The packaging giant on Tuesday unveiled its new Center for Packaging Innovation, a 48,000-square-foot, $13 million facility in Eastern Henrico.
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Trading Day: Inside the SEC filings for 7.28.2011
Another local bank’s CFO is resigning, and one of CarMax’s top executives is retiring. Earnings season is also in full swing.
The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 7.20.11
Patents this week from MeadWestvaco, Magellan Systems, Philip Morris. And if you’re in the market for a can opener, a couple of local inventors have just what you’re looking for.
Several firms decide to expand
Several Richmond-based companies announced this week new operations and future plans for expansion.
Big and green
Find out which local companies made a list for being among the biggest and greenest.
MeadWestvaco bitten by Wild Kingdom
MeadWestvaco calendar suit settled in federal court
Do the Fortune 500 shuffle
Five of the six local companies that made this year’s list moved up in the rankings from last year.
Wild week for MeadWestvaco
MeadWestvaco is considering closing a Raleigh “Center for Packaging Innovation,” and relocating the facility to Richmond, the company’s corporate headquarters. The research center’s 140 employees were informed of the potential move a few weeks ago, and told an ultimate decision would be made in early March. The recent theme for the company has been cost-cutting… Read more »
MeadWestvaco repackaging business model
Richmond-based MeadWestvaco, which will soon move into its shinny new headquarters downtown, is moving away from growing trees and making paper and into the packaging business. And profits were higher this quarter than last year, a pleasant surprise and encouraging sign for a region that has lost several major employers.
MeadWestvaco cutbacks have global impact
MeadWestvaco, the Richmond-based packaging company, announced Monday that it is cutting 80 jobs at its manufacturing plant in Hemer, Germany. The layoffs are part of a restructuring plan, which the company announced in January. The company plans to lay off 2,000 employees worldwide, or 10 percent of its workforce. The cost-cutting plan is expected to… Read more »