(Danville, Va.) — KYOCERA SGS corporate leadership joined with state and local officials Tuesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate its newly constructed manufacturing and research hub located at 149 Slayton Ave. in the Cyber Park.

From the 30,000 square-foot purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility, KYOCERA SGS Tech Hub, a subsidiary of KYOCERA SGS Precision Tools Inc., will produce customized tools for its customers.

Jason Wells, president of KYOCERA SGS Tech Hub, said Danville has created a world class workforce pipeline that addresses hard skills and soft skills and incorporates the most advanced technologies into training programs.

In September 2016, KYOCERA SGS Tech Hub announced it would invest $9.5 million and bring 35 new jobs paying an average annual salary of $65,000 to the Cyber Park, a technology park owned by the Danville-Pittsylvania County Regional Industrial Facility Authority. Local students from Danville and Pittsylvania County will fill many of these jobs.

The new facility, designed and constructed by Blair Construction, sits on 10 acres directly across from the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. KYOCERA SGS Tech Hub has been operating out of the Charles Hawkins building at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.