Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is one of 17 mayors on a new task force that will look at ways to use partnerships with private industry to fund public infrastructure. The...
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Mitsubishi Electric Opens New Gwinnett Headquarters
Mitsubishi Electric‘s U.S. cooling and heating division has opened a new 550,000-square-foot headquarters in Suwanee, its fifth faciility since landing in Gwinnett County in 1992. The company plans to hire...
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Taipei Office’s New Leader Arrives in Atlanta
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, which promotes Taiwanese business, cultural and educational exchanges in Atlanta, now has a new director general. Huei-Yuan (Steven) Tai, who studied English literature in Taipei and has worked in...
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Solar Plane May Land in Atlanta Depending on Local Support
Whether Atlanta will be a stop on the path of the first transcontinental flight across the United States by a solar plane will be decided by “four determining factors,” according...
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Georgia Firms to Go Without Skilled Foreign Workers
In less than a week after opening the visa process for companies seeking to bring in skilled foreign workers, the U.S. received more than enough applications to fill the 65,000 government-allowed slots...
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Report: Auto Parts Manufacturing Employs More Than 16,000 Georgians
Georgia is No. 15 among states for jobs supported by auto parts manufacturing, according to a new report that revealed the state’s strength nationally but also that it lags Southern neighbors...
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Japan’s Kubota Opens $73 Million Plant
Japanese tractor manufacturer Kubota Industrial Equipment on April 8 opened a $73 million factory that is to create 200 jobs in Jefferson. Gov. Nathan Deal attended a grand-opening celebration at...
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Ambassador: Networks Necessary to Promote Italy Ties
While Italy’s government is in a state of gridlock, its activist ambassador to the U.S., Claudio Bisogniero, is encouraging Italians living in Georgia to form networks to reinforce already healthy...
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Georgia Reps: Japan Office Celebrates 40 Years
The Japan economy has suffered over the past few years, first from a protracted stagnation and then from a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Still, the yen strengthened...
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Georgia Reps: Korea Ties Go Beyond Auto Suppliers
The big Korean investment story in Georgia over the last decade was the arrival of Kia Motors America‘s billion-dollar plant in West Point. Announced in 2006, it came online in 2009, bringing along a multitude of...