Almost $100 million in investment and 313 new jobs for Virginia this week

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today, Oct. 22, that Dynax America Corporation, a subsidiary of Dynax Corporation of Hokkaido, Japan, will invest $32.625 million to expand its automotive components manufacturing operation in Botetourt County. The expansion will create 75 new jobs, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

The Governor made the announcement following a meeting yesterday with Dynax Corporation officials in Tokyo during his Asia Marketing Mission. Virginia successfully competed against Shanghai, China for the project.

McAuliffe was quoted as saying, “Dynax America Corporation has been a valuable corporate partner to Virginia since 1995, and employs nearly 600 at its plant in Botetourt County.

Meanwhile, in Carroll County, McAuliffe announced Oct. 20 that Andrews Farming Inc. and its sister company, ANDCO Logistics, Inc., will create 51 new jobs paying above the average prevailing wage and invest more than $5.6 million to expand their agricultural production, warehousing and distribution operation in Carroll County.

Virginia successfully competed against North Carolina for the project.

According to a statement from McAuliffe, “Andrews Farming is a homegrown, family-operated company that was established in 1975 by Mr. Keith Andrews, who operated out of an old International pickup. From that point, the business has grown in Southwest Virginia for the past 40 years to serve a multi-state market.

Also on Monday, Oct. 20, McAuliffe announced that DOMA Technologies, LLC, a veteran-owned Virginia Beach-based company that specializes in cloud-based data and document management, plans to create 150 new jobs and lease an additional 15,000 square feet of office space.

The expansion will support the company’s recent $50 million four-year contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help improve timeliness for the processing of claims for disability benefits. The additional office space will be adjacent to DOMA Technologies’ corporate headquarters location at 2875 Sabre Street, where it currently occupies 21,200 square feet.

DOMA’s Electronic Knowledge Data Management platform will serve as the Private Medical Record Portal, providing all workflow functionality and secure record storage necessary to request, receive, process and transmit medical records to the Veterans Benefits Administration.

Claims support representatives in DOMA’s Virginia Beach offices will work with 54 regional Veteran’s Affairs Regional offices, healthcare providers and third-party organizations from across the country in processing up to 32,500 requests per month.

McAuliffe said Virginia has the highest number of veterans per capita in the entire United States, and it continues to grow.

Also on Monday, Oct. 20, McAuliffe announced that Blue Ridge Railcar Repair LLC (Blue Ridge), a subsidiary of Patriot Rail Company LLC, will invest $2.41 million to expand its operations in Charlotte County–bringing an additional 37 new jobs that will pay above the county’s prevailing average wage.

Virginia successfully competed against Louisiana for the project.

McAuliffe was quoted in a news release as saying, “Blue Ridge Railcar Repair was established in Charlotte County in December 2013, bringing an existing railcar repair facility back into operation and adding jobs and tax revenue to a community that has been hard hit by industry loss. Less than a year later, the company will expand to include railcar cleaning, blasting and painting capabilities to meet increased demand in the marketplace and grow its customer base.