NanoLumens Inc. is using a Swedish firm to usher in its next phase of American manufacturing. NanoLumens, which makes flat, curved or round LED displays for malls, stadiums, train stations and more, will soon enter...
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Millennium Mats to Hire 50 in Gwinnett Expansion
Suwanee-based industrial mat manufacturer Millennium Mat Co. is moving, but only down the street to a facility with twice the space. The $9.5 million headquarters expansion into a 256,700-square-foot building at...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Airport Officials Headed to Senegal Seminar
While Atlanta airport interim General Manager Miguel Southwell is with Mayor Kasim Reed in Brazil on a trade mission promoting that country’s connectivity with Atlanta, other airport and community leaders will...
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Marietta Plant to Make Parts for F-35 Jets Going to Korea
The Korean government is to buy 40 Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets for a total of almost $6.8 billion, which will require the company to hire more...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Social Media in the World Today
In 1942, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi discovered what currently powers the majority of our world today, nuclear energy. The world was stunned, as the shackles that entangled us to the...
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Social Media and the Future: Alienation and Memes
Since the beginning of its existence, the human race has been a social one, marked by its desires for companionship and emotional connection. What sets people apart from other social...
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Turkish Essay Contest Gets High Schoolers’ Views on Social Media
The Atlantic Institute, formerly known as the Istanbul Center, challenged Georgia’s high and middle school students to enter this year’s arts and essays contest focused on the theme of “Connecting...
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Chinese Manufacturers to Attend Alabama Forum This Week
Many Chinese manufacturers will pass through Atlanta this week en route to the city of Dothan, Ala., convening at a forum held in what may seem like an unlikely location. The U.S.-China Manufacturing Forum expects to...
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Slots Open to Pitch Products, Services to UAE Officials
The World Trade Center Atlanta still has slots available for local companies to pitch their products and solutions to a delegation from the embassy of the United Arab Emirates on March 26....
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Soviet Redux: The Potential Impact on Georgia
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 was greeted with enthusiasm in the state of Georgia as it was throughout the United States and elsewhere abroad. The prospects...