Marketed as part of the seven-county e-Region in Southwest Virginia, Russell County focuses on the following strategic components of modern business – electronic information technology, energy, education and emerging technologies. Three Fortune 500 companies have operations here: AT&T Wireless, Northrop Grumman and American Electric Power.
Major Employers in Russell County
American Electric Power (Cleveland) – provides electric utility services.
AT&T Wireless (Lebanon) – provides call center services.
CGI (Lebanon) – U.S. onshore delivery center supporting global information technology and business process services.
E. Dillon & Company (Swords Creek) – produces and sells construction aggregate, mine safety dust, and other products.
LACorp (Lebanon) – manufactures apparel items and home furnishings.
Mountain Materials (Old Castle Stone) (Castlewood) – operates stone quarry and manufactures masonry, lawn, garden and paving products.
Northrop Grumman (Lebanon) – houses the company’s Southwest Enterprise Solutions Center (tier 3 data center), which includes Northrop Grumman’s internal IT operations and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA).
Russell County Medical Center (Lebanon) – provides comprehensive healthcare services.
Steel Fab – Samuel Pressure Vessel Group (Lebanon) – manufactures pressure vessels for North American and international markets.
Rogers Group Inc. (Hansonville) – provides crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt and highway construction.
Cleco Corporation (Rosedale) – provides grading and excavation services and highway, bridge, pipeline and railroad construction.
First Bank & Trust Company (Lebanon) – houses regional office for banking system.
New Peoples Bank (Honaker) – houses regional office for banking system.
JM Conveyors (Lebanon) – manufactures state-of-the-art conveyor belt structures.