Atlanta-based East West Manufacturing has acquired Innovolt, combining two innovation-focused firms in Atlanta with complementary strengths and sales spanning the globe. Innovolt’s products protect and monitor companies’ electronic assets, guarding […]
Category: Manufacturing
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Local Indian Manufacturing Forum Draws National Speakers
Consulates in the Southeast usually limit their activities to the region, but a Nov. 8 manufacturing forum on India’s influence in the U.S., perhaps appropriately, roped in a nationwide slate […]
Posted inExport Stories 2017, Manufacturing, Trade
Atlanta’s AdEdge Attacks Arsenic in Water Globally
When Jim Hill committed to cleaning the water for a small town in northern Argentina, he had no clue how to get it done, but he was driven by the […]
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Pulled Into Exporting, Triatek Now Pushing for Global Sales
To Jim Hall, it was a harmless product sample. The Egyptian airport authorities didn’t see it the same way. The resulting misunderstanding cost the CEO of Atlanta-based Triatek a few […]
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Chasing Regulation: Clean-Air Mandates Mean Global Customers for Dustex
In the back of a Dustex sales and support office in Acworth, Ga., testaments to the company’s past are tucked away. Founded in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1947, the company has been customizing systems for controlling […]
Posted inEconomic Development, Manufacturing
Germany’s ZF Marks 30 Years of Expansion in Gainesville
With new German companies pouring into Georgia seemingly every week, it might be easily taken for granted that the state has always been the place to be for European investment. […]
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International Faces Among Georgia Manufacturing Honorees
The companies employing this year’s Georgia “Faces of Manufacturing” may not sound exotic, but many hail from far beyond the U.S. The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which provides technical assistance […]
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Award-Winning Georgia Manufacturers Tackle Skills Gap
When she started college, Skyler Huggett struggled to make a 9 a.m. class. But more recently, her studies (literally) lit a fire that had her prepared to get to work before the doors opened — […]
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AGCO CEO’s Dream: Build a Georgia Tractor Factory
Duluth-based AGCO Corp. has tractor factories all over the world, from Europe to China and Mexico to Brazil, and many places in between. But it doesn’t have a manufacturing presence […]
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Italy’s Luxottica to Hire 1,000, Add Manufacturing in Metro Atlanta
Italian eyewear maker Luxottica is planning to hire 1,000 new workers, mainly in production and warehousing, as it adds manufacturing to a longstanding wholesale warehouse in metro Atlanta. The publicly traded company […]