
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 20, 1990                   TAG: 9004200128
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: STATE 
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WESTERN VA. CREATES ONE-THIRD OF NEW JOBS

Roanoke Valley projects accounted for 20 percent of the 6,390 jobs announced for new and expanding factories and non-manufacturing buildings in the state for the first quarter.

The total number of jobs was up more than 27 percent from a year ago, according to the state Department of Economic Development.

Topping the list of 1,290 new jobs were 800 at Grove Worldwide in Salem. Next were 200 at Elizabeth Arden, 120 at Couvrette Building Systems, 100 at Precision Fabrics and 70 expected at Virginia Transformer's new plant.

Of the state's new jobs, 2,194, more than one-third, were in Western Virginia. These companies made announcements: Addressograph Imprinters' subsidiary, Datacard Corp., Rocky Mount, 300 jobs; Advanced Air Systems, 60, and PADTech Inc., 55, both in Henry County; Buchanan Bolt, Buchanan County, 75; PADTech Inc., Henry County, 55; CompAir-Kellogg (Robertshaw Controls), Independence, 100; Federal Mogul, Blacksburg, 24; Magnox, 40, and Renfro, 250, both in Pulaski County.

Planned investment in Virginia by manufacturers exceeded $219 million, more than one-third higher than a year ago, the report said. - Staff report

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