John Tyler Community College has been selected as a Center of Excellence in Precision Manufacturing.

Prillaman Chemical Corporation announced an expansion at their location on 1001 Old Bermuda Hundred Road. The chemical distbutor expanded operations by 500 square feet and invested close to $900,000 for new warehousing equipment.

The Antioch Company has announced the location of a new manufacturing and distribution center in Chesterfield County. The facility will be home to the company’s subsidiary, the international direct-selling scrapbook company Creative Memories, and will create 140 new jobs by the end of 2002.

Rogar International has completed a 18,000 sq.ft. expansion of the firm’s facility in the Oak Lake Business Center. The company invested an estimated $350,000 in the expansion and hired 12 new employees.

New announced investments in Chesterfield.