Following the success of her organic rosehip juice business, NADI, Atlanta entrepreneur Nina Tickaradze is launching a second product that will provide further meaningful work for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in her home country of Georgia. NADI, which means “collective work effort” in Georgian, employs people displaced by conflict in the Republic of Georgia’s South […]
Economic Development
Leader of Georgia’s Japan Office to Retire After 30 Years
It wasn’t long after studying American literature and English language in college that Yumiko Nakazono set about putting her cultural understanding into action. Herself a “southerner,” hailing from Georgia’s sister prefecture of Kagoshima on the southern tip of the island of Kyushu, Ms. Nakazono joined the state’s Tokyo office in 1989 after a stint in […]
Toyota Supplier to Expand With $5M Investment in Jackson County
A Toyota supplier of electronics for compressors will spend $5.5 million to expand in Jackson County, creating 27 new jobs at an already-large facility it set up nearly seven years ago to the tune of $350 million. Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America will add 15,000 square feet to a 600,000-square-foot plant, enhancing production of DC/AC […]
Japanese Auto Supplier to Make Sixth Expansion in Rome
A Japanese supplier of auto parts to the likes of Honda and Nissan in the Southeast U.S. is set to embark on its sixth expansion over two decades in Rome, Ga. The latest expansion from F&P Georgia isn’t the flashiest — it is to create 15 jobs on $22.8 million in investment, much of which […]
Japan-based Toppan’s Two Georgia Factories Keep Focus on Innovation While Adjusting to New Realities
While Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. is celebrating the preservation of traditional printing practices back home in Japan, the company’s two Georgia subsidiaries are using the latest technologies to drive growth at a time of uncertainty. Toppan recently reopened its Printing Museum in Tokyo, which focuses on the history of printing, from early woodblocks to the […]
Italian Refrigeration Firm to Reinvest in Columbus, Create 200 Jobs
After entering the U.S. market through an acquisition of a leading provider of refrigeration products, Italy-based Epta is recommitting to Columbus, Ga. Kysor Warren Epta U.S. will spent $27 million on an expansion that will create 200 manufacturing jobs and anchor the company’s North American headquarters in the West Georgia city. Damon Wyatt, vice president and […]
Film and Video Games: A New Dimension in Atlanta’s Investment Ties With France
Atlanta and France have connected on biotechnology, manufacturing, science and airport development over the years, but one area remains where each can get better acquainted: the overlapping creative spheres of gaming and film. Paris, of course, is well-known as a film hub, and French cinema is widely acclaimed globally. France is a powerhouse cultural exporter […]
Italian Tomato Sauce Factory to Employ 250, Source Locally in Southeast Georgia
An Italian manufacturer of tomato sauce will spend $20 million to set up a factory in Alma, Ga., that will bring together flavors from Georgia and Italy. La Regina Atlantica, the U.S. subsidiary of La Regina di San Marzano in the famous Italian region known for its tomatoes, is set to employ 250 people at the […]
Quebec-Owned Mask Maker Triples Factory Space in Augusta Area
Quebec-based Medicom S.A.’s Augusta, Ga.-based unit has purchased a new facility in nearby Thomson that will triple its production space as demand for medical masks skyrockets amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The new plant in McDuffie County, west of Augusta, has already started receiving equipment that will enable United Medical Enterprises to quadruple its output, with a particular emphasis […]
India Summit and Global Business Forum to Address Digital Transformation
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post contributed by the USA India Business Summit and Georgia Tech CIBER. “Hyper-digitalization” accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic will frame the ambitious agenda of the 11th USA India Business Summit and 26th Georgia Tech Global Business Forum focusing on the Southeast’s advanced technology sector. Being held virtually for the first time […]
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