GOVERNOR BREDESEN, COMMISSIONER KISBER ANNOUNCE EXPANSION OF VW SUPPLIER IN TENNESSEE

SL Tennessee, LLC to Invest $35 Million and Create 300 New Jobs in Clinton

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Georgia Begins Creation of Strategic Statewide Freight & Logistics Plan

The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and the Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced today the selection of a consulting team lead by Cambridge Systematics to help create Georgia’s first comprehensive,...

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GACC Annual Economic Forum 2010

While economists caution that the global economy is not yet out of the woods, individual companies are finding opportunities within these challenges

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Economy in U.S. Grew at 5.7% Pace, Most in Six Years

Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The economy in the U.S. expanded in the fourth quarter at the fastest pace in six years as factories cranked up assembly lines and companies increased investment in equipment and software.

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Ala. to build all C-class sedans sold in N.A.

DETROIT - The Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala., will build all C-class sedans sold in North America starting in 2014.

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RWE Innogy builds world’s largest

RWE extend the lead in the biomass sector

Planned start-up in 2011

Investment of approx. €120 million

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German Auto Supplier Plans Atlanta Office

One morning last month, Alexander Nickel of Wissen, Germany, was in the Midtown Atlanta law offices of his attorney, Tycho Stahl. They were working on the paperwork for a U.S. subsidiary for Mr. Nickel’s family company, Nimak...

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Wind power capacity up in 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wind power capacity soared 39 percent last year but job growth stalled as uncertainty about renewable energy policies and the recession slowed manufacturing, an industry group said.

The combined power...

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GOVERNOR BARBOUR ANNOUNCES PIPE MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN MISSISSIPPI DELTA

Jackson, Mississippi – Governor Haley Barbour announced today that Wilh. Schulz GMBH has selected Tunica County, Mississippi, as the location for its new pipe manufacturing facility. The $300 million facility will create 500...

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Bioenergy plant coming to Georgia

Europe's growing need for cleaner-burning fuels has prompted a large German utility to open a bioenergy plant in Waycross. More may be on the way.

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GACC South Tennesse Chapter in the News

Guest editorial: Frequent World Cup attendee sees potential

The Soccer World Cup is without any doubt the greatest tournament of any sport on this planet.

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Business representation client of the GACC South, Movis Mobile Vision, implements software for its first US customer

A Growing Wholesaler Finds a Flexible Solution

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Engine plant to produce 250 jobs

Final decision pending environmental study

A diesel engine-maker plans to move into an empty facility in Graniteville, creating 250 jobs.

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EXCLUSIVE-Continental signs on as tire sponsor of MLS1 hour ago via Thomson Reuters

* Deal worth low- to mid-seven figures annually-source

* Continental is 18th MLS corporate sponsor

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VW prototypes on local horizon

HERNDON, Va. -- Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant over the next several months is on track to start making its first prototypes of the German automaker's planned, new midsize sedan, officials said Sunday.

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German firm to build $300M pipe plant in NW Miss.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A German company will build a $300 million plant in northwestern Mississippi to manufacture stainless steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, Gov. Haley Barbour and a company executive announced Monday.

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German Organizations in Atlanta Celebrate New Beginnings and Old Connections

The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern US, Inc. and the Goethe-Institut Atlanta are set to celebrate new office openings days apart in the New Year, while the bridge that used to separate their sides of town...

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Hiring, Business Investment and Other Big Variables That Will Drive 2010 Economy

The consensus of economic forecasters expects 2010 to be a year of modest economicgrowth -- almost 3% -- much better than the previous two years. But that's not good enough to bring unemployment -- the greatest continuing threat...

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Finally, Business is picking up (and fast) in the Southern Automotive Corridor

In the fall 2009 quarter good news bestowed the South's automotive industry. We saw more suppliers add jobs last quarter than we’ve seen in quite a while. There were also several important OEM announcements as automakers gear up...

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In Newnan, jobs from abroad

Hal “Hootie” Potts sprays water on smoking metal as a drill press bores through it, flicking slivers into a deepening pile around it. When the drill stops, the smoke drifts and dissolves.

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German firms bullish in December: Ifo survey

German business confidence rose for the ninth month running in December, the closely watched Ifo survey indicated on Friday, in the latest sign that Europe's biggest economy is on the road to recovery.

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