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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Georgia’s Global Manufacturers Retool to Help Health System Fight COVID-19
Even as they deal with a maze of restrictions, new safety protocols and uncertainty about their own operations, manufacturers across Georgia, many of them with foreign parent companies, have found ways to step up and fight the COVID-19 pandemic within the state and beyond. Some in Washington have criticized President Trump for only recently using […]
Georgia Ports’ Strategy to Stay Open Amid Covid-19: ‘Isolate and Operate’
The Georgia Ports Authority remains up and running, this week announcing 17 perfect growth in container traffic for February even as it braces for a potentially dramatic decline in March due to the Covid-19 outbreak sweeping the globe. Still, in recent days leaders have struck a more optimistic note, pointing to healthier bookings out of […]
Kerry Group to Invest $125 Million in Georgia, Punctuating Ireland’s Investment Push
With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, Georgians have yet another reason to celebrate their relationship with Ireland. Kerry Group is investing $125 million to expand a Rome, Ga., factory that will create 100 new jobs when completed early next year. Some 400 people will be employed during construction, which is set to begin immediately. Gov. Brian Kemp sounded […]
Augusta Factory Ramps Up to Relieve Global Mask Shortage as China Fights Coronavirus
A Georgia factory is adding shifts and moving to a seven-day workweek to ramp up production of medical masks as the coronavirus outbreak restricts supply out of China. But Montreal-based Medicom Group’s United Medical Enterprises factory in Augusta, Ga., is not sending products across the Pacific. Instead, the factory’s 80-plus employees are helping offset the effects of […]
International Visitors Have Outsized Influence on Georgia’s Record Tourism Year
A record tourism year in which Georgia saw 111.7 million visitors spending $36.9 billion in the state was bolstered by the growing international segment, where stays tend to be longer and spending levels higher. The nearly 1.4 million international visitors, up 1.4 percent from the year before, may seem minuscule in comparison to the massive […]
Lidl Still Bringing $100M Distribution Center to Georgia
Lidl, the German-owned grocery chain that delayed its own ambitious expansion plans, will now come through on a $100 million investment in Georgia — just in a different city and later than originally planned. The new 925,000-square-foot warehouse in Covington, the company’s fourth in the U.S., will create 270 full-time jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp‘s office […]
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