# Porcher Industries invests $7M in new US HQ and R&D facility in Danville, Virginia

Porcher Industries, through its subsidiary BGF Industries Inc., will invest $7 million to establish a new U.S. headquarters and R&D facility in Danville, Virginia, moving from Greensboro, North Carolina. The project is expected to create 65 jobs.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-11-14
- Where: Danville, Virginia, United States
- Value: $7.00M
- Jobs: 65
- Status: announced
- Products: glass fabrics
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Porcher Industries](https://endata.com/companies/19668.md)
- [BGF Industries](https://endata.com/companies/26874.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2018/11/porcher-company-bgf-moving-hq-to-virginia/), 2018-11-14: "The brand new, purpose-built facility in Virginia will work collaboratively with our France-based R&D Centre to build on the 200 patents we already hold."

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