ATLANTA, December 2, 2009 – Governor Sonny Perdue today awarded $1.4 million in federal stimulus funds to 29 Georgia manufacturing companies to become Certified Work Ready facilities. The joint project between the Governor's Office of Workforce Development and the Georgia… 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, June 5, 2013 — Gov. Nathan Deal announced today the successful completion of a new corporate headquarters building for Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., expanding the company's Carrollton campus. The health information technology firm's $12 million capital investment… Read More
ATLANTA, September 21, 2009 – The drive to bring increased venture capital to Georgia is receiving a boost from the state, as the Georgia Centers of Innovation step up with a top-level sponsorship of the 2009 Venture Atlanta Conference, the largest gathering of venture capitalists… Read More
ATLANTA, January 27, 2010 — The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) today announced participants in the sixth class of the Mentor Protégé Connection. Formerly known as the Governor's Mentor Protégé Program, this GDEcD-backed initiative partners promising small businesses in… Read More
WARNER ROBINS, Ga., April 24, 2008 — Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the launch of the Energy Innovation Center (EIC), the sixth addition to Georgia's Centers of Innovation (COI) program. The COI program targets Georgia's strategic growth industries, including agriculture,… Read More
ATLANTA, November 8, 2007 – Governor Sonny Perdue will lead a state delegation to Montréal, Québec, for the historic chartering of the Southeastern United States-Canada Alliance (SEUS-Canada) on November 15-16. Governor Perdue will join governors from other Southeastern… Read More
ATLANTA, August 16, 2013 – Gov. Nathan Deal will lead a high-level delegation of state of Georgia officials and business leaders to China and Japan Aug. 22-30. The mission will visit Shanghai, Qingdao and Jinan in the People's Republic of China as well as Tokyo.… Read More
ATLANTA, September 8, 2016 –Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that Sentury Tire, the fifth-largest and fastest-growing tire manufacturer in China, will create more than 1,000 jobs and invest $530 million in a car and light truck tire manufacturing operation in Troup County.… Read More
Atlanta, March 11, 2020 –Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Bryan County will be home to Georgia’s newest Medline Industries, Inc. location in the state. Medline, the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies, will invest over $70… Read More
