Manufacturing

Kemp Asks Georgia Businesses for Help Averting Medical Supply Shortages

Gov. Brian Kemp is requesting help from Georgia companies to produce or provide medical equipment and supplies to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the state. The governor Tuesday in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development asked companies to declare their ability to supply “critical items” to avert potential shortages in the coming weeks as an expected rise in Covid-19 […]

Kia’s Georgia Plant to Suspend Production for Two Weeks Starting March 30

Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia is set to suspend production at the West Point plant for two weeks starting March 30, the Korean-owned auto maker announced Tuesday. The west Georgia factory that churns out 340,000 vehicles annually shut down production for two days last week, but employees returned to work Monday. The planned two-week closure will include […]

Corporate Sustainability: Fad or Fundamental? YKK’s Georgia Experience

Editor’s note: This commentary is written by YKK Corp. of America President Jim Reed and published as part of the company’s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta’s Japan coverage. The Business Roundtable, America’s most influential group of corporate leaders, made headlines last August when it redefined the purpose of corporations, saying they should exist not only […]

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Augusta Factory Ramps Up to Relieve Global Mask Shortage as China Fights Coronavirus

A Georgia factory is adding shifts and moving to a seven-day workweek to ramp up production of medical masks as the coronavirus outbreak restricts supply out of China. But Montreal-based Medicom Group’s United Medical Enterprises factory in Augusta, Ga., is not sending products across the Pacific. Instead, the factory’s 80-plus employees are helping offset the effects of […]

With U.S. Export Award, Momentum Continues for Manufacturing Automation Firm

Kennesaw’s Delta Sigma Co., which designs and builds systems to automate manufacturing and assembly tasks, has been honored by the U.S. Commercial Service for a more than five-year export journey that has delivered sales in 15 countries. The Export Achievement Award was presented to the nearly 30-year-old company by Joseph Semsar, acting under secretary for […]

Machine Builder Becomes Latest German Firm Recruited to Gwinnett

It’s not a huge number, but MueKo Machinery Inc.’s spending on a new Gwinnett County headquarters represents another flag planted for a section of metro Atlanta that has become a magnet for international companies. The German-owned machine building firm is setting up shop on Tench Road in Suwanee, spending a quarter-million dollars on the expansion with plans to […]

AGCO to Invest €40M in French Factory Complex

Atlanta-based agricultural equipment giant AGCO Corp. is putting €40 million (about $44.3 million) more into its factory complex in Beauvais, France, the home of its Massey Ferguson brand. Martin Richenhagen, chairman, president and CEO of AGCO, announced ahead of the Choose France summit led by French President Emmanuel Macron that AGCO would make good on a […]

How One Atlanta Company Drives the World’s Lotteries Through Manufacturing Innovation

The founding fathers may have used lottery tickets partly to fund the Revolutionary War, but even they couldn’t have foreseen how high the stakes would get in the new country they were helping mint. “We actually have a collection of antique lottery tickets from around the world signed by people like Thomas Jefferson and […]

Japan-Backed Factory in South Georgia Aims to Offset Glass Bottle Imports

Arglass Yamamura LLC, a joint venture between a New York investment firm and a Japanese glass manufacturer, is investing $123 million to build a new plant in south Georgia with the goal of hiring 150 people, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced Thursday. Site work on the plant in Valdosta is already under way with the startup of the […]

Italy’s Rivacold Picks Gwinnett for $5M Plant

Rivacold, an Italian manufacturer of refrigeration systems, is investing $5 million to set up its first U.S. factory in Buford. The move will mean 140 jobs for the community, including skilled manufacturing positions, according to a news release from Partnership Gwinnett. The Montevecchio, Italy-based firm’s compressor systems and condensing units are used in the food, retail, medical, dairy and other […]

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