Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Greek Ambassador to the United States Alexandros Mallias visited Atlanta for the fourth time this year on June 8 to restate Greece’s interest in attracting Atlanta investment following a May 31 meeting with Atlanta executives. Mr. Mallias and Greek Consul General in Atlanta Lambros Kakissis met with some 30 Atlanta executives […]
Economic Development
Atlanta to Encourage Business Ties among Its 18 Sister Cities
Rumbidzai Mufuka for GlobalAtlanta Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is promoting a conference Oct. 19-20 that will encourage business and investment by bringing representatives from the city’s 18 Sister Cities to discuss best practices on a variety of urban issues. “We want to step up our use of Sister City relationships to enhance business and investment […]
Kia Engineers Arrive to Examine Auto Plant Site in West Georgia
Phil Bolton for GlobalAtlanta A half-dozen engineers from Kia Motors America Inc. arrived in Georgia on May 19 to examine the site for a $1.2 billion plant that the company has announced it will build in Troup County, according to Charlie Gatlin, chief of staff for the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Mr. Gatlin filled […]
Seminar in Quebec June 21 on Doing Business in Southeast
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Increased collaboration between economic development officials in Georgia and Quebec will introduce Canadian aerospace and logistics companies to the Southeast U.S. next month. Jim Blair, business development official with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, will travel to Longueuil, Quebec, near Montreal, for a Wednesday, June 21, seminar to discuss business […]
Russian Visitors Advise against Offering Bribes
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Russia is cracking down on corruption, so Georgia companies entering the market are advised to not offer bribes, and they should register with the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia as a further precaution for doing business there, according to a group of Russian officials who visited Atlanta last week. Hosted […]
Delta Launching Daily Non-Stop Flight to Kingston, Jamaica
Delta Air Lines Inc.’s daily flight from Atlanta to Kingston, Jamaica, which launches on Thursday, June 1, is one of three new non-stop flights to the Caribbean beginning this week that are expected to serve Atlanta business customers and tourists. “Delta wants to provide service to every business capital in the Caribbean. Kingston was a […]
Belgian Conglomerate UCB Sees Atlanta As Prime Location
Baron George Jacobs, chief executive of UCB Group S.A., a Brussels-based conglomerate, said Belgian bioscience firms consider Atlanta a prime location for U.S. operations because of the city’s partnerships among research universities and government agencies. Mr. Jacobs, who is chairman of the Union of Employers’ Confederation in Europe, an organization of some 18 million companies […]
