Richmond, Va. – Gov. Terry McAuliffe has announced that Kilgour Industries Ltd, a United Kingdom-based supplier of aircraft airframe and engine machined products, will invest $27.3 million in its first U.S. operation in Henry County, Va., and create 155 new jobs. Kilgour specializes in computerized numerical control (CNC) machining, wet chemical surface treatments, and sub-assemblies of aerospace components. Virginia successfully competed against Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and South Carolina for the project.
Kilgour Industries, a family-owned company established in 1966 in the United Kingdom, supplies aircraft airframe and engine machined products in aluminum, steel, and titanium to the major aerospace original equipment manufacturers. Kilgour’s mission is to be the market leader in precision engineering and treatments for the aerospace industry.
More details of the project and its supporting funding – including $1.15 million in Tobacco Region Opportunity Funds approved by the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission – can be read in the Martinsville Daily.