About the Center

Georgia's manufacturing industry employs more than 380,000 and accounts for 92 percent of the state's exports. Major industry powerhouses like Kia Motors, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Caterpillar call Georgia home and the state's logistics infrastructure positions it ahead of nearly every state in the U.S. With the nation's number one workforce training program, Quick Start, a geographically diverse Technical College System of Georgia, and competitive engineering programs led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia's manufacturing industry will continue to lead the way for years to come.

• Providing technical expertise to assess manufacturing challenges
• Matching company needs to state resources (including tax incentives, lean six sigma, international trade, and others)
• Facilitating research collaborations between industry and academia
• Assisting companies in product commercialization by identifying contract manufacturers or prototyping services 

The Center works with Georgia manufactures of all sizes, from inventors to Fortune 500 companies, to help them solve challenging problems, and innovate their products, processes, and workforce.

We work directly with manufacturers to:

• Assess and understand their challenges and recommend next steps
• Identify and connect to the right resources in academia, industry, and government
• Facilitate collaborations that enable the manufacturer to overcome challenges and create solutions

We work in partnerships with manufacturers, academia, government, and other organizations to:

• Identify and support strategic programs that create growth opportunities for all Georgia manufacturers