EVANSTON, IL–(Marketwired – February 17, 2016) – Virginia manufacturing employment climbed for a fourth straight year, reports the 2016 Virginia Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial database and directory published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. According to MNI’s database of manufacturers, Virginia gained 1,733 manufacturing jobs from December 2014 to December 2015, a half percent gain.