The parade of suppliers for the Hyundai Meta Plant near Savannah continues, progressively sprinkling benefits around to the communities that partnered together to win the initial $5.5 billion investment. Seoyon […]
Category: Automotive
Posted inSouth Korea
SK Battery Adding IT Facility in Atlanta, Bringing 200 Jobs
Korean battery giant SK On’s Georgia subsidiary is bringing an information technology hub to Roswell, creating 200 new jobs to add to the thousands of production positions created by its […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Ecoplastic to Invest $205M in Facility Near New Hyundai Plant
Korea-based Ecoplastic Corp., a supplier of plastic parts like exterior bumpers and interior consoles, trims and molds, is set to build a $205 million plant in Bulloch County to supply […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Where We Traveled in 2022: Electrifying Trips Covering the Future of Mobility in Quebec and South Korea
After a nearly two-year hiatus from international travel, Global Atlanta was finally back on the road in 2022, going abroad in pursuit of locally impactful stories for the Georgia economy. […]
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Behind the Battery Boom: Korean Firms ‘Driving the Future’ of Electric Vehicles Suggest Way Forward on Tax Incentives
The Korean firms helping drive the electric-vehicle and battery boom in Georgia and across the U.S. are eyeing a constructive way forward amid federal regulation they see as harmful to […]
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As Georgia’s Battery Sector Gains Steam, German Copper Recycler Aurubis Doubles Its Planned Investment
Georgia’s largest-ever single German investment is getting even larger. Aurubis SA, the Hamburg-based company set to put a recycling facility in Augusta by 2024, announced a second phase that will […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Korean Giants Hyundai and SK Partner on New $4B Battery Plant as IRA Concerns Persist
SK On and Hyundai Motor Group, Korean juggernauts helping drive the future of the electric-vehicle transition, are doubling down in Georgia with a joint-venture battery plant, a new partnership within […]
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Second Hyundai Supplier Announces $926M for EV Powertrain Plant
Just like the first supplier, the second company set to help Hyundai Motor Group produce its first American-made electric vehicles in Georgia is no stranger to the state. Hyundai Mobis […]
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With Plans to Invest $317M and Hire 630, First Hyundai Supplier Is No Stranger to the Southeast
The first announced supplier for Hyundai’s new electric-vehicle and battery plant in Bryan County shows how foreign investors who helped drive the Southeast U.S.’s initial automotive renaissance could also be […]
Posted inNorway
Norway’s Freyr to Build $2.6B Battery Plant in Newnan
Freyr, a publicly traded company with Norwegian roots, is set to build a nearly $2.6 billion battery plant in Newnan to meet an anticipated spike in demand for energy-storage systems […]