Quick Start Year in Review

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Attracting International Firms

Approximately 24.3 percent of Quick Start’s 304 projects in FY03 were with international companies. There were 74 international company projects in FY03.

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Economical Training

As the number of trainees has increased over the years, the cost per trainee has decreased. In FY03, Quick Start’s cost per trainee was $312, and there was a total of 42,145 trainees.

Number of International Companies 1994 - 2003

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“While the state of Georgia has much in its favor when competing with other locations for business, Quick Start provides a real competitive edge.”

— Brian O’Boyle,
Merial Ltd. executive director of human resources, Duluth

Cost Per Trainee Versus Number of Trainees

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Creating New Jobs

Quick Start clients create jobs for Georgians, jobs that cover a broad spectrum of industry types. In FY03 there were 286 manufacturing and related trade projects out of a total of 304. In addition, there were 18 service operations projects, but these service projects accounted for 26.6 percent of the total new jobs created.

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	Industry	New Jobs

	Service Operations*	2,332
	Warehousing and Storage	1,314
	Food Manufacturing	952
	Transportation Equipment**	915
	Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	699
	Machinery Manufacturing	542
	Textile Product Mills	368
	Primary Metal Manufacturing	333
	Electrical Equipment, Applicance and Component Manufacturing	309
	Paper Manufacturing	200
	Mineral Products	174
	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	166
	Repair and Maintenance	132
	Fabricated Metals Manufacturing	130
	Chemical Manufacturing	65
	Textile Mills	58
	Wood Product Manufacturing	48
	Printing and Related Support Activities	41
	Total	8,778

* The Service Operations category includes technical support and customer service centers as well as business service operations such as corporate headquarters and billing remittance centers. ** The Transportation Equipment category is predominantly automotive and aviation component manufacturers.

“I credit the program with the fact that when we opened, our new employees ‘hit the ground running.’ It was the most successful startup of a new facility I have ever experienced — and I’ve done a few.”

—Barton E. Good,
Tanimura & Antle Southeast general manager, Jackson

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Project Announcements

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