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Genuine West Virginia



West Virginia artisans are known for their pride, quality and attention to detail. Less well known is that a new generation carries on that work ethic in some unexpected areas. Check out these genuine West Virginia companies and their products.

FMW Composite Systems Space-age Toolkit:
FMW Composite Systems, Inc., Bridgeport, created a lightweight, carbon-fiber carrier for NASA’s mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Cooking Out:
Kingsford Manufacturing, Parsons, is the world’s leading manufacturer of Kingsford barbecue briquettes.

DNA to Order:Alcon Laboratories
Vandalia Research, Huntington, specializes in the large-scale production of DNA sequences for vaccines and gene therapies.

Seeing Clearly:
Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Huntington, is world’s leading producer of replacement intraocular lenses, helping millions see after cataract surgery.

Keep on Trucking:
Rhodes Trailers and Truck Bodies, Parkersburg, manufactures custom-built truck trailers and bodies for nearly all applications, from municipal and government purposes to coal hauling, contracting and demolition work.

Keep on Rolling:
Marble King, Inc., Paden City, is among the last marble manufacturers in the United States, producing more than a million marbles each day for games and industrial uses.
Marble King
Sleep Like a King:
Imperial Bedding Company, Huntington, manufactures a line of mattresses and box springs for hotels, resorts, correctional facilities, dormitories and retail customers.

Less Landfill:
Kureha Corp., Belle, is inventing breakthrough technology to produce a new biodegradable plastic for beverage bottles.

Fingerprint Files:
The FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), Clarksburg, holds 500 million fingerprints in the world’s largest law enforcement and criminal history system.

Quad/GraphicsPage Turners:
Quad/Graphics, Martinsburg, prints and mails high-end magazines and catalogs worldwide, including National Geographic and Victoria’s Secret.

Eyes in the Sky:
Air Robotics, Charleston, makes foam-constructed aircraft equipped with visual and near-infrared cameras for remote sensing and scientific study.
Hatfield-McCoy Trail System
No feuding, Just fun:
Five hundred miles of off-road ATV trails wind through eight southern counties, attracting 30,000 visitors each year to the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System.

Survival Gear:
Mustang Survival Manufacturing, Inc., Elizabeth, is the leading supplier of quality floatation and hypothermia protection products to the most demanding users, including fisherman, jet fighter pilots and astronauts.

Prodigious Protein:
Protea Biosciences, Morgantown, reproduces protein for biological samples in large quantities.

Protea BiosciencesSweeping Mines:
Schonstedt Instrument Company, Kearneysville, makes handheld magnetic locators used by the United Nations and U.S. Army to locate unexploded land mines.

Green Walls:
CertainTeed Gypsum, Moundsville, recycles synthetic gypsum from AEP’s power plant to make high-quality wallboard used in green building projects.

Cement Mixing:
Essroc Cement Corporation, Martinsburg, produces up to 1.8 million tons of cement each year.

Take-off Power:
FCX, Morgantown, produces converters for ground power that let commercial and military aircraft get off the ground in more than 70 countries around the globe.
Power Sonix
Sounding the Call:
Power Sonix, Martinsburg, designs high-powered sound technologies for emergency alerts.

A Safe Haven:
Carbonoks LLC, Poca, produces safety chambers for underground miners and firefighters as well as storm havens for protection against fire, smoke, tornadoes and hurricanes.



Business Climate
Business Climate Brochure

During the last several years, West Virginia has produced a positive business climate for new and expanding companies that want to create good jobs in West Virginia.
Energy Opportunities

West Virginia is truly an energy state due to its rich natural resources and positive business climate for energy-related companies.
Biometrics
Biometrics Brochure

The concentration of biometrics and identity-management assets within West Virginia is unequalled in the world.