Richmond is home to a number of growing industry clusters such as advanced materials, life sciences and logistics. Industry-specific information and resources on those clusters are available at the websites listed below.

Virginia Manufacturing Extension Partnership
VPMEP is a network affiliate of NIST-MEP, a national network of more than 59 affiliate centers, bringing enterprise expertise to over 149,000 businesses across the United States. We create and maintain industrial and manufacturing jobs by helping Virginia industries compete. VPMEP, as a part of the Commonwealth's economic development team, is committed to the long-term success of companies and the Virginia economy. VPMEP provides affordable, high quality assistance that can help companies increase productivity, lower costs, identify growth opportunities, improve technology application, and strengthen their production team.

RichTech 
Based in Richmond, Virginia, RichTech serves to promote the region as a technology center and provides a vehicle for addressing the needs of Central Virginia's dynamic technology community.

RichTech serves as a catalyst to stimulate and connect innovative, creative and technical people.

Founded in 1989 as the Central Virginia High Technology Network, the Council adopted the name The Greater Richmond Technology Council in 1995 and joined a growing association of regional technology councils in the Commonwealth, The Virginia Technology Alliance. In the spring of 2009 the organization announced its new strategic direction and brand; RichTech.  RichTech is governed by a Board of Directors and employs two full-time staff members. Council membership is representative of the Central Virginia economy. The technology sector of that economy is actually a combination of several key technology based industries including: information technology,  biotechnology, telecommunications, high-performance manufacturing and others. This diversity is our strength and our members not only represent technology producers, users and service providers, but also the supporting industries, organizations and institutions that provide the infrastructure and catalyst necessary for economic expansion.

Retail Merchants Association
The Retail Merchants Association is a trade association representing retailers and related businesses. Its mission is to enhance the image and profitability of member companies through advocacy, information and networking opportunities.

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