Virginia’s Distribution Central Brochure (PDF)
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From the daily archives:
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Jim Councill
Published Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Well, an era has ended. The 123-year history of the famed and benevolent Camp Brothers — from Camp Manufacturing to Union Camp and finally International Paper — has reached its final crescendo as a world-class manufacturer of fine paper.
The finest in the land, made by the finest employees any company could dream of having. Thanks to the most recent 1,100 employees and the thousands of others who have over these 123 years put Franklin and Isle of Wight and Southampton counties on the world map of outstanding products and product development.
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By Charlie Passut | Tidewater News
Published Wednesday, April 21, 2010
FRANKLIN—International Paper Co. will terminate 350 workers, most of them hourly employees, beginning over three days in mid-May as it prepares to shutdown its mill, eliminating 1,100 jobs.
IP made the announcement in a letter dated March 12 to Isle of Wight County Board Chairman Phillip Bradshaw in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
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By Charlie Passut | Tidewater News
Published Thursday, April 22, 2010
WAKEFIELD—Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday his consortium is one of “a couple” of final bidders to purchase facilities at the International Paper Co. mill in Franklin.
“They’ve narrowed it down to a couple of bidders and I’m one of them,” McAuliffe said at the Shad Planking festivities in Wakefield. “We’ll see what happens. The good news is that the paper mill will stay in existence as a new type of energy entity.”
McAuliffe and a group of investors including Peter O’Keefe, a longtime political ally, reportedly have made an offer to purchase some or all of the infrastructure at the mill to convert it into a biomass energy power plant.
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By Nicholas Langhorne (Contact) | Tidewater News
Published Thursday, April 22, 2010
ISLE OF WIGHT—Local economic development officials are hoping that state backing will help entice companies to set up shop in the region.
“We are branding Franklin, Southampton and Isle of Wight County as Virginia’s Distribution Central or “the Sweet Spot,”” Lisa Perry, Isle of Wight County’s director of economic development, told the county’s Board of Supervisors last week.
Perry said her office, along with Franklin-Southampton Economic Development, Inc., has been working with state and regional officials to develop a strategy to market the region and its strengths, including the proximity to the ports and the skilled workforce.
“I think this is great,” said Phillip Bradshaw, chairman of the Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors.
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