The celebration of the birthday of Emperor Akihito this year held at the official residence in Atlanta of Japan‘s consul general on the evening of Dec. 4 marked the passing of an era due to the emperor’s pending abdication from the Chrysanthemum throne next year. Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate on April 30 having Read more
Economic Development
Georgia Finds Silver Lining as Trade War Casts Pall Over U.S.-China Ties
China and the U.S. may have temporarily averted the most drastic escalation yet in their ongoing trade war, but their broader dispute has already soured other aspects of a relationship that is trying to find its footing. That’s the assessment of experts and business leaders convened at the Metro Atlanta Chamber for the Georgia State Read more
Q&A: Can a New Chamber Deepen Atlanta’s India Outreach?
Editor’s note: Atlanta has long benefited from an active, prosperous community of Indian-origin immigrants that some estimate to number more than 100,000. Many metro companies have deep operations in India, and the city has been the venue for billions of dollars in Indian-backed acquisitions. Indian tech giants like Wipro and Tech Mahindra employ thousands of Atlantans and Read more
Benelux Benefits: European Ambassadors Tout Integration Over Trade Barriers
The ambassadors of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg argued from experience Monday for the virtues of integrated economies while expressing concern that the bonds holding the global trading system together are weakening. The Benelux envoys chose Atlanta for what will be their only joint appearance outside the Beltway to mark 60 years since they created a model Read more
SK Innovation to Invest $1.67B in Georgia as Threat of Auto Tariffs Looms
Georgia’s recruitment of its single largest foreign investment project last week, a $1.67 billion commitment from a Korean manufacturer of hybrid electric vehicle batteries, may have President Trump to thank — indirectly anyway. SK Innovation didn’t mention tariffs when announcing the deal, instead pointing to aggressive plans to increase global battery production capacity more than tenfold from Read more
Metro Chamber Annual Meeting: Workforce Key to City’s Global Growth, Local Prosperity
If there’s one word beyond all the sloganeering that defined the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s annual meeting Thursday, it might be “mirror.” Representatives of a range of companies, from BlackRock to Pandora, intimated on stage that they located in Atlanta partly because it’s an emerging tech hub, but mostly because they could see their culture and Read more
Dutch Consul to Stress Communication, Connectivity in New Atlanta Posting
Even before officially taking up his posting, Dutch Consul General Ard Van der Vorst has taken to riding a Lime electric scooter around the streets of Midtown Atlanta. It’s a way to explore new territory while still making it on time to meetings, he told Global Atlanta in an interview Wednesday after the Dutch government announced that the Atlanta consulate would Read more
Novelis to Invest $175M in Brazil Aluminum Recycling and Production Plant
Novelis Inc. is set to invest $175 million to upgrade its already massive plant between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, where it collects and recycles scrap aluminum into ingots that are flattened into rolled products. The project at the remote Pindamonhangaba plant is to create more than 50 new jobs as the Atlanta-based Read more
Dutch Government Names Diplomat to Head Up Atlanta Consulate
Less than a week before a Benelux Day celebration that will bring the Dutch ambassador to Atlanta, the Netherlands Embassy in Washington has announced that Ard van der Vorst will be the first diplomat to represent his country at what will be its fifth U.S. consulate general. The city’s newest diplomatic office is set to open Read more
Toyo Tire Expanding Again, This Time with $138M
As the top producer in the world for Japanese tire maker Toyo Tire, the Cartersville, Ga., plant wouldn’t seem primed for expansion. Already, Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. churns out 11.5 million tires per year after at least four expansions over more than a decade. But Toyo has quintupled down on the Georgia operation, Read more
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