Cairo Corp., a Chantilly-based
government solutions provider, launched a Government &
Defense Solutions Division, led by Bill Breighner, division president. Breighner
is former president of Bowhead Support Services.
Cairo aims to double its growth in defense markets within four years through
the new division. (Business Wire)
Federal-Mogul Corp. of
Detroit plans to invest $12.7 million and create 71 jobs
at its
Montgomery
County plant. The company produces high-volume anti-friction
engine and replacement bearings. (News release)
Merck & Co. Inc., a pharmaceutical company
based in
Whitehouse Station,
N.J., will invest $57 million to expand production of
its Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine at its Elkton plant.
The expansion will include a new building and new equipment
for the purification process. (News release)
Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in
Norfolk has expanded and renovated its rehabilitation
center. The 5,500-square-foot facility includes state-of-the-art
weight and strength training equipment and individual
work stations. (News release)
Philip Morris USA, a Richmond-based tobacco company,
will invest $100 million to reopen and expand its
York
County manufacturing center as part of its long-term
growth strategy. Reopening the facility, which closed
in 2003, will mean creation of 75 jobs. More jobs are
expected as production increases. (News release)
Verizon, a
New York telecommunications company, is hiring 110 workers
to install and expand its fiber-optic network for Internet
and TV services in
Northern Virginia. (PRNewswire)
