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Sweet Success in Savannah

Fuji Vegetable Oil will hire and train up to 20 new employees at its expanded Savannah plant with the help of Quick Start and Savannah Technical College.

The new jobs are part of a $42 million high-tech expansion. Fuji’s Savannah Plant Manager Rick Baker was enthusiastic about the three-way partnership. “We’re really looking forward to working with Quick Start,” said Baker.

Fuji Vegetable Oil has been operating its original Savannah facility since 1991 manufacturing oils used in a number of popular foods, such as Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soups. The expanded plant will make a cocoa butter alternative that will be used to make popular treats like M&M candies and Snickers bars.

Scientific Games' Bill Behm, right, and Tony Bartolone, left, demonstrate an Instant Ticket Vending machine for Russell Vandiver, Lanier Tech VP of economic development.

Good Bet for
Forsyth County

Scientific Games Corporation in Alpharetta announced that they will partner with Quick Start and Lanier Technical College to train 50 new employees. Scientific Games is expanding its facilities for assembling and distributing Extrema 300 terminals for wagering systems. The Extrema 300 terminal and Scientific Games’ Instant Ticket Vending machines distribute lottery tickets and are widely used by state lottery systems, including the Georgia Lottery. Quick Start will also train employees in key electronics assembly techniques and procedures, as well as in safety.

Swimming in Opportunity in Willacoochee

Whether blackened, fried, grilled or sautéed, catfish is a venerable Southern staple that has earned a permanent place on restaurant menus and in grocery stores nationwide. Until now Georgia has remained out of the processing business on a large scale, but the opening of the new Georgia Sweetwater Catfish processing plant in Willacoochee gives the state entrée to the market.

To help get the company off the ground, Quick Start and East Central Technical College will train Georgia Sweetwater Catfish’s 70 new employees in policy and procedures.

“We’re a brand new company and there’s no road map for a lot of what we’re doing,” said Sam Joyner, Georgia Sweetwater Catfish president. “That’s why we appreciated Quick Start, because they have the staff and time and, in some instances, the expertise that we didn’t have. They’ve brought us knowledge and experience, and they’ve encouraged us.”

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