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Danville Scientists Develop Novel Drug Delivery

A new Danville company works to change the way some drugs are delivered to the body.

Because liquid protein-based drugs like vaccines are fragile and have a short shelf-life, scientists at Engineered BioPharmaceuticals in Danville are busy working to...

Danville Fiber-Optic Company Lands R&D Money

A local startup attained a $2 million grant and more than $2.5 million in federal contracts for research and development of 

HIgh-Tech Company Grows in Danville

One start-up company chose to grow in Danville and produce fiber optic devices, including ones that will help defend military aircraft from missiles.

François Chenard, president and founder of IRflex Corporation, started leasing space in the Dan River Business Development Center in...

'Green' light for new Jobs

The orders keep coming in, so the company has been hiring to ramp up production at Piedmont Warehouse, said President and Chief Operating Officer 

Danville Company Eyes Future Expansion

The president of Engineered BioPharmaceuticals Inc. anticipates starting the company’s expansi

Company Brings New Jobs

A Netherlands-based company and Swedwood supplier will build its first U.S. operation in Pittsylvania County.

U.S. Green Energy To Locate In Cane Creek Centre

U.S. Green Energy is locating in the Cane Creek Centre, where the company plans to start operating in June of 2011 and hopes to create 372 jobs over the next three years after start-up.

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Support for Area Entrepreneurs Through DRF Grant

Danville, VA (March 10, 2010) - The Danville Regional Foundation has awarded a grant of nearly $1 million to the Dan River Business Development Center to expand its virtual operational capacity to aid entrepreneurs in Danville, Pittsylvania and Caswell counties.

New Entrepreneurs Get On Track With FastTrac NewVenture Program

As small businesses become more revelant to the economy's stability in tough financial times, a group of nascent to beginning stage entrepreneurs, took some time to learn how to make their business concepts a reality or how to drive their new business ideas foward. Two new companies and eight...

DRBDC Hosts Procurement Conference

The Dan River Business Development Center hosted a Procurement Conference at the Regional Center for Technology and Training (RCATT),  Thursday, February 25, 2010. This conference was to provide information from local, state, and federal agencies to businesses that are already  or thinking about...