Goodyear — Danville’s largest private employer — broke ground in Danville 50 years ago and cured its first tire on Nov. 25, 1966. The company’s Danville plant manager gave a history of the factory during the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber ...
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Goodyear to mark 50 years in Danville next week
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Power rate fixes help Intertape to expand
The news this week that Intertape Polymer is investing $22 million in its local plant to add manufacturing lines is a huge turnaround from two years ago when an unexpected electric rate increase from Danville Utilities threw the company’s budget ...
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Lidl work begins: Building permit issued for 36,000-square-foot grocery store
Work has begun on the 5.4-acre site that German grocery chain Lidl purchased last November at the intersection of Piedmont Drive and Piedmont Place. A building permit to construct a 36,000-square-foot grocery store was issued last week. Lidl was ...
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Essel Propack has purchased a new $6 million tubing machine
Essel Propack has purchased a new $6 million tubing machine that will produce more than three times that of the plant’s other equipment in Danville. Known as the SHOT (super high output tubing) line, the machine will be up and running by ...
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Intertape Polymer growing; $22 million investment expected to add new manufacturing lines
CHATHAM — Intertape Polymer Group plans to invest $22 million in several new manufacturing lines at its facility near Ringgold. The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted to offer incentives of up to $144,319 over three years in machine ...
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Plans announced for 500 block of Craghead Street
The 500 block of Craghead Street is in the middle of a massive renovation, encompassing eight of the nine buildings on the block — all purchased by Rick Barker Properties over the past two years. Barker first completed the first floor of 554 ...
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With craft brewery, pair continues River District transformation
The two men who have partnered in two successful development projects in the River District — the Pemberton Lofts on Bridge Street and the Continental Lofts on Craghead Street — have teamed up again to bring a craft brewery to the district. Ross ...
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Telvista hopes to hire 150 new full-time workers by the end of the year,
Telvista hopes to hire 150 new full-time workers by the end of the year, said the company’s site director. The addition to its workforce will result in a total of more than 650 jobs at the customer service provider’s location at 119 Cane Creek ...