When it comes time for you to enter the workforce, there are lots of things ver y close to home that you can help make. Because (believe it or not) the entire world “shops” in Lynchburg! Yep, companies right here in your own back yard manufacture products used by consumers and industries across the globe. Some of those products are familiar to you, some may surprise you. Let’s take a look at just a few...

	Circuit Boards Several local companies create printed circuit boards for products ranging from phones to satellites.
	Leather Handbags Moore & Giles in Forest is one of the nation’s largest leather importers and wholesalers whose clients include Pottery Barn and Starbucks. They recently launched a new line of designer handbags.
	Tank Components Wegmann USA manufactures ammunition racks and specialized gearing for the M-1 Abrams tank.
	Plastic Bags The sandwich bag in your lunch may have been made in Amherst by Glad Manufacturing, a division of Clorox. (And the trash bag you threw it into when you finished may have been made there, too!)
	Police Radios Law enforcement officers in many major cities carry mobile radios made in Lynchburg by Tyco Electronics (M/A-COM).
	Military Armor BGF Industries produces fabrics woven from Kevlar® fiber that are used in “bullet-proof” panels for jets and armored vehicles.
	Pharmaceuticals Barr Laboratories in Forest produces generic medicines that make prescriptions more affordable.
	Cardboard Boxes Georgia-Pacific in Big Island is one of the largest producers of containerboard in the U.S. (Containerboard is a corrugated or solid cardboard used to make containers, boxes, box dividers, and reusable shipping pallets.)
	Structural Steel Banker Steel in Lynchburg has provided the steel beams that were used to construct such landmarks as the original Twin Towers, the new Freedom Tower, and the recently-opened Washington Nationals Stadium.
	Archery Releases TRU-Ball in Madison Heights manufactures precision releases that function as “triggers” for compound bows.
	Nuclear Fuel BWXT’s Uranium Processing and Research Reactors (UPRR) facility in Lynchburg, VA, supplies both high- and low-enriched, aluminum-clad uranium fuel used in plate-type research reactors. The company’s customers also include the US Navy. UPRR currently supplies the U.S. Department of Energy’s laboratory program with oxide fuels for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HF IR) (pictured).
	Baby Formula The Ross Products Division of Abbott Labs in Altavista makes baby formula and several famous brands of liquid nutritional supplements.
	Auto Parts Almost the entire interior of the Ford GT is made with AZDEL SuperLite (manufactured in Lynchburg), including the first production instrument panel, door panels, center console, and pillar trim.
	Snack Foods Frito-Lay makes some of your favorite potato chips, corn chips, and cheese snacks at their factory in Lynchburg.