For Consignor, the market research came second. Executives from the Norway-based logistics and delivery software firm were at a bar in Shenzhen, China, when they asked some American logistics professionals where they should put their U.S. base. The response was clear and immediate. “They said, ‘Atlanta — that’s a no-brainer,’” said CEO Peter Tang Thomsen, a […]
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Commentary: Fixing the Labor Policies Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protests
Editor’s note: This guest commentary was written by Charles R. Hankla, an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University who received his doctorate in 2005 from Emory University and holds degrees from Georgetown University and the London School of Economics. The piece is set to appear as a Farsi translation in an Iranian magazine but is published in […]
Italy Once Again Commits to Beefing Up Commercial Outreach in Atlanta
On the surface, it looks like we’ve been here before. Italy’s consul general came to Atlanta in 2016 with the idea of launching a chapter of the Miami-based Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast. In fact, the idea of such an outpost has been circulating since at least 2014, when Global Atlanta first reported […]
Market-Entry Advice for Foreign Investors Attending SelectUSA
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, a Global Atlanta advertiser. As foreign agencies and companies descend on Washington this week for the SelectUSA summit and then fan out for site visits around the U.S., one experienced Atlanta attorney has a word of advice: Do your homework, but don’t overcomplicate the investment […]
Regents Pick Experienced Globalist to Head Georgia Tech
Angel Cabrera, president of George Mason University, has been named finalist to become the next president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents announced on June 6. Dr. Cabrera’s selection came with accolades from Chancellor Steve Wrigley who cited his “strong record of improving student outcomes, increasing enrollment, […]
Dutch Firm to Put Light Assembly Plant in Cherokee County
A subsidiary of Dutch manufacturer Thomas Regout International B.V. will put $2 million into its first U.S. facility in Cherokee County as it tackles the educational and corporate segments of the audiovisual equipment market. The company makes telescoping sliding systems used in a wide variety of sectors, from automotive sunroofs to ATMs, but the U.S. assembly […]
The Harlem Globetrotters Spread Joy at Home in Georgia and Around the World
There’s something irresistible about the Harlem Globetrotters. Denis Sullivan felt it as a 12-year-old growing up in Cork, Ireland, when he and 800 others from the town watched the team’s ball handling acrobatics and unique brand of basketball. Today he’s in charge of the team’s world tours and is proud to note that the visit […]
Swiss Firm to Hire 93 in Gwinnett Factory Relocation
Gwinnett County officials announced during a visit to Switzerland that Elma Electronic Inc. would hire 93 people at a new factory in Lawrenceville. The Swiss subsidiary with a U.S. base in Fremont, Calif., is consolidating cabinet manufacturing in Georgia, where it already had a facility inherited after acquiring a division of Scientific Atlanta in 2004. The […]
Thyssenkrupp’s New Stacked Elevator Concept Debuts in Atlanta
Anyone who has tapped their feet waiting for an elevator might appreciate the latest announcement from Thyssenkrupp, the German manufacturer poised to build a new headquarters and test tower in Cobb County. The company’s TWIN elevator system — which stacks two cars in one shaft to save space, time and energy — is now in […]
Former KGB Spy Tells Kiwanians Soviet Ideology May Be Dead, But Russian Nationalism Is Alive and Well
Jack Barsky, the former Soviet spy who now lives in the state of Georgia, said at a Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon May 28 honoring the city’s Consular Corps that he could have saved the U.S. government the $30 million spent on the Mueller report to determine whether or not the Russian government colluded with […]
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