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Old 07-23-2013, 11:20 PM
 
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Excellent news.

Atlanta adds 10,000 jobs in June, 51,600 over past year - Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Old 08-02-2013, 07:16 AM
 
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Accounting firm may add 200 more jobs in metro Atlanta | www.ajc.com
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Old 09-27-2013, 10:53 AM
 
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Software firm BetterCloud to add 150 jobs - Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Old 05-21-2014, 09:07 AM
 
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Below are the new business & expansion updates featured in the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
May e-newsletter:


New Business Locations & Expansions (YTD April 2014)

ColibriumDirect is expanding its Roswell (North Fulton County) headquarters, creating 500 jobs. The company serves as a trusted advisor to health plans that seek outstanding customer service and best-in-class, U.S.-based telesales and business process outsourcing support.

Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless company in the U.S., is expanding its call center operations in Alpharetta, Roswell and Milton (North Fulton County) with a projection of 435 jobs in Georgia. The company will also be adding new jobs in its retail, network and IT divisions across the state of Georgia.

Gordon Food Service broke ground in February on its new 276,000-square-foot distribution center in Douglasville (Douglas County) with plans to create 225 jobs at the new facility. The company is recognized as North America’s largest family-owned and managed broadline foodservice distributor with operators within the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast regions of the United States and coast-to-coast in Canada.

Dubai-based United Arab Shipping Company, a global leader in cargo shipping, is establishing its U.S. headquarters in Peachtree Corners (Gwinnett County), projecting 160 jobs in Peachtree Corners. Building on its commitment to outstanding customer service quality and the ambition to maintain a comprehensive, fast and reliable shipping service, the company strives to achieve its vision of “Linking the Middle East to the World” as a secure and efficient shipping services provider.

mBlox, the leader in mobile business-to-person engagement, is opening a new office in Sandy Springs (North Fulton County) to house the company’s network operations, support and finance departments. The expansion, set to open in 2014, will initially create up to 100 jobs in metro Atlanta, with the goal of further building the workforce with Atlanta’s mobile talent.

Recognized as one of the largest private-label bottled water suppliers in the U.S., Niagara is opening a new food processing facility in Newnan (Coweta County). The leading innovator in bottled water products projects 75 jobs as the company expands its bottling and supply capacity.

Shanghai-based global consumer goods exporter, China Shipping (North America) Agency, is locating its call center in Marietta (Cobb County) and is projected to add 75 jobs. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSNA Holding, maintains offices in six U.S. cities with 218 employees. It is responsible for providing day-to-day agency functions, including booking, marketing, sales, equipment management, documentation, account payables and account receivables.

Aquafil USA, a subsidiary of Italy-based Aquafil S.p.A., is expanding its U.S. headquarters/manufacturing facility in Cartersville (Bartow County) that will create up to 70 jobs. The company produces BCF yarns, polymers and plastics in its 312,000-square-foot facility in Cartersville. This facility will have an expanded nylon polymer processing capacity of 40 million pounds per year.

AKESOgen, a biomarker, genomics and pharmacogenomics contract research organization, opened a new R&D center in Norcross (Gwinnett County) with a projection of 50 jobs. The company, which is a service provider primarily to the academic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agricultural sectors, was recently awarded a $7.5 million contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for genotyping samples from U.S. veterans as part of the Million Veteran Program (MVP). This award covers the genotyping of 105,000 veterans in the first year of a five year contract.

As a result of a recent merger with GlobalOne and a $20 million investment from Columbia Capital, Atlanta-based (Fulton County) Cloud Sherpas, a global cloud advisory and technology services company, plans to expand its local footprint and add 50 jobs, including software engineers and sales consultants. Additionally, the merger will enable the company’s expansion into new markets and broaden its CRM product offering.
Charlie & Sons, a meat processing company, is expanding its operations into a new food processing facility in Atlanta (South Fulton County), creating up to 40 jobs. The company has an existing facility in Morrow (Clayton County).

UK-based ASH Projects, an IT installation firm, is locating its new U.S. headquarters in Norcross (Gwinnett County) where it plans to create 30 jobs. The company specializes in design and installation of IT technology for major retailers.

Jinny Software, a mobile software developer based in Dublin, Ireland, is opening its new U.S. corporate headquarters in Sandy Springs (North Fulton County) and plans to add 25 jobs. The company is a global provider of Mobile VAS infrastructure with more than 350 platforms in over 70 countries. More than 1 billion mobile users interact over Jinny platforms.

Prince Global Sports, a leading manufacturer and distributor of performance racquet sports equipment, footwear and apparel, is relocating its corporate headquarters to Atlanta (Fulton County) from Bordentown, New Jersey and plans to create 24 jobs. The company is a leading court sports company with a focused commitment to research and development and game-changing product innovations.

Germany-based Citim AM announced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Kennesaw (Cobb County). The parts manufacturer projects up to 20 jobs once operational in 2014. The company produces prototypes and small batch series for various industries: automotive, motorsports, consumer goods, aerospace and many others.

Note: Job figures are projections over a three-year period.

SOURCE: Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
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Old 05-21-2014, 10:07 AM
 
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Nice to see how diverse our economy is.
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Old 05-21-2014, 03:45 PM
 
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Don't forget that State Farm is adding up to 8,000 jobs in the Perimeter area. Developer, KDC of Dallas, TX has broken ground on the new 585,000 square foot, 13 story facility near MARTA transit with plans to add up to 2.2 million square feet of other office space in the near future (State Farm Opts for Atlanta Transit Over Sprawl | Streetsblog USA).

If Atlanta expands its rail system, imagine how many more companies would be moving/expanding here.
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Old 06-01-2014, 08:25 AM
 
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Adding 150 new tech jobs is a pretty big deal for the city!


BuckheadView » BetterCloud to add 150 to its Buckhead software development operations
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