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Lots of products are made in the Richmond region

Go to almost any grocery store, and you'll likely find products on the shelves that were made in the Richmond area. Snack foods, dips, sauces and spices — all are made in factories here. The bread may have been baked with equipment manufactured locally.

Even some refrigerator units that help keep food products cool are made at a plant in Chesterfield County. Build a house, and there is a good possibility that some of the building components were made in the region. Buy some paper plates, and they may have come from a plant in South Richmond. Some chemicals that go into pharmaceuticals are produced here. Read more

For Richmond region, product diversity is a source of strength
If a region can be defined by the products it makes, then folks could have a lively debate over how to define the Richmond area.
06/20/2011 12:00 AM
Products that make other products
You won't see the name Alfa Laval on any products in the grocery store. But whenever you buy milk or other beverages, there's a good chance the company had an important role in making them.
06/20/2011 12:00 AM
Bringing pets and people together
Premier Pet Products believes that pets and their humans should get along.
06/20/2011 12:02 AM
Sauer savors a spicy past
The C.F. Sauer Co. is as Richmond as they come, and some of its products — namely, Duke's mayonnaise — are Southern classics.
06/20/2011 12:05 AM
Velocity Micro designs and builds computers, tablet PCs
Tucked into an industrial park near Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield County, Velocity Micro Inc. quietly competes against the Hewlett-Packards and Dells of the world.
06/20/2011 12:00 AM

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