# Blue Star NBR and American Glove Innovations to build $714M glove plant in Virginia

Blue Star NBR and American Glove Innovations will invest $714 million to build a manufacturing facility in Wythe County, Virginia, to produce nitrile rubber medical gloves. The plant is expected to create 2,500 jobs and produce up to 60 billion gloves per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-10-04
- Where: Wythe County, Virginia, United States
- Value: $714.0M
- Jobs: 2,500
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 60 billion gloves per year
- Products: nitrile rubber medical gloves
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Blue Star NBR](https://endata.com/companies/58152.md)
- [American Glove Innovations](https://endata.com/companies/58153.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [virginiabusiness.com](https://virginiabusiness.com/joint-venture-bringing-2500-jobs-to-wythe-county/), 2021-10-04: "Blue Star NBR LLC and American Glove Innovations Inc. will invest $714 million to build a manufacturing facility in Wythe County for producing rubber medical gloves."

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