Major Employers Sperry Marine Sperry Marine, headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, is an integrated worldwide supplier of navigation, communication, information and automation systems for commercial marine and naval markets. With 800 employees at their headquarters location and 1300 worldwide, the company designs and produces technologically advanced navigation systems for a variety of surface ship platforms. Part of Northrop Grumman since 2001, Sperry Marine and its predecessor operations have been located in Charlottesville for fifty years. GE Fanuc Automation GE Fanuc Automation develops factory automation solutions designed to help customers better manage their production systems and processes. A joint venture of General Electric Company and FANUC LTD of Japan, the company's 600 employees in Charlottesville are primarily engaged in engineering, systems integration, and the manufacturing of electronic components for automated production lines. Constructed in 1980, GE Fanuc's world headquarters is in Charlottesville, Virginia. The company has numerous other operations located in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Biotage AB Biotage, Inc. began in Charlottesville more than 15 years ago. Today it is part of a multi-national firm created in 2003 when it was acquired by Pyrosequencing. The resulting company, Biotage AB, has its headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden, and offers a complete range of products and services in the areas of genetic analysis and medicinal chemistry. The Discovery Chemistry Division of Biotage AB is located in the University of Virginia Research Park in Charlottesville. Biotage AB employs more than 100 people at this location who design and produce a complete range of purification and separation systems for pharmaceutical companies worldwide. These businesses and the those that are listed below reflect a growing base of employers who take advantage of the strategic location, the technology and research and the quality of life that characterize the Greater Charlottesville Region. • American Press (Commercial printing) • Biotage AB (Biotechnology) • Continental Teves, Inc. (ABS Systems) • Crutchfield Corporation (Electronics retailer) • Dominion Virginia Power (Utility) • GE Fanuc (Factory automation equipment) • Hyperion Telecommunications (Telecommunications) • Inova (Healthcare) • Klöckner Pentaplast of America (Rigid PVC film and sheets) • LexisNexis (Publishing) • Luck Stone Corporation (Crushed stone) • Hyosung (Tire Cord) • MicroAire Surgical Instruments (Surgical instruments) • Sperry Marine (Northrup Grumman subsidiary-Marine navigational systems) • National Card Control Company (Credit card services) • National Optronics (Lens processing equipment) • Pharmaceutical Research Associates (Pharmaceutical research) • Plow & Hearth (Home and garden mail order retailer) • RIGID Products (Industrial machinery) • The Rochester Corporation (Marine cable manufacturing) • SNL Financial (Research and publishing) • Southern Health (Healthcare) • Sprint (Telecommunications) • State Farm Mutual (Insurance) • Thomasville Furniture (Wood furniture) • Tovaris (Secure e-mail solutions) • Tri-Dim Filter Corp. (Air filters) • University of Virginia (Education) • Upstate Biotechnologies (Biotechnology) • Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Services (Publishing) • Wal-Mart (Food Distribution) • Wintergreen Resorts (Resort)