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Jaguar Land Rover Sales and Rehab Center to Open in Savannah

The United Kingdom-based Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, a subsidiary of the Indian company Tata Motors, is to open its first U.S. “Works Centre” in Savannah in the summer of 2019. Gov. Nathan Deal announced the new operation hub of Jaguar Land Rover Classics on Aug. 15, saying that the facility is to create 75 Read more

Small Companies Receive Bulk of Georgia’s Export Assistance

The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s efforts on export assistance this year focused on smaller companies and were widely dispersed throughout the state, according to a report outlining the Trade Division’s achievements during the fiscal year that ended June 30. Nearly 1,400 companies in 130 of Georgia’s 159 counties received customized help, which ranges from market research to Read more

Invest Atlanta Is Deepening Innovation Ties With These Two Latin American Countries

Invest Atlanta is seeing growing momentum for its strategy to deepen the city’s innovation ties with Latin America, particularly with two key countries in the region. The economic development organization led an exploratory mission to Chile and Colombia last fall to better understand the best ways to link Atlanta’s growing tech scene with their emerging Read more

Chinese Development Zone Urges Atlanta Firms to Go West

A special zone designated by the Chinese government to grow the city of Chongqing is encouraging Atlanta companies look west to the country’s populous inland regions. Top representatives from the city’s Liangjiang New Area, a zone carved out to encourage westward modernization and development, visited Atlanta Thursday to pitch the locality to investors and exporters. Liangjiang (“two Read more

Japanese Manufacturer Doubling Down on Macon

Nichiha USA is doubling down on Macon. Eleven years after putting a $100 million plant in the Middle Georgia city, the Japanese building materials company is expanding to the tune of $120 million, a project that will create 74 new jobs. Nichiha, which makes fiber cement siding, has used Georgia as its U.S. base for Read more

Atlanta, Shanghai Airports Sign Agreement to Deepen Aviation Exchanges

Amid a trip centered on the start of new Delta Air Lines Inc. service from Atlanta to Shanghai, the world’s busiest airport has reached a deal to deepen aviation exchanges with the dynamic Chinese business hub. Flanked by Georgia leaders traveling on a business delegation, officials from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday signed a memorandum of Read more

Flooring Firm Announces $30 Million Georgia Factory During State’s China Trip

A flooring manufacturer announced plans for a new $30 million factory in Georgia this week as state officials traveled in China for an economic-development mission centered on Delta Air Lines Inc.’s new nonstop flight to Shanghai. Complete Flooring Supply Corp. will set up in Calhoun in northwest Georgia, creating 100 jobs close to the new Appalachian Regional Port set to open in August in Murray Read more

A Second Inaugural: How Georgia Leaders Aim to Make Sure Delta’s Atlanta-Shanghai Route Lasts This Time Around

There were two kinds of travelers at the gate waiting for Delta’s “inaugural” flight from Atlanta to Shanghai Friday — those who wondered what all the fanfare was about, and those who have seen it all before. Talk to people in the know, particularly boosters of Georgia’s trade ties with China, and they’ll tell you that Read more

Going Dutch: Why Atlanta Companies Can’t Stay Away from Holland

Editor’s note: Below is a commentary written by Esther Smith, director of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency’s Atlanta office. The piece was submitted before Global Atlanta broke the news that a Dutch consulate would open in Atlanta this fall. It underscores what sources in that story affirmed: Atlanta and the Netherlands have historically strong business Read more

Korean Investment Leaves Big Impression on West Georgia County

Editor’s note: This is a sponsored article to announce that the Meriwether Industrial Development Authority is now the exclusive sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Korean coverage. It’s no secret that Korean investment has been a boon for Georgia, especially in the automotive sector in the decade after the announcement of Kia Motors’ West Point factory. But looking at small communities may be Read more

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