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 workforce. The Milan, Italy-based maker of printed circuit boards for rail, automotive, avionics, medical and other applications now employs 40 at the new site, with the […]
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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. The Burlington, Ontario-based company is the latest food distribution center clustered in Atlanta’s budding Aerotropolis region, as well as the second major Canadian produce firm […]
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 the safety of forklifts with systems that help hardware and software work together, intervening semi-autonomously when a potential collision is detected. Elokon has solutions that […]
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. Through Ms. Blandford’s efforts, B. Elias Shoniyin, deputy minister of Liberia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during his […]
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 Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Kenyan Ambassador to the U.S. Robinson Njeru Githae told Global Atlanta that his country’s the flag carrier is eyeing links with Washington, […]
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 economy of 70 million people. But the Thailand Board of Investment sought to change that this week. Officials held an Atlanta event on the sidelines of […]
Kenya’s Ambassador Challenges U.S. to Match Chinese Investment and Promote People-to-People Exchanges
China president Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has spread throughout the world including the African continent challenging the U.S.’s economic dominance, is proof enough of China’s ambitions. But last week even in Atlanta there were intimidations that a more dynamic role for the U.S. would be welcome in Africa if it upped its […]
Hartfield-Jackson Hopes Prague Airport Agreement Will Spur Nonstop Flight
A new agreement between the Atlanta airport and its counterpart in Prague aims to improve aviation collaboration, but it was clear during Friday’s signing ceremony that both sides had an ulterior motive: spurring business interaction. Not one speaker let the prospect of reviving a nonstop flight to the Czech Republic capital, which Delta postponed for […]
Gwinnett’s ‘Movers and Makers’ Once Again Show County’s Global Reach
Two of Partnership Gwinnett’s three manufacturing award winners and at least one company honored for supply chain excellence at the March 29 Movers and Makers awards have strong international connections. Both TOMCO2 Systems Co. (winner in the medium category, 100-199 employees) and Heatcraft Refrigeration Products (large, 200-plus), which operates under the tagline “Worldwide Refrigeration,” have […]
PVH Corp. to Hire Nearly 600 at Warehouse Near Atlanta Airport
The company that owns Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and other iconic clothing brands is set to invest $77.6 million in a new distribution center near the Atlanta airport that will create 575 jobs. New York City-based PVH Corp. has operations in 40 countries and imports products sourced from all over the world through the Port […]
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