Manufacturing Sector
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Attracting
Foreign Firms
Approximately 22 percent of Quick Start projects in FY02 were with international companies. Of the 70 international projects, 31 were new and 39 were expanding or existing industry.

 

  
Economical Training
As the number of trainees has increased over the years, the cost per trainee has decreased. In FY02, there were 41,801 trainees, and the cost per trainee was $334.		  

“Any company coming into this country would appreciate the help that ALPLA got from Quick Start.”

— Kurt Berkmann, senior VP of ALPLA, an Austria-based plastic bottle manufacturer that recently located in McDonough

 

 

 

  

Creating New Jobs
Quick Start clients create jobs for Georgians, jobs that cover a broad spectrum of industry types. Service operations, food manufacturing, transportation equipment, and plastics and rubber created over 56.8 percent of new jobs.

 

  

“The whole business development attitude of the state is world-class, and Quick Start is a major element of that business-friendly culture.”

— Phil Casey, president and CEO of AmeriSteel
Industry New Jobs
Service Operations
1,429
Food Manufacturing
1,095
Transportation Equipment
1,041
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
825
Warehousing and Storage
762
Textile Product Mills
567
Machinery Manufacturing
489
Primary Metal Manufacturing
340
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
339
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
235
Paper Manufacturing
132
Printing and Related Support Activities
124
Textile Mills
84
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
78
Chemical Manufacturing
74
Wood Product Manufacturing
70
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
26
Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
7
Gravel Mining
1
Total
7,718

* The Service Operations category includes call centers, headquarters operations, investment and securities companies, and processing centers.
**The Transportation Equipment category includes automotive, aviation, ships and miscellaneous transportation equipment.
 


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