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New Jobs
at BOA

American BOA of Cumming is adding 38 new jobs for Forsyth County and surrounding areas. The expanding workforce will accommodate the company’s new assembly and laser welding projects. BOA has partnered with Lanier Technical College and Quick Start to train the new workers.

Frederick Berg, president of American BOA, said, “Ten to 15 years ago, we competed with companies from other states. Now we compete with companies all over the world. Lanier Technical College and Quick Start are important to our success, because they help us prepare our employees to compete with other well-prepared, well-trained people worldwide.”

A subsidiary of IWKA of Germany, American BOA specializes in engineering and producing high-tech, thin-walled, flexible metal components and systems for automotive and industrial applications. “We are pleased to be working with American BOA again,” said Dr. Mike Moye, president of Lanier Technical College. “Forsyth County is extremely important to Lanier Tech and our economic development efforts in Northeast Georgia.”

Frederick Berg, American BOA president, demonstrates one of the flexible metal components his Cumming plant produces

Training for Turner’s in Tifton

A well-known Moultrie business is adding 30 new jobs to Tift County and the surrounding area. Turner’s Fine Furniture signed a training agreement with Quick Start for its warehousing and distribution facility in Tifton.

Quick Start will design, develop and deliver job-specific training, in addition to core skills and distribution center operations training for the company to enhance the productivity and efficiency of Turner’s employees. Moultrie Technical College will provide follow-up training and classroom space.

Although it began as a hardware business in Pelham in 1915, Turner’s Fine Furniture soon incorporated quality furniture, which is manufactured in Tifton and sold in South Georgia and North Florida.

From left: Richard Fountain, Quick Start project operations
manager; Fortson Turner, Turner’s Fine Furniture
Tifton store owner and manager; and Robert Craft,
Moultrie Tech interim president

	Introsul Trains for         New Product Line Specialty bath product manufacturer Introsul has signed an agreement with Quick Start to train approximately 160 new employees at its Perry plant. The employees will be trained to work with a new line of advanced cast polymer bath products developed by Introsul and marketed by DuPont Surfaces. “We are confident that our partnership with DuPont will allow us to dramatically increase sales and production of our product,” said Don Svoboda, president and CEO of Introsul. “This, in turn, can only have a positive economic impact on this community, which is so important to me.” Billy G. Edenfield, president of Middle Georgia Technical College, is confident the job training will help. “A trained workforce is absolutely essential,” he said.

Enforcer Adds Positions
in Bartow County

Enforcer, a division of Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc., has partnered with North Metro Technical College and Quick Start to develop an extensive training program for its Emerson facility. The company is adding 50 new jobs for the Bartow County area.

Training will include manufacturing and logistic process training, job aids, industrial safety, employee involvement, productivity enhancement, leadership, and instructor training. North Metro Tech will provide follow-up training.

Enforcer is one of the nation’s largest producers of pest control, lawn and garden products and specialty cleaners. In the last 20 years, Enforcer increased its product base to more than 500 different products.

From left: Jim McKenzie, Enforcer VP of supply chain; Steve
Dougherty, North Metro Tech president; Connie Smith,
North Metro Tech VP of economic development; Mark
Bachmann, Enforcer president; and Jeff Lynn, Quick Start
director of northern operations

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