ATLANTA, May 12, 2021 —The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) today announced that Wittek Industries has invested $1.5 million in expanding their manufacturing operations to Lyons, Georgia. Wittek Industries is a leading golf course supply company that sells… Read More
Atlanta, May 17, 2021 – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Domtar Corporation will invest more than $60 million to expand their Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) manufacturing operations in Jesup, delivering 75 additional jobs to Wayne County.
“I thank… Read More
Atlanta, May 18, 2021 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that FanDuel Group, a leading sports-tech entertainment company, will invest more than $15 million in opening a technology campus in Atlanta, creating more than 900 jobs over the next five years. This new… Read More
Atlanta, May 19, 2021 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that IC Biomedical, a producer of cryogenic freezers, will make a multi-million dollar investment in opening an advanced manufacturing facility near Cartersville. As demand for medical-grade freezers… Read More
Atlanta, May 20, 2021 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Duckyang, an electric mobility parts supplier of automotive battery modules and energy storage systems to SK Battery America (SKBA), will invest $10 million in opening its first U.S. manufacturing… Read More
When movie star Robert De Niro wanted to know how to hold his gun, while playing a Georgia sheriff, he asked Joe McCrea.
And when Robert De Niro wanted to know how to say his lines, as a Georgia sheriff, he listened to Joe McCrea say them.
When Joe McCrea’s three days of acting as a law… Read More
Atlanta, May 25, 2021 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced the authorization to purchase a 2,284-acre economic development site in partnership between the State of Georgia and the Savannah Harbor-Interstate 16 Corridor Joint Development Authority (JDA). The… Read More
Like so many others working in the Georgia film and television production industry, Gee Gee Smith kept working at something she loved and turned it into a career in film. You won’t see her on the big screen, but you’ll definitely see her work.… Read More
Writer, actor and voice/dialect coach Kristina Reiersgard was in Savannah to produce a new independent film. To find extra work, she posted her credentials on the Savannah Regional Film Commission website and shortly thereafter was hired as a dialect coach for the limited series “The Underground… Read More
What started in front of the camera for Chris Birdsong has ignited a successful career behind the camera years later. Well, if being dragged to sets by your mother to be an extra counts, then that’s exactly what Chris did.… Read More
