The National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, a federal organization to promote U.S. manufacturing and trade, is holding its annual spring seminar in Atlanta May 6-8. The government’s foreign-trade zone program is...
Author Archives: M. C. Rast
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Murata Electronics Acquires Dallas Wireless Company
Smyrna-based Murata Electronics North America Inc. is acquiring wireless Internet and radio components producer RF Monolithics Inc. for about $20 million. Murata North America is a subsidiary of Kyoto, Japan-based...
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RedPrairie Software Going to Northern Ireland Hospitals
Alpharetta-based logistics software developer RedPrairie Corp. has reached a deal to install its warehousing and workforce management product in 38 hospitals throughout Northern Ireland. RedPrairie is selling the program...
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GE Energy Signs $20 Million in Turkish Contracts
Atlanta-based GE Energy has signed contracts worth about $20 million to upgrade and maintain gas turbines at a power plant in Mersin, Turkey. The plant, owned by Istanbul-based Camis Elektrik...
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Church’s Chicken Hires Two Global Execs
Sandy Springs-based fast-food chain Church’s Chicken has filled two senior vice president positions to support the company’s continued global growth. As senior vice president for global strategy, planning and...
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Novelis Selling Three European Plants
Atlanta-based aluminum processor Novelis Inc. is selling three of its European manufacturing plants to private equity firm American Industrial Acquisition Corp. The plant sales are subject to regulatory approvals, but Novelis officials...
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Former Coke CEO Donates to Irish Peace Studies
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co.’s former chairman and CEO Neville Isdell has made the first private donation to an endowed professorship in conflict studies at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland....
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Tourism Official: Georgia a ‘Secondary Market’
A member of the U.S. Commerce Department’s private-sector advisory board on tourism had some sobering words for Georgia travel promoters when he spoke at the World Trade Center Atlanta Feb....
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Former State Official Sets Sights on Brazilian Tourism
A former state tourism official predicts that Brazil will become Georgia’s second-largest tourist market this year, and is so impressed by the opportunities that he left his post to join...
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World Chamber Partners With ASO for Annual Meeting
The growing reach of Atlanta’s World Chamber of Commerce will be on display Feb. 2 during its annual meeting and awards gala, which is drawing local officials as well as...