British carmaker to establish $8M facility in Virginia
FILE – In this May 11, 2021, file photo Republican gubernatorial candidate, Glenn Youngkin, speaks during an event in Richmond, Va. Youngkin amassed a personal fortune estimated at more than $300 million as a senior executive at the giant private equity firm known as the Carlyle Group. As the Republican candidate in Virginia’s upcoming governor’s race, he has avoided talking about his business career in detail while casting himself as a successful businessman who spent decades “building businesses and creating jobs.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A British car manufacturer has rolled out plans to establish a new facility in Virginia.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday that RBW Sports & Classics is gearing up to build an $8 million facility at Cane Creek Centre, an industrial park jointly owned by the city of Danville and Pittsylvania County.
“Entrepreneurial, innovative companies like RBW Sports & Classics are helping put Virginia on the map for cutting-edge industry and jobs,” Youngkin said. “The talented workforce in the region is a perfect fit for RBW Sports & Classics’ plans.”
The new facility will produce the company’s first left-hand drive models for the U.S. market and create nearly 150 jobs.
“RBW is a wonderful addition to everything that Pittsylvania County and the region has to offer, and the international flavor that it brings is especially exciting,” said Vic Ingram, a Pittsylvania County supervisor and chairman of the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facilities Authority.
Youngkin approved a $500,000 grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist Danville-Pittsylvania County with this project.
