Atlanta-based aluminum processing company Novelis Inc. is spending $32 million to increase volume at its recycling plant in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil. The upgrades will include a new recycling line that is...
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Posted inArchive, Education
UGA to Highlight Global Learning
The University of Georgia will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 9-18 by hosting a series of programs on funding foreign-study trips and events highlighting public diplomacy, global cultures and sports....
Posted inArchive, Business
Accounting Firm Forms Japanese Business Group
Chicago-based accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP has launched a business group to assist Japanese companies making investments in the U.S. with audit, tax and advisory services. The firm, which has...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Belgium Consul Seeks to Bring Solar Plane to Georgia
Belgium’s consul general in the Southeast U.S. wants to further strengthen ties between his country and the region by making Atlanta a destination for the world’s first solar-powered plane when...
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Ireland Launches Fund to Lure Global Startups
Building on ideas touted during a September trade mission to the Southeast U.S., the Irish government’s export promotion agency, Enterprise Ireland, has launched a funding program to spend €10 million, about...
Posted inArchive, Business
Belgian Firm to Open First U.S. Plant in Georgia
Technology buffs speculate that e-book readers such as the iPad and Kindle are on the way to replacing traditional hand-held volumes, but a family-owned Belgian book-binding company is growing its...
Posted inArchive, Business
UPS Expands Mobile Website to 35 New Markets
<!–[if !mso]> <! st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } –> Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. has expanded access to its mobile website internationally, enabling business customers in 35 more countries and territories to manage...
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Georgia State to Recognize Local Alumni
Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business will recognize six local businesspeople at its Alumni Awards Ceremony Nov. 10. The ceremony at the university’s Buckhead Center in the...
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German Manufacturer to Bring 200 Jobs to Georgia
Haiger, Germany-based steel manufacturing company Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH is to move its U.S. headquarters and locate a wind turbine parts factory in Elberton, bringing about 200 jobs to the...
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New Preschool to Offer Multi-Lingual Education
East Point may soon boast the greatest proportion of multi-lingual youngsters in the Atlanta area, once the Little Linguists International Preschool opens in the south side city. Jackie Ubiles, the...