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Pharmaceutical Company Expanding in Danville, Bringing 34 New Jobs

RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Walraven, Inc., a global installation company, will invest $7.15 million to relocate its U.S. headquarters

Governor Ralph Northam, 73rd Governor of Virginia

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that Walraven, Inc., a global installation company, will invest $7.15 million to relocate its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing operation from Cadillac, Michigan, to Danville-Pittsylvania County. The company will occupy the Cane Creek Shell Building in Cane Creek Centre, a joint industrial park for the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County. Virginia successfully competed with Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee for the project, wh...

Governor Northam Announces Walraven, Inc. to Expand, Relocate U.S. Headquarters and Manufacturing Operation to Danville-Pittsylvania County

RINGGOLD, Va. — Elected officials from Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville, along with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Virginia Secretary of Agriculture Bettina Ring and other state and community leaders, joined AeroFarms representatives on Thursday for a groundbreaking ceremony for its newest 136,000 square foot indoor vertical farming facility in Ringgold – the world’s largest aeroponic vertical farm. AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and leader in vertical farming,...

Fralock acquires Mapson Engineering Valencia, California-based Fralock, an engineering and manufacturing provider of specialty material solutions for high reliability and mission-critical applications, has completed the acquisition of Mapson, based in Orange County, California, provides high-resolution, large-format precision graphic solutions for specialty electronic applications. Founded nearly 40 years ago by Jim Mapson and built through reputation for high-quality products, superior custo...

SNC leverages sensor tech in space Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), the global aerospace and national security company owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, is leveraging decades of expertise in navigation and guidance systems to develop enhanced vision technology for space applications, including moon and planetary landings. “Navigation and landing systems, and collision avoidance, are really a sweet spot for SNC,” said SNC’s CEO Fatih Ozmen. “So much of what we have learned from our national secur...

IALR breaks ground on $25.5M Center for Manufacturing Advancement 2 Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the IALR campus in Danville, Virginia. The CMA will offer a platform for leading-edge business success specifically targeted at manufacturing companies establishing or expanding their presence in Southern Virginia. The $25.5 million project, funded by the Commonwealth and the Danville Regional Foundation, is being built in cooperation with Virginia’s Division of Engineering and Bu...

The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has broken ground to build a 51,250-square-foot Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the IALR campus. The innovative CMA will offer a platform for leading-edge business success specifically targeted at manufacturing companies establishing or expanding their presence in Southern Virginia. The $25.5 million project, funded by the commonwealth and the Danville Regional Foundation, is being built in cooperation with Virginia’s Di...