Germany-based defense technology company Helsing plans to establish operations in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The $50 million project is expected to create at least 60 jobs in Berkeley County.
Electrical infrastructure manufacturer PowerFlo Solutions plans to establish operations in Williamstown, West Virginia. The $20 million project is expected to create up to 200 jobs in Wood County.
Sweden-based mining technology company Sandvik and metallurgical coal producer Alpha Metallurgical Resources plan to establish operations in Putnam County, West Virginia. The $25 million project is expected to create at least 120 jobs.
Robotics manufacturer FANUC America plans to establish operations in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The $90 million project is expected to create 225 jobs.
Google plans to establish operations in Putnam County, West Virginia.
Eye care company Alcon plans to expand its operations in Lesage, West Virginia. The $81 million project is expected to create 75 jobs in Cabell County.
Energy and environmental technology company Frontieras North America plans to establish operations in Mason County, West Virginia. The $850 million project is expected to create more than 200 jobs.
Premium Guard Inc., an aftermarket automotive filter supplier, plans to establish distribution operations in Weirton, West Virginia. The approximately $3 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Nucor Corporation, North America's largest steel producer, plans to expand its operations in Mason County, West Virginia. The $800 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Energy technology and service provider Babcock & Wilcox plans to upgrade operations in Mason County, West Virginia. The $125 million project is expected to create 28 jobs.
HandCraft Services, a provider of medical linen and apparel products, plans to establish operations in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The $59 million project is expected to create 220 jobs.
Biofuels products manufacturer Prime 6 plans to establish operations in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The $35 million project is expected to create 75 jobs in Upshur County.
American steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs plans to establish operations in Weirton, West Virginia. The $150 million project is expected to create 600 jobs in Brooke and Hancock counties.
Japan-based SOMAR, a manufacturer specializing in epoxy resin for the automotive industry, plans to establish operations in Wood County, West Virginia. The $2.5 million project is expected to create 25 jobs.
Treplar, a joint venture between Turkey-based Klarpet and Triton International Enterprises, plans to establish food packaging operations in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The $50 million project is expected to create more than 600 jobs over the next three years.
Fidelis New Energy, a decarbonization enterprise developing and operating multiple synergistic infrastructure GigaSystems, plans to establish a hydrogen production facility and data center campus in Mason County, West Virginia. The $2 billion project is expected to create 800 jobs.
Niterra North America Inc., formerly known as NGK Spark Plugs U.S.A. Inc., started construction on a 75,000-square-foot expansion at its campus in Sissonville, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 30 jobs.
Clean-Seas West Virginia, a subsidiary of Clean Vision Corporation, plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Quincy, West Virginia. The company is expected to invest $50 million.
UNDBIO, a South Korean pharmaceutical company that provides diabetic care solutions, will establish an insulin manufacturing facility in Morgantown, West Virginia. The $100 million project is expected to create 200 jobs within three years.
Delta Cooling Towers, a company that offers precision climate control solutions, including cooling towers and HVAC equipment, will expand its operations with a second manufacturing plant in Barbour County, West Virginia.
American energy storage company Form Energy, Inc. will establish its first iron-air battery manufacturing facility in Weirton, West Virginia. The $760 million project is expected to create 750 jobs.
Metal products manufacturer and fabricator Commercial Metals Company will establish a micro mill in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The $450 million project is expected to create roughly 230 jobs.
Omnis Sublimation Recovery Technologies will establish a rare earth metal extraction facility in Wyoming County, West Virginia. The $60 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Papier-Mettler, a German packaging manufacturer, has acquired an industrial building and will establish operations in Moorefield, West Virginia. The $48 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Veloxint, a manufacturer of nanocrystalline metal alloys, will relocate its operations complex to Touchstone Research Laboratory Ltd. in Triadelphia, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 200-300 jobs over the next four years.
Germany-based Klöckner Pentaplast, a global manufacturer and supplier of sustainable packaging products, plans to expand its production operations in Beaver, West Virginia.
PepsiCo is investing $32.5 million to build a pair of new, state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution facilities in Ona and Scott Depot, West Virginia. The projects combined are expected to create 185 jobs in Cabell and Putnam County.
Housing material manufacturer Omnis Building Technologies will build a $40 million, 150,000-square-foot facility in Bluefield, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 150 to 300 jobs.
Canada-based electric bus manufacturer GreenPower Motor Company Inc. will lease/purchase a 9.5-acre manufacturing facility in South Charleston, West Virginia. The project is expected to create up to 200 jobs by the end of the year.
Nucor Corporation will build its new $2.7 billion state-of-the-art sheet mill in Mason County, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 800 jobs when complete.
Toyota West Virginia plans to invest $240 million to expand its assembly plant and add a dedicated production line of hybrid transaxles in Buffalo, West Virginia.
CS Global Group, a Turkey-based mining company that specializes in barite manufacturing and sales, will locate its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Moundsville, West Virginia. The $10 millions project is expected to create 47 new full-time jobs.
Canada-based ROCKWOOL North America has begun commercial production of stone wool insulation products at its newest U.S. manufacturing facility, in Jefferson County, West Virginia. More than 110 employees have been hired to date with the total number
Canada-based MHI RJ Aviation Group invested $20 million to expand its MRO hangars at North Central Regional Airport in Bridgeport Aerotech Business Park, West Virginia.
DataRobot, a leader in Augmented Intelligence, is opening an operations center at Vantage Ventures in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. will build a $2 million distribution truck transfer station at Burr Industrial Park in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 30 new jobs.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia will invest $210 million to upgrade existing engine production at its assembly plant in Buffalo, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 100 new jobs and increase capacity of the company’s four-cylinder engine line.
Speedway Motors, a manufacturer, retailer, and distributor of high-quality automotive parts and racing products, plans to open a new distribution center in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The project is expected to create 25 new jobs.
DST Innovations, a UK technology company headquartered in Wales, will locate its new American manufacturing base in Morgantown, West Virginia. The company has agreed on a contract with West Virginia-based company Blue Rock Manufacturing to establish a new facility for the development of its new energy cells.
Gruppo Fanti, a metal packaging manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy, will invest $30 million to open its first U.S.-based manufacturing plant in Weirton, West Virginia. The company plans to initially create 40 new full-time jobs in
West Virginia Methanol Inc. has selected a site to develop a $350 million-dollar methanol plant in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The project is expected to create approximately 30 high-paying jobs.
Ranger Scientific, a manufacturer of small arms ammunition, will be investing $7.5 million to locate its munitions factory at a former high school building in Montgomery, West Virginia.
North American Millwright Services, Inc. has expanded its operations with a new facility in Inwood, West Virginia.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania-based JWF Industries reopened a factory, previously operated by Sunshine Metals, in Danisville, West Virginia. The project will expand production and milling of large aluminum plates and other items.
Dow reported its manufacturing sites in Auburn, Michigan; South Charleston, West Virginia; Seneffe, Belgium; and Hortolândia, Brazil possess the necessary raw material handling, mixing and packaging capabilities to produce hand sanitizer.
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. will undertake a $30 million US investment in its engine services facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
A Poland-based skin care manufacturer BANDI Laboratories is locating its first U.S. operations center in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. officially opened its nearly 1,000,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Mineral Wells, West Virginia.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing plans to expand its assembly plant in Buffalo, West Virginia. The company plans to add 123 associates to the plant.
ND Paper LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based Nine Dragons Paper Limited, entered into an agreement with Resolute Forest Products Inc. allowing Nine Dragons to acquire Resolute's recycled bleached kraft pulp mill located in Fairmont, West Virginia.
ROCKWOOL North America broke ground on its second stone wool insulation manufacturing facility in Ranson, West Virginia. The new 460,000 sq. ft. facility represents an investment exceeding $150 million and will employ around 150 associates.
Apple is undertaking a new set of investments to build on its commitment to support the American economy and its workforce, which includes breaking ground on a new facility in downtown Reno, Nevada, which will support its existing facilities.
China Energy Investment Corporation Limited plans to invest $83.7 billion in shale gas development and chemical manufacturing projects in Appalachia areas of West Virginia.
Armacell, a global leader in flexible foam for the equipment insulation market and a leading provider of engineered foams, will expand its crosslinked polyolefin capabilities in Spencer, West Virginia.
West Virginia Great Barrel Company, an oak whiskey barrel producer, will build a manufacturing facility in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.. The 90,000-square-foot plant will be situated on a 23-acre site in White Sulphur Springs.
Japan-based truck maker Hino Motors Manufacturing will invest $100 million to relocate its assembly plant to Mineral Wells, West Virginia from nearby Williamstown.
Toyota plans a $373.8 million investment in five U.S. manufacturing plants that will support production of its first American-made hybrid powertrain and to implement its New Global Architecture at its Alabama plant.
N3, a technology enabled sales and marketing execution firm, is opening a new operations center at West Virginia Regional Technology Park in Charleston, West Virginia. The company is planning for offices spanning 28,000 square feet over the next several years.
Toyota Motor Corporation and Mazda Motor Corporation signed a joint venture agreement to build a $1.6 billion assembly plant somewhere in the United States.
Denmark-based ROCKWOOL, a world leader in stone wool insulation solutions, will build multi-million dollar manufacturing facility in Ranson, West Virginia, with plans to create approximately 150 jobs in Jefferson County.
Italy-based eMa North America plans to build a manufacturing facility in the Burr Business Park in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The 42,000-square foot plant is expected to create 30 jobs.
Bidell Gas Compression, a subsidiary of Canadian-based Total Energy Services Inc., will base its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Weirton, West Virginia, 29.5 miles north of Wheeling.
One of the largest wholesale distributors in the United States, H.T. Hackney Company, is opening a warehouse and distribution facility in Milton, West Virginia.
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
West Virginia officials envision the former 12,000-acre Patriot Coal Hobet surface coal mine could someday be transformed into an industrial and commercial site providing thousands of jobs in Boone County.
Procter & Gamble started construction on the company’s new $500 million facility at Tabler Station in Berkeley, County, West Virginia, located in the state’s Eastern Panhandle. The plant will employ 300 full-time P&G employees when it opens in 2017 and ramp up to 700 by the time it is fully operational in 2019.
Dutch-based Constellium N. V. reported that the West Virginia Economic Development Authority approved partial financing of its $35 million Ravenswood advanced aluminum alloy manufacturing plant in Jackson County, West Virginia.
Natural gas contractor Cenergy opened its new expanded operations facility and assembly plant in Milton, West Virginia. A West Virginia-based contractor for the natural gas industry, Cenergy provides turn-key facility and equipment engineering, as well as fabrication, for natural gas producers in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Procter & Gamble Company will build a more than 1-million square foot, approximately $500 million, multi-category manufacturing facility in Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the Eastern Panhandle of the state near the town of Tabler Station.
Randox Laboratories, an Ireland-based company that creates innovative diagnostic solutions for the healthcare industry, will bring 50 high-level STEM-related medical technology jobs to Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Japan-based Diamond Electric is relocating its North American headquarters to Eleanor, West Virginia. The move will consolidate the automotive ignition coil manufacturer’s main U.S. office with its existing operation in Putnam County.
American Woodmark Corporation plans a $30 million expansion of its South Branch manufacturing facility in Moorefield, West Virginia. The expansion will increase the size of the current facility by 100,000 square feet and add 80 new jobs.
A $615 million natural gas combined-cycle power plant with a nameplate capacity of 549 megawatts will be built on a 37-acre site in Marshall County, West Virginia, approximately four miles south of Moundsville. Once operational, the plant will employ 30 skilled workers.
Carbonyx, Inc., a Texas-based company, will invest tens-of-millions of dollars in a Carbon Alloy manufacturing facility in Millwood, West Virginia, creating at least 60 jobs in Jackson County.
An international petrochemical company, Odebrecht plans to build an ethane cracker and three polyurethane plants in the Mid-Ohio Valley region in Wood County’s Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Italy-based Sogefi Group will add at least 250 new jobs in a $20 million expansion of its auto parts plant in Prichard, West Virginia.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing of West Virginia will invest $90 million in its Buffalo, West Virginia plant and creating about 80 jobs. TMMWV, which employs 1,300 workers, will increase 6-speed automatic transmission assembly and machining by 20,000 per month by early 2015. This investment makes the eighth expansion of the Putnam County facility since it opened back in 1996.
Italy-based Pietro Fiorentini USA plans to invest $9 million to build a manufacturing facility in the Three Springs Business Park in Weirton, West Virginia, with plans to create up to 41 jobs during the initial phase and up to 150 when fully operational.
NGK Spark Plugs, a subsidiary of the Japan-based manufacturer by the same name,is expanding its oxygen sensor manufacturing facility, its spark plug production capability and its staffing level at its Sissonville, West Virginia campus, with plans to create approximately 34 new jobs.
Williams Partners L.P., a natural gas company, will invest $1.34 billion to develop natural gas processing facilities, with estimates of creating up to 100 jobs in West Virginia’s northern Panhandle region.
Macy's Inc. opened its new $150 million, 1.3 million-square-feet, distribution and fulfillment center in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia., with expectations of hiring 1,200 fulltime employees and 700 temporary seasonal associates within the next five years.
Hino Motors Manufacturing, a Japan-based truck manufacturer, will invest $2.9 million to expand its Willamstown, West Virginia, assembly plant and add 20 jobs to its workforce of 140 employees.
Rubberlite Inc., a firm that produces custom rubber and plastic foams used in a variety of industries, completed a $5.7 million expansion at its manufacturing facility in Huntington, West Virginia, with plans to create 30 jobs.
Troy, Michigan-based Gestamp North America, an auto parts manufacturer, will invest $100 million in a South Charleston, West Virginia, manufacturing facility, creating an estimated 700 jobs.
NCO Group has announced it will create 90 jobs at its Charleston, West Virginia, contact center and invest $350,000 in equipment and training.
Carbonxt Inc., an Australian start-up company, announces it plans on building a new $29 million plant to convert coal into an activated carbon product in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Toyota will invest $64 million to add a six-speed automatic transmission production to its facility in Buffalo, West Virginia.
In its 2010 Annual Average Summary of Regional and State Unemployment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says jobless rates rose in three of four U.S. regions last year.
National retailer Macy's has selected a site near Martinsburg, West Virginia, for an online fulfillment center that will create 1,200 jobs and up to 1,900 positions during the peak holiday shopping season.
Armstrong World Industries will invest nearly $35 million in a new Millwood, West Virginia, facility that will produce material for acoustic ceiling tiles.
GLWN and the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation will partner with Manufacturing Extension Partnerships in Illinois, Indiana, Montana, and West Virginia on a wind sector project.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration gave nearly $14.6 million to support projects in Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Northern Ireland firm Randox Labs has opened a 30,000-square-foot facility in Kearneysville, West Virginia.
PPG Industries and PVS Technologies are partnering at an iron salts plant in Natrium, West Virginia that is expected to open in late 2010.
Armstrong World Industries will open a new plant near Ravenswood, West Virginia that will manufacture acoustical ceiling tiles.
A new poll indicates most Americans support solar energy plants on public land not dedicated for parks or preserves.
Chevron Technology Ventures will break ground this spring on a 1-megawatt concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) facility in Questa, New Mexico, the largest of its type in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
Energy corporation CONSOL has purchased Dominion Resource Inc. coal and natural gas assets for $3.48 billion in cash.
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