SweetWater Brewing Co.’s annual 420 Fest is a decidedly local affair, a celebration of good music and easy living in the heart of the local craft brewer’s hometown. But this weekend, cruising Centennial Olympic Park and listening to headliner Widespread Panic will be a bevy of foreign faces seeking to understand the culture behind some of their favorite […]
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Canada to Lead International Charge at the South’s Premier Fintech Conference
If FinTech South 2019 is aimed at telling the region’s story of financial-technology dominance to the world, Canada is listening. With nine companies scheduled to join a Canadian delegation, the country will have the leading presence at the international pavilion at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is to be in place for the second straight year. Last […]
Italian Electronics Firm Expands in Gwinnett
Elemaster U.S. on April 11 opened an expanded electronic equipment design center and manufacturing plant in Duluth, a $3 million investment that could spur a doubling of the company’s local workforce. The Milan, Italy-based maker of printed circuit boards for rail, automotive, avionics, medical and other applications now employs 40 at the new site, with the […]
Solidarity Selfies: Send in Photos to Show Atlanta Support for Notre Dame Cathedral
Global Atlanta is asking local friends of France to send in selfies at Notre Dame or their best photos of the famed cathedral to show our community’s solidarity with the French people at this time of collective cultural shock and loss. Atlanta and France have a long history of being connected through art, architecture, faith […]
Millennium Gate’s French Flag Hung in Solidarity With Notre Dame Cathedral
When the first fire alarm at Notre Dame Cathedral went off at 6:20 p.m., April 15, Paris time, French Consul General Louis de Corail was huddled with France’s eight honorary consuls in a meeting shortly after noon at the Atlanta consulate in Buckhead. The honorary consuls represented cities throughout the Southeast and were in Atlanta […]
Germany’s Elokon Picks Metro Atlanta for U.S. Subsidiary
While the debate rages over the safety of self-driving cars, a German company is using the similar technology to help forklifts avoid accidents in the warehouse environment. Elokon GmbH improves the safety of forklifts with systems that help hardware and software work together, intervening semi-autonomously when a potential collision is detected. Elokon has solutions that […]
German Chamber to Lead Another Auto Delegation to Mexico
The Atlanta-based German-American Chamber of Commerce of the South Inc. is leading another delegation to Mexico in early September to give companies a sense for what it takes to expand their presence in the country’s auto sector. Mexico already plays host to many German players, some of which also have a major presence in the Southeast […]
German-owned Logistics Software and Robotics Firm to Put Global Base in Midtown
A German-owned supply-chain software and material-handling company will set up its global headquarters in Atlanta, city and state officials announced Wednesday. Dematic, which employs 7,000 people in 27 countries and is a subsidiary of the massive, Frankfurt-based Kion Group, is to hire 230 people while investing $30 million in Georgia Tech’s new Coda building, which is […]
Hartfield-Jackson Hopes Prague Airport Agreement Will Spur Nonstop Flight
A new agreement between the Atlanta airport and its counterpart in Prague aims to improve aviation collaboration, but it was clear during Friday’s signing ceremony that both sides had an ulterior motive: spurring business interaction. Not one speaker let the prospect of reviving a nonstop flight to the Czech Republic capital, which Delta postponed for […]
Atlanta Accounting Firm Opens London Office to Help Clients Navigate Post-Brexit World
Amid the current Brexit brouhaha, one Atlanta accounting firm is setting up its first overseas office in London. While many financial outfits are fleeing the United Kingdom as it continues on its winding path toward exiting the European Union, Frazier & Deeter LLC sees opportunity in providing its trademark personal touch for clients doing business across […]
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