Major Employers in the Area

Manufacturing in Amherst County, Virginia

Name Business Type # of Employees
Clorox / Glad Plant Plastic Bags 364
Greif Paper Mill, Containerboard 300
SBI Works Wood Burning Stoves 175
Buffalo Air Handling Industrial/Commercial Air Handling Equipment 101
S&S / TruBall Metal Fabrication, Archery Equipment 95
Shibuya Hoppman Packaging Machinery 60
Cooper Steel Structural Steel Fabricator 68
Quality Archery Design Archery Equipment 40
Hermle North America Clocks, Furniture 45

Non-Manufacturing 
Amherst County, Virginia

Name Business Type # of Employees
     
Sweet Briar College Higher Education 186
Centra Health Medical 8,405
CSE, Inc. Heavy duty cranes, Construction Metal Fabricators, Industrial Maintenance 230-250
Old Dominion Job Corps Residential Training Program 130
Cowan Systems Transportation 125
H.T. Hackney Wholesale Food Distributor 72
Tyto Athene (formerly Black Box Govt. Solutions) Communication/Technology Services 40
Integrated Technology Group (ITG) Technology Services 22

Regional Large Employers

  • Framatome, Inc.
  • Automated Conveyor Systems, Inc.
  • The Babcock & Wilcox Company
  • Banker Steel Company, L.L.C.
  • Bausch & Lomb Inc.
  • Belvac – Production Machinery
  • CENTRA
  • Central Virginia Community College
  • Delta Star, Inc
  • Fleet Laboratories
  • Flowserve
  • Genworth Financial
  • Griffin Pipe Products Company
  • Hanwha Azdel
  • HARRIS Corporation/RF Communications Division
  • International Paper
  • J. Crew
  • Liberty University
  • Lynchburg College
  • Sonny Merryman, Inc.
  • The News & Advance
  • Parker Hannifin
  • Progress Printing Plus
  • Randolph College
  • RR Donnelley
  • Southern Air, Inc.
  • Southside Electric Cooperative
  • StarTek Inc., Lynchburg
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals
  • Westminster Canterbury
  • Westover Dairy
  • Wiley/ Wilson

Experience the Beauty

There are many reasons why Amherst County is a place where companies choose to locate. Thanks to our prime geographic location, low cost of doing business, beautiful surroundings, and a hard working, well trained workforce, Amherst County is an excellent place to do business.