Even as they deal with a maze of restrictions, new safety protocols and uncertainty about their own operations, manufacturers across Georgia, many of them with foreign parent companies, have found […]
Category: Manufacturing
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Atlanta’s Anisa International Ramps Up New China Factory Amid Coronavirus Recovery
For Anisa International, the coronavirus outbreak in China couldn’t have come at a worse — or better — time. The Atlanta-based manufacturer of makeup brushes, one of the world’s leaders in the category, […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development, Manufacturing, Trade
How Japanese Firms Are Managing Covid-19 and the Rapid Shift to Remote Work
Japanese companies in the United States face myriad challenges as the coronavirus outbreak forces an abrupt shift to remote work, throwing a wrench into operations heavy on manufacturing and deeply […]
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Toyo Tire, Another Large, Japanese-Owned Plant, Pauses Production
Toyo Tire is pausing manufacturing at is White, Ga., facility, one of the largest Japanese-owned plants in the state, as the coronavirus saps demand. The tire plant in Bartow County near Cartersville, […]
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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 […]
Posted inAutomotive, Business, Economic Development, Manufacturing, South Korea, Workforce
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]