supervisory positions to machine operators. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina and Pennsylvania for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Lignetics, a manufacturer of high-quality wood fuel pellets, Pres-to-Logs brand firelogs and firestarter products, will invest $5.35 million to open its first Virginia wood pellet manufacturing plant in Lunenburg County. The company will create 35 new jobs. Virginia successfully competed with Kentucky for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Synergy Biofuels LLC, a start-up biodiesel fuel production company, will invest $1 million to open a facility in Lee County. Synergy Biofuels, which will process used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel, will create 30 jobs. Virginia successfully competed with Tennessee for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Filtration Specialties Inc., a designer and manufacturer of high-performance filtration media for high temperature applications, will invest $1.5 million to open a facility in Mecklenburg County. The company will manufacture fiberglass felt for the filtration industry, creating 10 jobs. Virginia successfully competed with Massachusetts for the project.

Richmond - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today accepted recommendations from the Virginia International Trade Alliance (VITAL), a coalition of companies across the Commonwealth dedicated to the advancement of international trade and investment. As a result, VITAL will proceed with several initiatives toward the development of a coordinated international marketing strategy for Virginia.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation will invest $7 million to open the Eastern Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) hub in Loudoun County. The project will create 200 new jobs over 30 months. This project marks the first time the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has outsourced a major system operation. The facility will employ flight service specialists to brief pilots on flight plans and weather conditions. The hub will cover the geographic region east of the Mississippi River.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Coors Brewing Company will invest an additional $24 million to expand its Rockingham County facility. The expansion, which will create eight new jobs, will allow Coors to improve production efficiency through the addition of a new high-speed line.

This announcement comes on the heels of Coors’ announcement in August 2004 to open a brewery at the Shenandoah facility. These announcements combined bring the total investment at the Elkton facility to more than $200 million between 2004 and 2007.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today made six job announcements today totaling 834 new jobs across Virginia. Raytheon Company will open a new high-tech facility in the City of Suffolk that will provide computer modeling, simulation and imaging services for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military services. The facility will be located in the Bridgeway Tech Center I office building in Bridgeway Commerce Park.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today made six job announcements totaling 834 new jobs across Virginia. The Timken Company, a maker of highly-engineered bearings and alloy steel, will invest $10.27 million to expand its Campbell County facility. The company will add production capacity to manufacture light-duty pickup truck and sports utility vehicle wheel-hub bearing assemblies, creating 50 new jobs. Virginia successfully competed against Tennessee for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today made six job announcements totaling 834 new jobs across Virginia. Telvista, Inc., a global company specializing in customer service contact centers and technical support, will invest $1.1 million in technology upgrades to expand staffing at its Danville facility. The company will hire an additional 250 team members, expanding from 500 to 750 team members by the end of 2006.