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Growth & Development
Biggest Corporate Expansions
in 2000
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• Location, Location, Location
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Infineon Technologies,
Richmond, $1.1 billion, in Henrico County, creating 1,100 new jobs to produce the first
300-mm wafer chips on the East Coast. |
| 2 |
Capital One,
$700 million total in Goochland, Henrico, Chesterfield and Fairfax counties, creating
8,000 jobs at three office complexes. |
| 3 |
Dominion Semiconductor, $700
million, in Manassas, creating 600 new jobs in its fabrication plant through a joint
venture with SanDisk Corporation. |
| 4 |
America Online,
$555 million, for a data center in Prince William County and expansion of its Loudoun
County campus. |
| 5 |
Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.,
$52 million, to expand manufacturing in Petersburg. |
| 6 |
Wal-Mart,
$50 million, in James City County creating 400 jobs for its distribution center. |
| 7 |
Nautica, $40 million, in
Henry County, creating 375 jobs at the fashion company’s distribution center. |
| 8 |
Dendrite,
$30 million, in Chesapeake, to provide specialized products for the pharmaceutical and
consumer package goods industries. |
| 9 |
ACT MicroDevices, $28
million, in Montgomery County, to manufacture fiber optic subcomponents. |
| 10 |
Fairchild Dornier,
$15 million, in Fairfax County to relocate its headquarters from San Antonio, Texas. |
Data: Virginia Business
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