After two years at the helm, Ard Crebas has relinquished the reins as president of the Netherlands-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast U.S. But he’s not falling far in the chain of command: Mr. Crebas, a senior vice president with InterTrust Group, will now serve as vice president, switching roles with Manori De Silva, an attorney […]
Economic Development
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 […]
Georgia Reaffirms Oldest Japanese State Partnership
Georgia’s relationship with Japan may stretch back to 1853, when a state official joined the first U.S. trade delegation to the country, but it took another century for ties to truly blossom into a formalized partnership. That dimension began in 1966 when then-Gov. Carl Sanders signed a sister-state relationship with Kagoshima prefecture, the southernmost of […]
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 […]
Canadian Tile Firm to Invest $98M in New Savannah Warehouses
A Canada-based importer of tile and stone is set to invest $98 million two Savannah warehouses that will employ 124 people and dramatically increase its U.S. imports in the next decade. Anatolia Tile and Stone has already opened the first facility and hired a few staff members in the Savannah River Trade and Industrial Park. The company, […]
Porsche’s Digital Arm to Set Up Atlanta Office Within HQ
Porsche Digital GmbH, a subsidiary of the German car manufacturer focused on bringing the company’s online customer experience up to the standards of its performance automobiles, is setting up an office in Atlanta. The outpost within the Porsche Cars North America headquarters near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is to hire up to 15 people over the […]
Kubota Latest North Georgia Investment: An $85M Engineering Center
Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer Kubota North America Corp. is spending $85 million to build an engineering and design center on about 300 acres adjacent to its factories in Gainesville. It’s the latest expansion plan announced by the Osaka, Japan-based maker of tractors, mowers, utility vehicles and industrial equipment, which employs about 3,000 people already in Georgia. […]
NAFTA Debate Explores Need to Balance Free, Fair Trade for Georgia
Talking trade today — and especially NAFTA — often means maintaining civil discourse or delving into details, but rarely both. Getting too far into the weeds can lead to one side crying foul about specific disadvantages, while tiptoeing to avoid partisan passions can lead to only superficial discussion of real issues. Speakers from a variety […]
BMW Set to Open $17M Training Center Near Atlanta Airport
BMW is set to open a $17 million training facility near the Atlanta airport next week, the latest in a series of investments in the German auto maker’s training capabilities in the U.S. One of the 53,000-square-foot College Park facility’s aims will be to prepare recent graduates from auto technician programs for employment throughout the […]
Bavaria and Georgia Underscore Ties Amid ‘Worry’ Over U.S.-Germany Trade
Georgia and Bavaria, two influential southern states an ocean apart, have an array of business and cultural ties binding them together, but both sides still see a personal touch as vital to furthering their relationship. State Minister Florian Herrmann, a cabinet member for the German state, stopped into Atlanta in mid-June to meet with Atlanta […]
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