Hoover & Strong, Inc. Receives 2001 Medium Business Award

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors has named Hoover & Strong as the recipient of Chesterfield County’s 2001 Medium Business Appreciation Award. The Board of Supervisors established a Business Appreciation and Recognition Award to acknowledge existing Chesterfield businesses that contribute to the county’s economy and its citizens.

The Board gives four awards annually, one each to Large, Medium and Small Business, and one to the Developer of the year.

Hoover & Strong is a family-owned, mail order company established in 1912. The company refines and manufactures specialty metal products for metalworkers across the nation, and its three divisions produce over 30,000 products.

The company started in Buffalo, New York and relocated to Chesterfield County in 1979. Hoover & Strong currently employs over 170 people. George Hoover, President, is active with the Richmond Hand Workshop Arts Center, Midlothian YMCA, and the Chesterfield Emergency Planning Committee.