Azim Premji, currently ranked as India’s second wealthiest billionaire, certainly is a man of his word. In May 2001, he pledged to the Georgia-Indo American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta his company Wipro LLC’s support for its Atlanta office. Today that office has served as a model for the company’s offices elsewhere in the U.S.. […]
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Georgia in the Running for Fisker’s Electric SUV Factory
Georgia is one of 11 states Fisker Inc. is considering for a U.S. factory the company says will play a role in bringing an affordable electric sport-utility vehicle to market by 2021. Other Southeastern states including Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee are also competing for the investment, which executives say could run into the hundreds of millions of […]
Gwinnett’s ‘Movers and Makers’ Once Again Show County’s Global Reach
Two of Partnership Gwinnett’s three manufacturing award winners and at least one company honored for supply chain excellence at the March 29 Movers and Makers awards have strong international connections. Both TOMCO2 Systems Co. (winner in the medium category, 100-199 employees) and Heatcraft Refrigeration Products (large, 200-plus), which operates under the tagline “Worldwide Refrigeration,” have […]
Former President of Kennesaw State to Head the Atlanta Council on International Relations
Dr. Daniel S. Papp, the former president of Kennesaw State University (KSU) has been chosen by the Atlanta Council on International Relations (ACIR) to assume the post of chairman of its board of advisors. The ACIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing its members and metro Atlanta with a better understanding of the issues […]
PVH Corp. to Hire Nearly 600 at Warehouse Near Atlanta Airport
The company that owns Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and other iconic clothing brands is set to invest $77.6 million in a new distribution center near the Atlanta airport that will create 575 jobs. New York City-based PVH Corp. has operations in 40 countries and imports products sourced from all over the world through the Port […]
Diplomats Learn How Georgia Tech’s Coda Building Orchestrates Innovation
Atlanta’s Consular Corps got a preview tour March 20 of the $355 million Coda building, the mother-of-all mixed-used developments in Midtown’s Technology Square. The diplomats visited while the finishing touches were being made on the 645,000 square feet of office space and the 22,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to be housed by […]
Report: Tariffs Denting Positive Impact of Record Trade for Georgia
Just a week after Georgia posted record trade numbers, an anti-tariff lobbying group has issued a report of its own suggesting that the economic boost could be offset by higher prices due to taxes on imports and exports. In December alone, companies importing through Georgia paid $182 million in tariffs on goods subject to tariffs […]
Report: Trade Supports One in Five U.S. Jobs and More Than a Million in Georgia
International trade supports about 39 million jobs in the U.S., a ratio of about one in five, challenging the view that a more open economy leads to the displacement of American workers, according to a new report. More 1.2 million jobs in Georgia can be linked to imports and exports, a number that includes the […]
Georgia Tech Promotes From Within for New International Affairs Chair
Georgia Tech has named Adam Stulberg the new chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. The school, located within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, is replacing Joe Bankoff, a former intellectual property attorney who led the Woodruff Arts Center before coming to Tech, who is stepping down after seven years in as […]
APEC Forum in Atlanta: Trade Should Be an Engine for Inclusive Growth
Amid backlash over global trade, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is putting a renewed emphasis on telling the story of how global integration can be an uplifting force for all levels of society. That was the thrust of a high-level executive forum for the 21-country group in Atlanta Friday, March 1, where business leaders mingled […]
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