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US Airways, an airline headquartered
in Arlington, announced plans to open new routes
and add flights to the Caribbean from New York’s
LaGuardia Airport in June. The company also will
begin nonstop service between Orlando, Fla. and
Bermuda. (02/25/04, PRNewswire)
Kollmorgen, a manufacturer of motion
control products and systems, plans to invest
$2.85 million in a customer support center,
creating 71 jobs. The company employs about
700 people at engineering and assembling facilities
in Radford. (02/20/04, The Roanoke Times)
Volvo Trucks North America, announced
plans to add a second shift at its Dublin plant
where the company produces Volvo and Mack trucks.
This is the first time a new shift has been
added since a slump in 2000 led to the layoffs
of 900 workers. About 2,200 people are employed
at the plant. (02/20/04, The Roanoke Times)
Amerigroup, a Virginia
Beach-based provider of managed care services
to welfare recipients and children lacking traditional
health insurance, said it will expand its program
in Texas to the Austin market and may launch
managed care networks in South Carolina and
Georgia. (02/19/04, The Virginian-Pilot)
H.P. Hood of Chelsea, Mass.
will expand its Frederick County plant where it
produces extended-shelf-life milk sold mainly
in New England. The company’s $42.8 million
expansion, its second in two years at the Virginia
facility, will create 65 jobs. (01/28/2004,
The Winchester Star)
Celanese Acetate announced plans to
expand its R&D facility in Narrows, creating
55 jobs. The Narrows operation employs 1,000
persons, and is the company’s only site
where all three of its acetate products are
made for apparel, home fashions and industrial
use. (01/27/2004, Press release)
Soza Associates, an Annadale-based accounting
firm, opened a Richmond office. The firm specializes
in services for small-to mid-sized companies,
not-for-profit groups, medical and law practices
and individuals. (01/13/2004, Press release)
