A metal distribution company is investing in Dinwiddie County and creating more jobs in Virginia.
The Earle M. Jorgensen Company recently announced it would invest $6 million to open a metal products distribution facility in Dinwiddie County, creating 16 new jobs in Virginia.
EMJ, which is headquartered in Lynwood, CA., is one of the largest distributors of metal products in the country with 40 service and processing centers, according to a press release from the State of Virginia.
“EMJ has grown into one of the largest metal distributors in the world,” Governor Timothy M. Kaine said in the press release. “Dinwiddie County had a developable tract of land that met the company’s needs and this new facility allows convenient access to EMJ’s existing Mid-Atlantic customer base.”
The company works to inventory more than 25,000 bar, tubing, plate and various other metal products, specializing in cold finished carbon and alloy bars, mechanical tubing, stainless bars and shapes, aluminum bars, shapes and tubes and hot-rolled carbon and alloy bars.
“We are very pleased to be adding a new service center to the Dinwiddie area,” Gregg Jones, EMJ District Manager said in the press release. “For the last 30 years we’ve serviced the I-95 corridor of Virginia from either Baltimore, Maryland or Charlotte, North Carolina, and have always had a sales representative in the area. With the promising local economy and the growing industrial base in the area, we feel this is an exciting opportunity to make this move for future growth.
“We currently have an established customer base in Virginia, and look forward to increasing the current level of service with more local deliveries and value added processes, while expanding our customer base,” Jones continued. “With our ‘On Time or Free’ guarantee, we believe we monitor our performance closer than our competition, therefore lowering our customers’ total costs and enabling them to focus on manufacturing.”
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Dinwiddie County and the Gateway Region worked together to secure the project for Virginia. The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission also approved $65,000 in Tobacco Region Opportunity Funds for the project. EMJ also is eligible to receive benefits from the Virginia Enterprise Zone Program, which is administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
“Dinwiddie County is very pleased that Earle M. Jorgensen has chosen our locality to establish the operations of their newest facility,” Dinwiddie County Administrator Kevin Massengill said in the press release. “The County’s rich transportation network, leadership’s pro-business attitude and our proximity to established metals clusters helped to provide a strong business choice for Earle M. Jorgensen. EMJ answered the call to provide additional quality employment opportunities for the County residents. We look forward to their success as the newest corporate citizen in the emerging business climate of the County.”