SAVANNAH, Ga., March 6, 2006 - Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation will expand its manufacturing and service facilities at its Savannah headquarters. The expansion will create 1,100 new jobs, a 25 percent increase from the current employment level of 4,… Read More
ATLANTA, March 6, 2006—Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that after a multi-state site search, American Insulated Wire (AIW) will invest $26 million to open a new facility in Douglas, Georgia that will serve the southeastern United States. The new operation, AIW's first… Read More
The Georgia Department of Economic Development announced today that Carbon Motors Corporation, a new American automaker, has selected Georgia for its headquarters, research & development center, production center and its First Responder retail operations center. The company plans to develop… Read More
ATLANTA, February 28, 2006 – The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), Hemisphere, Inc. and Delta Air Lines will welcome His Excellency Roberto Micheletti, President of the Honduran National Congress; the Honorable Milton Jiménez Puerto, Minister of Foreign Affairs;… Read More
ATLANTA, February 27, 2006 – The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), Hemisphere, Inc., and the Consulate General of Peru in Atlanta will celebrate the official opening of the new Consulate General of Peru in Atlanta on Tuesday, February 28. 'We are pleased that Ambassador Eduardo… Read More
ATLANTA, February 20, 2006—Today at the State Capitol, Governor Sonny Perdue led the swearing-in ceremony of 32 Georgians appointed to the newly reconstituted Workforce Investment Board (WIB), a key part of the Governor's strategy to develop a better educated statewide workforce… Read More
ATLANTA, February 14, 2006 – The Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame & Museum commend the Georgia musicians recognized at the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards held in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 8. The night's winners included Georgia Music Hall of Fame… Read More
ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2006 – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that YKK AP America Inc., a leading manufacturer of architectural building products, will expand its facility in Dublin , Georgia , investing $80 million and creating approximately 200 jobs to double the operation's capacity by 2010. '… Read More
ATLANTA, August 14, 2007 – Standard Functional Foods Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Candy Company Inc., announced today that it plans to expand its 230-worker Standard Candy facility in Eastman, Ga., creating 77 new jobs to accommodate a new product line. 'We're very pleased that… Read More
ATLANTA, August 13, 2007 – Governor Sonny Perdue and Georgia DOT Commissioner Harold Linnenkohl announced today the selection of the team that will design and construct the West Point I-85 Interchange project in Troup County. The C.W. Matthews Contracting, Inc./ARCADIS design-build team will build… Read More
