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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A medical glove manufacturing facility promising to employ nearly 2,500 people is coming to southwest Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday, calling the news the biggest job-creation announcement in the struggling region in a generation.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that because the Commonwealth has committed $8.5 million to upgrade infrastructure at Progress Park in Wythe County, a major joint venture has committed to build a manufacturing operation that projects to employ 2,500 people and produce up to 60 billion medical gloves a year.
WYTHEVILLE — A medical glove company will move its manufacturing operation from Asia to Wythe County, with plans to employ 2,500 people and produce up to 60 billion gloves a year.
Governor Ralph Northam, 73rd Governor of Virginia
Two manufacturers have created a joint venture for rubber and nitrile glove production.