BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – A Lynchburg company is expanding by investing more jobs and millions of dollars into Bedford County.
Belvac plans on devoting about $3 million and 50 jobs to the region over the next five years.
The can-making and printing company is expanding into a 40,000 square foot building at the New London Business and Technology Center.
Jim Messier, chairman of the Bedford County Economic Development Authority, sees the opportunity as a way of increasing jobs during the pandemic.
“It’s huge. There are certainly a lot people that were out of work, particularly skilled labor; and this is a highly-skilled manufacturing industry,” said Messier.
The company plans to start interior construction later this month and begin its operations this summer.