A Swiss manufacturer is investing $13.6 million to revamp a 47,000-square-foot factory in coastal Georgia’s Bryan County, creating its first production plant in the U.S. Preci-Dip, which makes electronic connector pins, plans to hire 100 people at the facility. Industry veteran John Mayer will head up the operations, according to a news release from Georgia […]
Economic Development
What Makes Atlanta International? City Wants to Hear From You
An impartial endorsement is always more valuable than a biased one, and a fresh eye on a problem or question can often lend new perspective. That’s why the City of Atlanta’s Office of International Affairs is seeking new thoughts from the Atlanta business community and beyond about what makes the city “international.” The idea came […]
Georgia Aims to Make a Splash as Kemp Travels in Korea
As Gov. Brian Kemp set out for his first day of meetings in South Korea Monday, a familiar face greeted him on the country’s largest English-language newspaper: his own. “Meet Georgia, the Peach State” was the headline under the governor’s photo wrapping Monday’s Korea JoongAng Daily. According to a website hosting a digital version of […]
Georgia Once Again Parts Ways With China Investment Recruiter
The Georgia Department of Economic Development has once again parted ways with the contractor tasked with recruiting investment from China amid the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute that has dampened bilateral investment. John Ling, whom Georgia recruited away from rival South Carolina in 2015, was notified in March that his yearly contract with Georgia would not […]
Georgia Announces $130 Million Chinese Investment — Without Mentioning China
GE Appliances is planning to invest a total of $130 million in Georgia, a win for the state’s Chinese investment efforts despite happening under a storied American brand name. Qingdao, China-based appliance giant Haier Group purchased GE’s appliance unit for $5.6 billion in 2016, giving the company a recognizable mark and a huge operational footprint […]
Coca-Cola, AGCO Execs Comprise Atlanta Presence at U.S.-Africa Summit
Executives from Coca-Cola Co. and AGCO Corp. have speaking roles at this week’s U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Moputo, Mozambique, comprising the limited Atlanta corporate presence at the three-day summit. Both companies are heavy investors in Africa, with Coca-Cola serving 54 countries via franchised bottling systems and unrivaled local distribution networks, while AGCO, the Duluth-based tractor and […]
Commentary: Fixing the Labor Policies Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protests
Editor’s note: This guest commentary was written by Charles R. Hankla, an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University who received his doctorate in 2005 from Emory University and holds degrees from Georgetown University and the London School of Economics. The piece is set to appear as a Farsi translation in an Iranian magazine but is published in […]
Captain America Gives Georgia a Helping Hand at D.C. Conference
The competition was intense but Georgia got some special help at the sixth SelectUSA Investment Summit held in Washington June 10-12. The annual conference brought together business leaders and economic development officials from 79 global markets and 49 U.S. states and territories. The government sent its U.S. Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury, Energy and Housing and […]
Italy Once Again Commits to Beefing Up Commercial Outreach in Atlanta
On the surface, it looks like we’ve been here before. Italy’s consul general came to Atlanta in 2016 with the idea of launching a chapter of the Miami-based Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast. In fact, the idea of such an outpost has been circulating since at least 2014, when Global Atlanta first reported […]
Gov. Kemp ‘Excited’ by Investment Prospects in First Overseas Trade Mission to Korea
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced on Wednesday that his first overseas trip as governor would be to South Korea from June 22-28 to strengthen what he called “the vital partnership” with the state. In a formal press conference with Korean Consul General Young-jun Kim, and Korean business and state officials looking on in the governor’s […]
