A Netherlands-based supplier of charging stations for buses and other electric vehicles will set up a North American headquarters in Atlanta, hiring 70 and giving another boost to Georgia’s credentials […]
Category: Automotive
Posted inAutomotive, Business
With LG Dispute Settled, SK Battery Hosts Kemp for Update on Plant Progress
SK Battery on Monday hosted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp at its factory complex in Commerce as executives set their sights on a future of unencumbered growth after settling a long-simmering […]
Posted inAutomotive, Trade
LG Plans $4.5B Investment to Absorb Demand if SK Battery’s Georgia Plant Shutters
LG Energy Solution is planning a $4.5 billion investment in the U.S. that it says would undercut the rival SK Battery’s rationale for saving its embattled Georgia plant. SK has said that an International Trade […]
Posted inAutomotive
Gwinnett Nets BMW, Mercedes-Benz Supplier Set to Create 73 Jobs
A family-owned German automotive supplier is to set up its sixth U.S. factory in Lawrenceville, investing $15 million and creating 73 jobs. KIRCHHOFF Automotive, which makes structural auto body components […]
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SK Battery Plant: $5 Billion Georgia Investment at Stake in Potential Closure
If the imperiled SK Battery plant in Commerce ends up closing down over an intellectual-property dispute, the outcome could be twice as bad for Georgia as previously expected. It turns out […]
Posted inAutomotive, Economic Development, Opinion
Opinion: Trade Secret Thief Gives Georgia False Choice Between Jobs and Justice
Editor’s note: This opinion article was written by Gordon Giffin, the former U.S. Ambassador to Canada under President Bill Clinton and Eric Tanenblatt, former chief of staff to Gov. Sonny Perdue. They serve as advisors […]
Posted inAutomotive, Economic Development, South Korea
SK Battery’s Georgia Factory Dealt a Blow in Trade Secrets Ruling
A final ruling against SK Innovation in a trade secrets case is throwing the long-term future of the Korean company’s $2.6 billion Georgia plant — and more than 2,600 planned jobs […]
Posted inAutomotive, Law
Korean Prime Minister Urges Settlement in Case That Could Stymie Georgia Battery Plant
As a final decision looms, one of South Korea’s top government officials has called for a resolution to a dispute that could stymie Georgia’s largest-ever foreign investment. SK Innovation is plowing […]
Posted inAutomotive, Economic Development, Technology
Report: Apple Nears Deal to Make Electric Vehicles at Kia’s Georgia Plant
The maker of the iPhone within five years could be manufacturing autonomous electric cars in Georgia. That’s according to an unverified report in CNBC, citing unnamed sources, that Apple Inc. […]
Posted inAutomotive, Economic Development, South Korea
Korean Brake Pad Supplier to Invest $38M, Hire 180 in Meriwether County
A Korean-owned supplier of brake pads will invest $38 million in a new west Georgia factory that will hire 180 people. KB Autosys will set up the new plant in […]