Alma: Well-known cookie and cracker maker Richmond Baking Company is expanding operations and creating 25 new jobs.

Atlanta: UFP Technologies’ Simco Automotive Division is building a new world-class automotive production facility to manufacture door panel inserts for Mercedes cars and is creating 25 new jobs.

Augusta: Rutgers Organics Corporation, manufacturer of fire chemical intermediates, is expanding operations and creating 20 new jobs.

Augusta: Augusta Sports Wear, manufacturer of sportswear clothing and accessories, is upgrading its manual distribution system to a fully automated AS-400 operation.

Brunswick: NewRoads is expanding its customer contact center and creating 80 jobs.

Canton: Chart Industries Inc. is adding a new medical product line that manufactures liquid oxygen systems and is creating up to 60 new jobs.

Cartersville: Gerdau Ameristeel is expanding its recycling steel mill and creating 45 new jobs.

Columbus: Airship manufacturer Techsphere is opening a new facility and creating around 250 new jobs.

Columbus: Waggoners Trucking is opening a new plant for refurbishing of auto haulers and creating 450 new jobs.

Douglas: Bathtub and vanity manufacturer MarCraft Inc. is creating 50 new jobs.

Greensboro: Bozart Creations is opening a new art frame manufacturing facility and creating up to 20 new jobs.

Griffin: Leading engine manufacturer Perkins Shibaura is opening its first North American manufacturing facility and creating 130 new jobs.

Hazlehurst: Uniform manufacturer Armitec Inc. is opening a new facility and creating 80 new jobs.

Lithia Springs: Lighting reflector maker Reflek Manufacturing Inc. is opening a new plant and creating 38 new jobs.

Peachtree City: Wiring device manufacturer Cooper Wiring Devices is relocating company headquarters operations and creating 70 new jobs.

Perry: Gilmer Companies are expanding their printed paperboard warehouse and shipping facility and creating 30 new jobs.

Quitman: Micro Craft Inc. is expanding its mechanical automotive component manufacturing facility and creating 300 new jobs.

Savannah: World-class food product manufacturer California Natural Products is opening a new facility and creating 45 jobs.

Savannah: Georgia Pacific Gypsum is opening a gypsum wallboard manufacturing facility and creating 50 new jobs.

Shannon: Florida Tile Industries Inc. is expanding its tile manufacturing operations and creating 75 new jobs.

Statesboro: Glass fabricator Viracon is expanding operations and creating 85 new jobs.

Thomson: Custom injection molding supplier Thomson Plastics Inc. is expanding and creating 46 new jobs.

Toccoa: Metal fabrication manufacturer Meadowbrook Machine & Tool is expanding its facility and creating 20 new jobs.

Vidalia: Lighting fixture fabrication and assembly manufacturer u.s.energy/sciences is building a new facility and creating 60 new jobs.

Waycross: General Manufactured Housing is expanding its manufactured home operations and creating 60 new jobs.

Waycross: Simmons Company is building a new bedding product manufacturing facility and creating 225 new jobs.