ATLANTA – August 1, 2022 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced a chart-topping year for the film and television industry as productions spent $4.4 billion in Georgia during fiscal year 2022 – a new industry record. The Georgia Film Office, a strategic office within the… Read More
ATLANTA, July 5, 2007– Governor Sonny Perdue and officials from Quintiles Transnational Corp. announced today that the company will expand its presence in Cobb County, which will become its headquarters for worldwide laboratory operations. Quintiles, one of the… Read More
WEST POINT, Ga. - October 20, 2006 - Governor Sonny Perdue and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group Chairman Mong-Koo Chung today performed the ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of Kia Motors' first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility in West Point, Troup County, Georgia. "Today's ceremony… Read More
Feb. 3, 2006, ATLANTA - Today Governor Sonny Perdue announced the opening of the new enter of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence in Gainesville at Lanier Technical College. The manufacturing center is the newest of six innovation centers recently created in the state of… Read More
ATLANTA, February 23, 2010 — Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that QualTex Laboratories, a San Antonio, Texas-based independent blood testing lab, is expanding operations to Norcross. QualTex will invest nearly $12 million over five years and create 125… Read More
ATLANTA, April 19, 2010 - Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and local dignitaries joined EFACEC Group CEO Luís Filipe Pereira, Portuguese Minister of Finance Fernando Teixeira dos Santos and a large delegation from Portugal today to celebrate the grand opening of the company's… Read More
Atlanta, May 4, 2020 –Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that SK innovation, a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), will begin construction in July on their second electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Jackson… Read More
ATLANTA, July 13, 2020 —The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) today announced that gaming software company Amebous Labs, founded by Georgia Tech graduate Annie Eaton, will open a virtual reality studio in Atlanta. This $1.5 million investment will deliver 12… Read More
It was announced today that Georgia’s capital city of Atlanta earned the No. 1 Tech Hub spot by Business Facilities Magazine, featured in the publication’s annual 2020 Rankings Report.
Over the last few years, Georgia has significantly increased our technology-based industry sectors including… Read More
ATLANTA – October 27, 2020 –Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America (TICA) will expand its Pendergrass, Georgia, production facility to meet growing demand for its onboard power electronics. The company will invest $5.5 million… Read More
