Virginia Businesses in the News


Mergers and Acquisitions

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Delmarva Laboratories, a veterinarian pharmaceuticals company based in Midlothian, was acquired by Virbac Corp., a companion animal health company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. (08/18/03, Business Wire)

Smithfield Foods, a hog and pork producer headquartered in Smithfield, plans to acquire 90 percent of pork processor Cumberland Gap Provision Co. of Middlesboro, Ky., for $56 million. The acquisition extends Smithfield's reach in stores from the Midwest to the East Coast. (08/14/03, Daily Press)

Dominion Resources of Richmond, a fully integrated gas and electric holding company, plans to buy a 240-megawatt oil and natural gas-fired electric generation facility in Gordonsville from Calpine Corp., a producer of renewable geothermal energy based in San Jose, Calif., for $52 million. (08/05/03, Daily Press)

Amco Cellular of Alexandria, a marketer of mobile communications accessories for cellular phones and PDAs, is being acquired by Strathmore Investments of Beverly Hills, Calif. (08/04/03, Business Wire)

Dominion, an energy producer headquartered in Richmond, plans to acquire a 240-megawatt power station in Gordonsville for $52 million. (08/04/03, Business Wire)

General Dynamics of Falls Church, a provider of information systems and technologies, plans to acquire Intercontinental Manufacturing Co., a division of Datron Inc. and maker of aircraft bomb bodies for the U.S. armed services (07/25/03, PR Newswire); and Digital Systems Resources Inc. of Fairfax, a provider of surveillance and combat systems. (07/30/03, PR Newswire)

Appix, a McLean-based provider of custom technology solutions, acquired Richmond-based Align360, a provider of management consulting services and information technology for the insurance and financial service industries. (07/23/03, Business Wire)