Warren County’s Key Industries
Advanced Manufacturing
Axalta Specialty Coatings and Toray Plastics have called Warren County home for nearly 20 years, and with good reason. The VA Inland Port, providing rail access to the deepwater international ports at Norfolk, Interstates 66 and 81 and three fully developed industrial parks make Warren County the smart choice for companies like these.
Occupation Manufacturing (NAICS 31)
Employees 1,106
Mean Ann Wages $56,940
Location Quotient .98
Employment Change 115
Annual Percentage Growth 2.2%
Source: Jobs EQ through the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission
Food Processing
Warren County has been home to the food processing industry for two decades. Sysco Foods’ Northeast Redistribution Center has anchored our Stephens Industrial Park for the last 18 years. With 250 employees and 1,000,000 square feet under roof, Sysco is a key company in our Food Processing Industry sector.
Hearthside Foods employs 341 full time and contract employees and has over 350,000 square feet under roof at their production facility, also in the Stephens Industrial Park, just two miles from the VA Inland Port.
Nature’s Touch rounds out our Food Processing companies with a location adjacent to the VA Inland Port. They employ 80 people and are currently utilizing 48,000 square feet at the Interchange facility.
Transportation/Logistics
With the Virginia Inland Port offering a direct rail line to the Port of Virginia at Norfolk, Warren County is the Northern Gateway for domestic and international shipping for the Shenandoah Valley region.
Interstates 66 and 81, four lane access to the VA Inland Port and fully developed industrial sites make Warren County a strong business case for your expansion or relocation.
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IT/Technology
Many of Warren County’s residents work in the IT/Technology sector, but either commute to the Washington D.C. area or work remotely from home. In fact, 53% of Warren County’s total civilian labor force commute out of the county each day to work.