In the map of Georgia’s trade offices around the world, Jamaica’s prime minister has noticed a glaring omission: the Caribbean. During a visit to Atlanta and North Georgia over Easter […]
Category: Business
Posted inBusiness, Export Stories 2019
SweetWater’s Sweet Spot: Atlanta Craft Brewer’s Story, Beers Find an International Audience
SweetWater Brewing Co.’s annual 420 Fest is a decidedly local affair, a celebration of good music and easy living in the heart of the local craft brewer’s hometown. But this […]
Posted inBusiness, Fintech
Canada to Lead International Charge at the South’s Premier Fintech Conference
If FinTech South 2019 is aimed at telling the region’s story of financial-technology dominance to the world, Canada is listening. With nine companies scheduled to join a Canadian delegation, the […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development
Italian Electronics Firm Expands in Gwinnett
Elemaster U.S. on April 11 opened an expanded electronic equipment design center and manufacturing plant in Duluth, a $3 million investment that could spur a doubling of the company’s local […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development
Fresher Canadian Potatoes Coming to Atlanta Via $22M Distribution Center
Canada’s EarthFresh Farms is spending $22 million to open a high-tech packing plant and distribution center near the Atlanta airport in College Park, getting its potatoes to southern customers more quickly. […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development
Germany’s Elokon Picks Metro Atlanta for U.S. Subsidiary
While the debate rages over the safety of self-driving cars, a German company is using the similar technology to help forklifts avoid accidents in the warehouse environment. Elokon GmbH improves […]
Posted inBusiness, Trade
Brazilian, Canadian Buyers Seek More Georgia Ag Products, Medical Equipment
Brazilian buyers are placing even more product requests with Georgia’s trade office in Sao Paulo as they continue to look to the state as a key source of agricultural goods. […]
Posted inBusiness, Diplomacy, Economic Development
Liberian Official in Atlanta to Strengthen Hartsfield Ties and Prepare Ambassador’s Visit
Liberia’s ties with Atlanta continue to be strengthened through the efforts of Cynthia Blandford, the West African country’s active honorary consul general, under newly elected administrations both here and there. […]
Posted inAirport City, Business
How Delta Could Help Kenya Airways Launch an Atlanta-Nairobi Flight
Atlanta is in the flight plan for Kenya Airways, a SkyTeam partner of Delta Air Lines Inc. which could eventually fulfill the latter’s decade-old effort to link its hometown and […]
Posted inAirport City, Business
Thailand Courts Georgia Aviation, Manufacturing Investors With Incentives
Georgia’s business relationship with Thailand operates with little fanfare, with only a few Thai-owned companies working here and little public knowledge of how locally based multinationals are tapping into the Southeast Asian […]