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网页Celebrating 50 Years of Georgia-Japan Connections at JapanFest 2024. This year’s JapanFest, scheduled for Sept. 21-22, is a particularly special one as we celebrate 50 years of Georgia-Japan connections, a milestone in the history of collaboration between Georgia and Japan. The world is here. For more than 30 years, Global Atlanta has been ...
Costa Opens First U.S. Coffee Shop in Midtown - Global Atlanta
网页2022年8月5日 · The British chain Costa Coffee has opened its first retail coffee shop in the U.S., marking a shift for a brand that is well-known in the United Kingdom and other countries but has so far served the American market through machines and robotic baristas.. Its foothold at the CODA Building in Midtown might seem inevitable given the fact that Atlanta-based beverage giant Coca-Cola Co. bought the ...
Kia Promotes Plant Veteran as New CEO for Georgia Operations
网页2022年1月12日 · Stuart Countess was promoted from COO to president and CEO. Korean car maker Kia Motors in mid-December announced a leadership transition at the company’s Georgia manufacturing arm, Kia Georgia Inc. . Jangsoo (Jason) Shin led Kia Georgia starting in 2017, overseeing the introduction of two new models: the Telluride SUV — a massive hit with buyers — and the K5 sedan.
Norfolk Southern Opens New Headquarters Primed for Post …
网页2021年11月11日 · Rail giant Norfolk Southern opened a gleaming new headquarters in Midtown Wednesday, a consolidation of more than 3,000 jobs that state and city leaders said would reverberate throughout Georgia. Attending the ribbon-cutting at the glass tower on West Peachtree Street, Gov. Brian Kemp said the move is …
How Atlanta’s ’STEM Community’ Helped Woo TK ... - Global Atlanta
网页2022年2月11日 · How Atlanta’s ’STEM Community’ Helped Woo TK Elevator’s Headquarters and Test Tower. TKE unveiled its new test tower in an event Wednesday, lighting up the outside with an LED mesh spanning eight stories and 11,000 feet. The display, which covers three sides of the building, was …
How Georgia’s First Eco-Industrial Park Became a Magnet for …
网页2021年2月11日 · The Georgia city of Griffin, about 50 miles south of Atlanta, didn’t set out to attract Japanese firms, but it is certainly targeting them now. Some 15 years ago, the city looked to set a new trend in development by creating a “green” industrial park. It succeeded, and through “sort of an ‘on-purpose’ accident” became a magnet for ...
World Affairs Council Names Acclaimed Georgia Journalist as New ...
网页2021年12月8日 · A nationwide search surfaced multiple candidates, but the World Affairs Council of Atlanta ended up not having to look very far to find its new president.. Atlanta native and award-winning Georgia journalist Rickey Bevington, a 15-year veteran of Georgia Public Broadcasting and the current host of the radio show “All Things Considered,” is set to take up the post in January.
Canada’s New Consul General Settles Into Atlanta, Aims to Drive ...
网页2022年4月27日 · Mr. Hill most recently served as Canada’s ambassador to Costa Rica; he enjoyed serving as the envoy to that Central American country as well as Honduras and Nicaragua, but admits that that it was much quieter on the economic front: Costa Rica as a nation traded about $100 million with Canada, while the state of Georgia alone had two-way trade of $11 billion with the country in 2021.
Nichiha to Expand Again in Macon, Investing $150M and Hiring 100
网页2022年11月10日 · The Nagoya -based maker of construction materials, including fiber-based cement used in exterior plank siding and architectural wall panels, first spent about $100 million in Macon, then added $120 million in 2018. The latest expansion announced Oct. 25 calls for $150 million more to build a second facility and …
How One Atlanta Company Drives the World’s Lotteries Through ...
网页2019年10月4日 · Nowadays, consumers in the U.S. alone spend about $50 billion instant paper scratch tickets annually at retail stores. That’s more than they plunk down at the movie box-office or on music, video games or books. And that’s not to mention overall lottery spend around the world: a whopping $300 billion-plus.