It wasn’t too long ago that the Australian Trade Commission shut down its office in Atlanta, but two company relocations announced this week proved that interest in the South from […]
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East West CEO: U.S. Needs to Bolster Comparative Advantages for Manufacturing to Flourish at Home
While still in his early 20s, Scott Ellyson learned two lessons as a global strategy consultant for the accounting and professional services firm Price WaterhouseCoopers LLP. The first was that […]
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Century-Old Columbus Foundry Fends Off Global Challenges
Back in the factory, huge ladles pour molten iron into molds of dark green compacted sand. Up in the front office, George Boyd Jr. turns into an instructor, his deep, calm voice […]
Posted inEconomic Development
Vietnam Courting Atlanta Manufacturers Looking to Asia
A state-owned Vietnamese industrial park manager is coming to Atlanta to recruit firms eager to capitalize on the country’s manufacturing momentum. The U.S. office of Becamex IDC Corp., which owns 20 industrial […]
Posted inEconomic Development
Walmart Exec: Georgia, Carolinas Primed for Return of U.S. Manufacturing
As manufacturing comes back to the United States from low-cost centers in Asia, business-friendly states like Georgia and South Carolina stand to reap the benefits, a Walmart Stores Inc. public affairs […]
Posted inTrade
U.S. Trade Rep: Atlanta ‘Conducive’ to TPP Talks
While touring a local mattress factory Thursday, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was mum on the content of closed-door discussions happening across town on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade […]
Posted inTrade
ThermaCare Plant Faces Tug and Pull of the Global Economy
Too often for proponents of American manufacturing, cities like Albany, Ga., have been on the losing end of the global economy. To many, the corporate quest for efficiencies and shareholder value has made […]
Posted inTrade
Exports Keep Factories Rooted in South Georgia
An aircraft manufacturer teaches maintenance to a visitor from Cameroon. A chemical firm affixes Portuguese labels to Brazil-bound tubs. Across town, posters at a health products factory pitch their soothing powers in German. All […]
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Aquafil Celebrates 16 Years of Growth and Environmental Responsibility
During Aquafil USA‘s inaugural celebration of its second manufacturing facility in Cartersville, President Franco Rossi retraced the Italian textile firm’s growth over the past 16 years in North Georgia into […]
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‘Alligator Queen’ Fashions Global Relationships in Tannery Business
By the time she was 12, Christy Plott Redd was hanging up tanned alligator skins at trade show booths with her father in Hong Kong. Now, the family business has […]