Delta Air Lines Inc. is reducing its weekly flights from the U.S. to South Korea, which has quickly become the country worst hit by the novel coronavirus outside of China. COVID-19 cases rose to nearly 1,300 in the country Feb. 26, mostly concentrated around Daegu, a city home to about 2.5 million people about 150 miles […]
Economic Development
Ambassador Visit to Celebrate Georgia-Cote D’Ivoire Cooperation
While the legacy of colonialism in Africa has left divisions between countries with official European languages, the evolution of common markets and globalization are bringing them closer together, Amini Kajunju, the executive director of the foundation supporting the International University of Grand Bassam (IUGB) in the Francophone West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, told Global […]
International Visitors Have Outsized Influence on Georgia’s Record Tourism Year
A record tourism year in which Georgia saw 111.7 million visitors spending $36.9 billion in the state was bolstered by the growing international segment, where stays tend to be longer and spending levels higher. The nearly 1.4 million international visitors, up 1.4 percent from the year before, may seem minuscule in comparison to the massive […]
Macon Symposium on Trade and Investment: Complexities Growing, but Balance Still Favors Global Engagement
The picture may be murkier these days, but company and industry representatives at a Macon trade and investment symposium still believe that in 2020, Georgia has more to gain than to lose in engaging with the global economy. During the Jan. 16 forum at Wesleyan College organized by the law offices of Christopher N. Smith and […]
Hong Kong Firm Adds to Growing Chinese Flooring Investment in Northwest Georgia
The same day the city’s leaders touted their strong business environment in Atlanta, a flooring company from Hong Kong committed to a $30 million factory in Georgia. Novalis Innovative Flooring is putting its first U.S. plant in Dalton, a global capital for carpet and flooring industry where the company had already put a North American headquarters. […]
Kemp Visits Porsche Electric Vehicle Plant on Germany Trip
When Gov. Brian Kemp visited Porsche’s new electric vehicle plant in Stuttgart, the sports car maker made a thoughtful choice for his tour guide. The governor walked the production line of the brand new Taycan Turbo all-electric sports car with Detlev von Platen, an executive who led Porsche Cars North America’s Atlanta operation for seven […]
Georgia Lands First Korean Supplier to Car Battery Plant
Georgia has landed the first Korean suppler to the electric vehicle battery plant that will serve as the single largest foreign investment in the state’s history. EnChem, which makes electrolytes that go into rechargeable lithium batteries and other energy storage devices, will put two separate facilities next to the nearly $1.7 billion SK Innovation plant in […]
Gov. Kemp in Germany to Meet With Investors, Open State’s New European Office
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is traveling in Germany on what is his second trip to one of the state’s top investor nations since taking office last January. Accompanied by Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson and First Lady Marty Kemp, Mr. Kemp attended a ribbon-cutting for the opening of the department’s expanded European trade and […]
Griffin Nets Fifth Japanese Manufacturer in Six Years
It’s easy being green, apparently. Auto parts manufacturer Mitsui Kinzoku Die-Casting Technology America Inc. will become the fifth Japanese company to set up shop in The Lakes at Green Valley, a seemingly contradictory blend of natural landscape, eco-friendly architecture and industrial park in Griffin, Ga. The development has proven irresistible to Japanese firms landing in […]
Lidl Still Bringing $100M Distribution Center to Georgia
Lidl, the German-owned grocery chain that delayed its own ambitious expansion plans, will now come through on a $100 million investment in Georgia — just in a different city and later than originally planned. The new 925,000-square-foot warehouse in Covington, the company’s fourth in the U.S., will create 270 full-time jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp‘s office […]
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