Two-year export program provides resources to support international business expansion

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Crowley Foods, a leading East Coast dairy manufacturer, will expand its manufacturing, production and warehouse facility in the City of Bristol. By way of a $2.7 million investment, the company will create 32 new jobs for Southwest Virginia. In addition, 64 jobs will remain in the City of Bristol thanks to the company’s expansion efforts. Virginia successfully competed with New York for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced a $6.9 million expansion of Universal Food and Beverage Company, Inc. in Grayson County that will provide 151 new jobs to residents of Southwest Virginia. Universal Food and Beverage Company, Inc., a newly formed company, is acquiring Grayson Springs Water from Independence Water Group, LLC. The bottled water facility has not been in production since early 2003. Universal plans a significant expansion to the facility as well as to the products it will offer.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that IBM Corporation will invest $10 million to expand its operations in Fairfax County, creating 1,250 new job opportunities. Governor Warner announced IBM’s decision during the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Information Technology Symposium annual event held at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Veggie Patch, an innovative manufacturer of refrigerated vegetarian and soy cuisine, will locate a food processing facility in a shell building in the Greensville County Industrial Park. Through a $4.5 million investment, the company will create 80 new jobs in Southside Virginia with an estimated annual payroll of $2 million. Virginia successfully competed with Connecticut, Maryland, Georgia and Florida for the project. 

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced Knight-Celotex, LLC will reopen the shuttered Masonite manufacturing facility in Danville, creating 145 jobs during the next 12 months. The company will invest $1 million to upgrade the plant for the manufacture of environmentally-friendly insulation, structural, roofing, and sound-deadening fiberboard products for residential and commercial construction nationwide. 

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Corporate Executive Board, which provides best practices research, decision-support tools, and executive education to a membership of the world’s leading corporations and not-for-profit institutions, has signed a lease on a 611,000-square-foot office facility to be built in Rosslyn, Arlington County. The project will result in a $227 million investment and about 2,500 new job opportunities with an estimated average annual salary of $70,000. 

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced a $4.1 million investment by CTS&I, Inc., a wood manufacturing company that recently purchased Cooper Wood Products in Franklin County. With the investment, the company, which also operates in the City of Roanoke, will open CTS&I Millwork, Inc., in Rocky Mount and create 150 new jobs for Roanoke Valley residents. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that M.C. Dean, Inc. is investing $6.7 million in Caroline County as the location for its new electronics distribution and fabrication facility. This 100,000-square-foot facility will be located in the Shamrock Industrial Park in Bowling Green and will create 40 full-time jobs with pay ranging from $12 per hour to annual salaries up to $100,000. Virginia successfully competed with Maryland for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced an $8 million expansion of Nestlé Refrigerated Foods’ Danville facility that will provide 50 new jobs in the food processing industry. The company will expand its refrigerated cookie dough production capacity at the Nestlé facility located at 201 Airside in Danville’s Southside Industrial Park.

“Nestlé has been a leader in Danville for years, and to have such a solid company stay and grow is only good news,” Governor Warner said. “It says that Southside Virginia’s strong workforce is second to none.”