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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)
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