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 […]
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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 […]
EU’s Quiet Message to Trump: European Ties Support 237,000 Jobs in Georgia
As President Donald Trump threatens to “tariff the hell out of” Europe in advance of upcoming negotiations, the EU is taking a quieter tack toward showing how playing hardball on trade could be problematic for the U.S. This month the EU Mission to the U.S. in Washington released a state-by-state analysis of the two-way trading […]
Commentary: Why Studying Abroad Shouldn’t Only Be for Wealthy Atlantans
Editor’s note: The following is a sponsored article, meaning that Global Atlanta was compensated for its publication and consulted on the production of the piece. It was written by John Eaves, founder and executive director of Global Youth Ambassadors Program and the former chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners Since getting my first passport […]
French-German Animal Health Deal Approved, Netting 150 Newly Announced Georgia Jobs
A stock swap between two health giants in Europe is resulting in more than 225 new jobs across northern Georgia, 150 more than previously expected from the merger. Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., formed from a recently closed deal in which the German company gained control of French animal-health giant Merial, is investing $120 million […]
Statue of Liberty Holds Special Meaning for Holocaust Survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan
In the early morning hours of April 23, 1948, Marion Blumenthal Lazan had been called to a deck of the Holland-American ocean liner bringing her, her mother, and her brother along with all the others on board, into New York harbor. It was exactly three years to the day since she and her family had […]
Diplomatic Digest: Georgia Consular Corps Turnover During 2018
Georgia‘s diplomatic door continued to revolve as expected in 2018, with some consuls general ending their stints here and others just getting started as the year closed. But the most consequential shifts for Atlanta’s global standing were those that resulted in new outposts from countries that had covered their expatriate communities and business interests in […]
Books 2018: Greatest Generation’s Greatest Contribution: Enacting Justice for War Crimes
Book: East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” Author: Philippe Sands Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office and founding managing director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation In 1945, at Nuremberg, Germany, an eight-judge tribunal undertook a trial of former officials in […]
Books 2018: How an ‘Ungentlemanly’ British Unit Showed Creativity Amid WWII Conflict
Book: Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat Author: Giles Milton Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark. “Operation Postmaster” is a little-known piece of World War II history. This daring raid was conducted by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1942 in […]
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