SweetWater Brewing Co.’s annual 420 Fest is a decidedly local affair, a celebration of good music and easy living in the heart of the local craft brewer’s hometown. But this weekend, cruising Centennial Olympic Park and listening to headliner Widespread Panic will be a bevy of foreign faces seeking to understand the culture behind some of their favorite […]
Trevor Williams
Canada to Lead International Charge at the South’s Premier Fintech Conference
If FinTech South 2019 is aimed at telling the region’s story of financial-technology dominance to the world, Canada is listening. With nine companies scheduled to join a Canadian delegation, the country will have the leading presence at the international pavilion at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is to be in place for the second straight year. Last […]
Italian Electronics Firm Expands in Gwinnett
Elemaster U.S. on April 11 opened an expanded electronic equipment design center and manufacturing plant in Duluth, a $3 million investment that could spur a doubling of the company’s local workforce. The Milan, Italy-based maker of printed circuit boards for rail, automotive, avionics, medical and other applications now employs 40 at the new site, with the […]
Fresher Canadian Potatoes Coming to Atlanta Via $22M Distribution Center
Canada’s EarthFresh Farms is spending $22 million to open a high-tech packing plant and distribution center near the Atlanta airport in College Park, getting its potatoes to southern customers more quickly. The Burlington, Ontario-based company is the latest food distribution center clustered in Atlanta’s budding Aerotropolis region, as well as the second major Canadian produce firm […]
Solidarity Selfies: Send in Photos to Show Atlanta Support for Notre Dame Cathedral
Global Atlanta is asking local friends of France to send in selfies at Notre Dame or their best photos of the famed cathedral to show our community’s solidarity with the French people at this time of collective cultural shock and loss. Atlanta and France have a long history of being connected through art, architecture, faith […]
Germany’s Elokon Picks Metro Atlanta for U.S. Subsidiary
While the debate rages over the safety of self-driving cars, a German company is using the similar technology to help forklifts avoid accidents in the warehouse environment. Elokon GmbH improves the safety of forklifts with systems that help hardware and software work together, intervening semi-autonomously when a potential collision is detected. Elokon has solutions that […]
Brazilian, Canadian Buyers Seek More Georgia Ag Products, Medical Equipment
Brazilian buyers are placing even more product requests with Georgia’s trade office in Sao Paulo as they continue to look to the state as a key source of agricultural goods. The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s latest round of trade leads includes asks for organic pears, kale chips and packaged grapes. Buyers are also interested […]
How Delta Could Help Kenya Airways Launch an Atlanta-Nairobi Flight
Atlanta is in the flight plan for Kenya Airways, a SkyTeam partner of Delta Air Lines Inc. which could eventually fulfill the latter’s decade-old effort to link its hometown and Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Kenyan Ambassador to the U.S. Robinson Njeru Githae told Global Atlanta that his country’s the flag carrier is eyeing links with Washington, […]
Thailand Courts Georgia Aviation, Manufacturing Investors With Incentives
Georgia’s business relationship with Thailand operates with little fanfare, with only a few Thai-owned companies working here and little public knowledge of how locally based multinationals are tapping into the Southeast Asian economy of 70 million people. But the Thailand Board of Investment sought to change that this week. Officials held an Atlanta event on the sidelines of […]
German Chamber to Lead Another Auto Delegation to Mexico
The Atlanta-based German-American Chamber of Commerce of the South Inc. is leading another delegation to Mexico in early September to give companies a sense for what it takes to expand their presence in the country’s auto sector. Mexico already plays host to many German players, some of which also have a major presence in the Southeast […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 394
- Next Page »
