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Silicon Ranch to Put Latest Georgia Solar Farm in Houston County

Silicon Ranch, whose largest shareholder is international energy giant Royal Dutch Shell plc, is to invest $55 million set up its latest solar farm in Houston County. The 68-megawatt project will create 300 jobs during the construction phase and will power 11,000 homes when fully operational. Nashville, Tenn.-based Silicon Ranch will sell the power to […]

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Oil Metering Exporter Named International Business of the Year in Savannah

Brodie International, an exporter of oil metering solutions, has been named 2020 international business of the year by the World Trade Center Savannah. The company’s positive displacement meters and piston valves are used all over the world in filling stations for oil tanker trucks, railcars and ocean vessels. They’re also used in gathering crude oil […]

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Report: International Trade Responsible for 1 in 5 Georgia Jobs

If you have a job in Georgia, there’s a 20 percent chance it’s because a product crossed a border somewhere or a service was successfully purchased from an American in a foreign land.   That’s the upshot of a new report from the Business Roundtable, an advocacy group comprising executives of the largest corporations in the […]

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Exporters Can Apply for $6,000 Grants Under Go Global Georgia Program 

Georgia small businesses can now apply or reimbursable grants totaling up to $6,000 to get into the export game or expand their international sales.   The incentive is part of a $162,000 State Trade Expansion Program, or STEP, grant to the Georgia Department of Economic Development from the U.S. Small Business Administration.   Small businesses already make […]

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New Directory: International Buyers, Meet Georgia Exporters

This guest commentary was written by Mary Waters, Deputy Commissioner for International Trade at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, which has compiled the online Export Georgia, USA Directory to connect global buyers with Georgia-based suppliers.  As we continue to emerge from the impacts of a global pandemic, the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) International Trade team continues […]

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Canadian Lumber Giant Interfor’s ‘Surreal’ Quarter Ends With Georgia Mills Back on Track

Interfor Inc., a Canadian forest products company that tops Georgia’s list of lumber producers, has bounced back after the pandemic forced it to slash production and signal the prospect of suspending more than 400 jobs. The Vancouver firm with its Southern U.S. regional office in Peachtree City issued notices to the Georgia Department of Labor in March that […]

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Taiwan Delivers Donation of 10,000 N95 Masks to Georgia 

Taiwan has followed up on its first act of “mask diplomacy” in Georgia with another donation that may be even more critical as the state continues to grapple with a growing load of COVID-19 cases.   A month after delivering 100,000 medical masks to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency to great fanfare from local and […]

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Forestry Conference Puts Georgia in National Spotlight

Georgia is already the top state for commercial forestry, but a national conference launched virtually this week is aimed at even further cementing its role in a sector that sits at the intersection of global commerce and sustainability.   The Georgia Forestry Association, a private industry group, saw an opportunity to use the state’s industry heft […]

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Georgia Ports: Agriculture Underpins Strong Container Exports

Agriculture accounted for about 60 percent of containers exported from the Port of Savannah in 2019, foreshadowing the sector’s contribution to the resiliency of the ports amid this year’s pandemic, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.  As imports slowed, exports of commodities like pulp, paper, logs, cotton and others have stayed relatively steady — exports […]

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Georgia Tech President: Early Adoption of Online Programs Aids COVID-19 Transition

Ángel Cabrera, Georgia’s Tech’s new president, revealed the university’s updated mission statement and contents of its new strategic plan to the attendees of the May 19 virtual session of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta while acknowledging that the COVID-19 outbreak had underscored the university’s adaptability. Georgia Tech is to be committed “to developing leaders who advance […]

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