State trade fact sheets - Virginia

Connected to the Commonwealth

CGI, with its U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, VA, is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world with operations in hundreds of locations across the globe. In communities across the U.S., CGI innovators pursue bold new solutions. By harnessing emerging technologies, agile methodologies and embedded teams, CGI takes on the toughest challenges to help their clients emerge transformed. CGI’s Southwest Virginia Information Technology Center of Excellence employs nearly 400 CGI professionals in a state-of-the-art facility. Drawing skilled local talent from a feeder system of more than 30 colleges and universities, this location serves clients in the communications, financial services, government, health, manufacturing, retail and consumer services, and energy sectors.

IBI Group Designs Virginia Communities

IBI Group is a globally integrated architecture, planning, engineering, and technology firm. With over 60 offices across Canada, the U.S., the U.K., the Middle East, India, and Latin America, and more than 2,500 employees, IBI Group helps design communities with intelligent systems, sustainable buildings, efficient infrastructure, and a human touch. IBI Group is the largest Canadian architecture firm, the sixth largest architecture firm in the world, and in the top 50 engineering firms in the U.S. Headquartered in Toronto, the company’s experts collaborate on architecture, engineering, planning, systems, and technology. IBI group employs 20 people in Alexandria and helps shape the way Virginians live, work, move, learn, and evolve in the cities of tomorrow.

Volvo Truck Drives Virginia Manufacturing

Volvo’s 1.6-million-square-foot New River Valley assembly plant, located in Dublin, VA, is the largest Volvo truck manufacturing facility in the world. The New River Valley plant produces all Volvo trucks sold in North America, including the VNR, VNL, VNX, VHD and VAH models. Year over year, Virginia exports thousands of tractor-trailer trucks to Canada enabling thousands of jobs in and around Dublin.