About East Central Georgia

Monroe, Ga. based ESCOGO is on the cusp of exponential growth due in part to the assistance they gained through the Georgia Centers of Innovation. As ESCOGO needed to reformulate their product to meet customer demands, the Center connected them with the University of Georgia who provided the research to create a new product.

This video provides a good overview of Japanese investment in Georgia, and the supporting resources Japan companies can find to help them succeed and grow. Executives from leading Japanese companies such as Hitachi Automotive, Rinnai and YKK tell their stories of doing business in Georgia.

The facility features custom-made technology that simulates Baxalta’s biomanufacturing processes such as centrifugation, chromatography, nanofiltration and aseptic filling. It also has space for the aseptic production of pharmaceutical-grade clinical samples. Additionally, the training center is equipped to deliver training on a wide range of advanced manufacturing technologies including mechatronics, metrology and process controls.

Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Douglas Oberhelman came together with representatives from the state of Georgia, local media and Caterpillar employees for the official ribbon cutting of their new manufacturing facility near Athens. Many of the employees present at the event were trained free of charge by Georgia Quick Start, Georgia's top-ranked workforce training program. Watch this video to learn more about Caterpillar's decision to choose Georgia as their largest production facility in the United States.

Kubota recently announced the grand opening of its new $73 million manufacturing facility at Kubota Industrial Equipment in Jefferson, Georgia. The 522,000-square-foot plant on the 88-acre site recently began production of Kubota's 30- to 50-horsepower compact tractor models.