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Janice Blakley

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Chesterfield, VA 23832-0040

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Sabra Dipping Co. is nearly doubling the size of its manufacturing plant in an $86 million expansion that will add about 117,000 square feet to its existing facility and create 140 more jobs. The expansion will grow the facility from its current 131,000 square feet, and it will enable it to increase production of its signature hummus spread from 6,000 tons per month to 10,000 ton, and creates space for adding product lines. The company hopes to complete work by the middle of next year. The 140 new employees will be hired during the next three years, bringing the total workforce to about 500. The expansion will include space for manufacturing, as well as office and warehouse space. In addition to the plant expansion, Sabra has just opened an 18,000-square-foot research and development facility.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the contract for a call center in the county, which employs about 1,000 workers. General Dynamics Information Technology was awarded the 10-year center operations contract from the federal department’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The contract is in one-year increments, renewable annually. Health and Human Services has so far provided $28.2 million transition-period funding, the company said. The center is located is in the Rivers Bend Industrial Park.
Online retailer Amazon.com is completing work this year at its Chesterfield County distribution center to increase the plant’s inventory capacity. The Seattle-based retailer, which opened two large distribution sites in the Richmond area last fall, also is moving some of part-time employees into full-time work. The work being done includes adding equipment such as an inventory management system that was part of the original plan but was not completed before the holiday shopping season rush. Amazon completed most of the work on the centers in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties last year, and the first products were shipped to customers by October. Each center is 1 million square feet but they handle different types of products. The Chesterfield County warehouse ships high volumes of small items such as books and DVDs, while the Dinwiddie facility handles larger items such as golf bags, stereos and kayaks. The two centers employ more than 2,000 people.

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