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Stefanie Jehlitschka
Director PR & Events
Phone: (404) 586-6803
Fax: (404) 586-6820
E-mail: pr(at)gaccsouth.com

02.07.2009

Ford Motor Company awards ZF Gainesville, GA. Facility with “Gold Award” World Excellence Award

NORTHVILLE, Mich. – The ZF Gainesville, Ga., facility was honored with a “Gold Award” World Excellence Award from the Ford Motor Company on June 22 for being an “outstanding performer” in quality, cost and delivery. ZF...

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30.06.2009

VW network open to ET suppliers

East Tennessee automotive suppliers selected to do business with Volkswagen will be able to supply the German automaker's new Chattanooga plant and its international network of facilities, VW officials told suppliers during a...

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30.06.2009

U.S. may become largest green market: E.ON exec

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - The United States may become the largest market for renewable energy for E.ON, the world's largest utility by sales, within six years, the head of the company's green energy unit told Reuters in...

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25.06.2009

Gestamp Corporation to Build New Facility in Chattanooga

Tier 1 Auto Supplier Expects to Create 230 New Jobs

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24.06.2009

VW expects more than 100,000 job applicants

Volkswagen has received more than 18,000 job applications so far for its Chattanooga plant, and officials expect the number to top 100,000 after they open up hiring for production posts later this year.

 

"Hiring for salaried...

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24.06.2009

Loan sparks 1,300 jobs at Smyrna Nissan plant

The federal government gave Smyrna's economy a jolt Tuesday with a $1.6 billion loan for Nissan North America to manufacture electric vehicles and build a new battery factory.

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23.06.2009

A $6.4 billion clean energy investment in Georgia could create 59,000 new jobs

Clean energy jobs may just be the answer to the nation’s economic woes as well as the world’s environmental woes.  Environmentalists are in agreement that a push towards clean energy is necessary to slowing (or stopping) the...

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23.06.2009

German Business Confidence Increased for Third Month (Update3)

German business confidence rose for a third month in June, providing further evidence that the recession in Europe’s largest economy is easing.

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22.06.2009

German company chooses Upstate for U.S. sales office

A German manufacturer of “living playgrounds” has opened a sales office in Greenville, the Greenville Area Development Corp. and Berliner Seilfabrik announced today.

The three-person sales office will cater to the needs of...

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22.06.2009

Teupen reaches into Charlotte

German liftmaker lands near Pineville with big plans for U.S growth

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17.06.2009

BMW wins Supplier Choice Award

GREER - BMW Manufacturing has been given the Supplier Choice Award presented every two years by Automotive News, based on surveys by J.D. Power across the automotive supplier industry in the United States.

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16.06.2009

Missouri’s largest wind project to create 2,500 jobs

Vice President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke are set to attend an announcement Thursday in Jefferson City detailing plans for Missouri’s largest wind energy development, which is expected to cost about $300 million...

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16.06.2009

VW: 85% of parts from North America

Volkswagen plans to use North American suppliers for 85 percent of the parts and components in the new sedan it will make in Chattanooga, according to the company.

The German automaker has a stated goal of 80 percent North...

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12.06.2009

Buckhead site eyed for 250-room hotel

A German land trust is placing a long-term bet on Atlanta real estate — despite a tumultuous economy — seeking rezoning for a luxury hotel and residences in a glitzy section of Buckhead.

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09.06.2009

Foreign automakers' health gives Upstate comfort

Last Monday, General Motors filed for bankruptcy protection. On Thursday, BMW showcased a major expansion of its manufacturing complex near Greer. For the moment, then, Detroit is in tears, while the Upstate and other communities...

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08.06.2009

More wind energy firms open

West Texas reigns as center of the booming new industry

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08.06.2009

All Aboard - Governor Perdue lobbies for high-speed rail to Savannah, Jacksonville

Gov. Sonny Perdue committed Wednesday to rally neighboring governors to engage in a discussion of a national, high-speed rail network which would zip trains linking Savannah, Atlanta and Jacksonville with other states.   As...

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08.06.2009

President Obama Travels to Germany

President Barack Obama is visiting Germany for the second time since taking office. This time, stopovers are in Dresden, Buchenwald, and Landstuhl. Obama arrived in Dresden on Thursday evening where he spent the night at the...

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04.06.2009

As German Companies Look At U.S., Atlanta Attorney Provides A Bridge

On a recent 12-day trip to Germany, Atlanta attorney Tycho Stahl was surprised by how optimistic companies were about the prospects of doing business in the United States.

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03.06.2009

Airport takes top honors in Germany

Hartsfield-Jackson is the first U.S. airport to win Air Cargo Week's prestigious World Air Cargo Award for Airport of the Year. The ceremony — held in Munich, Germany, as part of the Air Cargo Europe Exhibition and Conference —...

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03.06.2009

Tech giant NCR moving to Duluth

The NCR official did not disclose details about Georgia’s offer. Gwinnett County’s Bannister said he did not know what, if any, incentives helped Georgia land the technology giant.

 

NCR, which produces cash registers, bank ATMs...

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21.05.2009

Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant Foundation for Future U.S. Strategy

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, and Professor Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for Group production, were joined last Thursday by invited guests, including ECD...

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18.05.2009

Siemens to expand US power plant business

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Friday it would invest $50 million in its Charlotte, N.C. operations to increase the energy division's offerings of climate protecting technology for power plants.

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18.05.2009

Grant for expansion will help company add 103 jobs at Henkel over three years

The final component to keep and create jobs at the Henkel Corp. plant in Salisbury fell into place Friday when Gov. Bev Perdue's office announced that the company's proposed expansion would receive a $206,000 grant from the One...

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18.05.2009

U.S. goodwill from the sky

MARIETTA - The 60th anniversary of the end of the historic Berlin Airlift, in which western Allies flew critical supplies into West Berlin, was commemorated Friday afternoon inside a hangar at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in...

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18.05.2009

German engineering company opens Tuscaloosa office

MBtech, a German engineering and consulting company with offices worldwide, has opened its third U.S. office in Tuscaloosa.

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18.05.2009

Hartsfield Wins Top Cargo Airport Award at Germany Conference

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is best known for moving the most passengers in the world each year, but an award it won in Germany highlights its ability to move goods as well.

Awards in 10 categories are given...

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15.05.2009

VW builds bigger US plant

Chattanooga

VOLKSWAGEN (VW), Europe’s largest car maker, will build a bigger factory than planned in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to take advantage of slumping set-up costs while US competitors struggle to survive.

“This is great...

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14.05.2009

Government pushing solar projects

NASHVILLE — Tennessee will spend $62 million in federal stimulus money on a solar power generation and research, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday.

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13.05.2009

ThyssenKrupp Might Delay U.S. Steel Mill Construction

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- ThyssenKrupp AG officials say the construction of the largest portion of the $4.65 billion complex the company is building in Calvert might be delayed.

The German company said in a Tuesday statement that the...

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11.05.2009

Georgia Seeking International Investment From BIO Conference

About a third of up to 16,000 attendees at the upcoming BIO conference in Atlanta will be from outside the U.S., and Georgia is aiming to turn these global visitors into investors, officials said in a briefing on May 7.

The...

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07.05.2009

Biotechnology Firm to Add 128 Jobs in WakeCounty

Press Release, Office of the GovernorPublished: May 6, 2009

 

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Bayer CropScience LP, a leading plant science company specializing in crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and...

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05.05.2009

Chattanooga: VW reaffirms plant despite profit drop; CEO to visit

Despite a big first-quarter profit skid, Volkswagen on Wednesday reaffirmed its Chattanooga auto plant, saying it is “not backing off our plans in the U.S. by one inch.”

 

On May 14, top VW officials, including Chief Executive...

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