Press Room

2004 Press Releases

• Dates announced for 2005 monthly seminars on starting a business in Fairfax County (December 23, 2004)
• Sprint Nextel calls Fairfax County its executive headquarters (December 15, 2004)
• AgustaWestland to land in Fairfax County, will create up to 300 jobs (November 19, 2004)
• Heads up: Fairfax County to be U.S. headquarters for IT services provider CGI-AMS (November 19, 2004)
• Four Fairfax County IT-related companies to create 8,880 jobs (November 17, 2004)
• Booz Allen Hamilton to create up to 4,600 jobs in Fairfax County over five years (November 17, 2004)
• Eight Fairfax County companies receive $29.3 million in venture capital funding (November 4, 2004)
• Eighteen Fairfax County firms make Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies (November 2, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA works with 51 companies that will create 3,885 jobs (October 29, 2004)
• Fairfax County BioAccelerator hatches another company (October 28, 2004)
• Fairfax County businessman Michael Lewis joins FCEDA Commission (October 20, 2004)
• Fairfax County BioAccelerator peps up with arrival of Germany’s Jerini Peptide Technologies (October 15, 2004)
• IBM consultation results in creation of 1,250 IT-focused jobs in Fairfax County (September 27, 2004)
• Titan makes strong investment in Fairfax County (September 14, 2004)
• Nearly $40 million in venture capital funding goes to 11 Fairfax County companies (September 1, 2004)
• Chairman Harry Doyle leaves FCEDA Commission; ExxonMobil’s Steve Davis takes reins (August 27, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA, Korean-American League host Sept. 1 forum for small businesses (August 17, 2004)
• Fairfax County becomes first U.S. county to open an office in India (August 10, 2004)
• Fairfax County becomes first U.S. county to open office in Israel (August 4, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA assists 27 companies that will create 1,626 jobs (July 30, 2004)
• CAM Communications expands in Fairfax County (July 6, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA sponsors summer-long “America Celebrates” program (June 30, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA welcomes Hungarian prime minister to e-country (June 22, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA sponsors D.C. area’s first Digital Media Conference (June 17, 2004)
• EDA del Condado de Fairfax da la Bienvenida a la Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Virginia (June 11, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA welcomes Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to northern Virginia (June 11, 2004)
• Twelve Fairfax County companies make Hispanic Business top 500 list (June 7, 2004)
• Seven Fairfax County companies make annual Black Enterprise 100 list (May 20, 2004)
• Eleven Fairfax County companies receive $66.4 million in funding in first quarter (May 7, 2004)
• Northern Virginia economy is nation’s hottest, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports (April 28, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA, Ibero Chamber host forum on homeland security procurement (April 26, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA to Sponsor COVITS 2004 – ‘Virginia: Portal to the Emerging Global Marketplace’ (April 1, 2004)
• Fairfax County hosts Argentine IT companies looking for U.S. partners and customers (March 29, 2004)
• Thirty-seven Fairfax County companies receive $242.2m in venture capital in ‘03 (February 27, 2004)
• U.K. biotech company receives award in competition for corporate office in Fairfax County BioAccelerator (February 2, 2004)
• Fairfax County EDA worked with 130 companies that created 7,800 jobs in 2003 as local economy outpaces national recovery (January 28, 2004)
• U.K. biotech company wins competition for corporate office in Fairfax County BioAccelerator (January 11, 2004)