Category: Workforce

Kia’s Georgia Plant to Suspend Production for Two Weeks Starting March 30 

Kia began producing its new Telluride SUV last February. The factory shut down for two weeks starting March 30.

Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia is set to suspend production at the West Point plant for two weeks starting March 30, the Korean-owned auto maker announced Tuesday.  The west Georgia factory… Continue reading Kia’s Georgia Plant to Suspend Production for Two Weeks Starting March 30 

Interview: Slovak Ambassador Explores Partnerships in Cars, Workforce and Beyond

Ivan Korčok spent the day in Atlanta to fill a "void" in Slovakia's outreach in the U.S. His program was organized by Metro Atlanta Chamber Vice President of Global Commerce John Woodward.

When it comes to knocking on doors in the South’s industrial hubs, it helps to know something about making cars.  By that measure, Slovakia, the central European nation of nearly 6… Continue reading Interview: Slovak Ambassador Explores Partnerships in Cars, Workforce and Beyond

Macon Symposium on Trade and Investment: Complexities Growing, but Balance Still Favors Global Engagement

A symposium in Macon showed industry and business leaders, along with diplomats, to be bullish on global business despite substantial hurdles. Photo: Bonnie Moret Photography

The picture may be murkier these days, but company and industry representatives at a Macon trade and investment symposium still believe that in 2020, Georgia has more to gain than… Continue reading Macon Symposium on Trade and Investment: Complexities Growing, but Balance Still Favors Global Engagement

Former Chevy Exec: How Foreign Language Accelerates Global Careers

Tim Mahoney, retired CMO at Chevrolet, talks about his personal journey with language study at the Global Languages Leadership Meeting in May. CULTR, which put on the event, is also set to host World Languages Day Oct. 10. Photo: CULTR

Tim Mahoney had one dream while in college: to become a pilot like a good friend’s father, who lived a romantic life traveling the world for Pan Am and experiencing… Continue reading Former Chevy Exec: How Foreign Language Accelerates Global Careers

Kubota Latest North Georgia Investment: An $85M Engineering Center

Kubota's subsidiaries employ about 3,000 people in Georgia. Photo: Kubota Manufacturing America

Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer Kubota North America Corp. is spending $85 million to build an engineering and design center on about 300 acres adjacent to its factories in Gainesville.  It’s… Continue reading Kubota Latest North Georgia Investment: An $85M Engineering Center

Commentary: Fixing the Labor Policies Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protests

French political imperatives make it tough to enact meaningful labor reform that can boost wealth distribution. Photo: Trevor Williams

Editor’s note: This guest commentary was written by Charles R. Hankla, an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University who received his doctorate in 2005 from Emory University and holds… Continue reading Commentary: Fixing the Labor Policies Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protests

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Aims to Lure Georgia Trade Office Amid New Era of Growth

Prime Minister Andrew Holness's Atlanta visit included meetings with local business leaders including Elaine Grant-Bryan, the honorary consul for Jamaica in Atlanta. Photo from Twitter

In the map of Georgia’s trade offices around the world, Jamaica’s prime minister has noticed a glaring omission: the Caribbean. During a visit to Atlanta and North Georgia over Easter… Continue reading Jamaica’s Prime Minister Aims to Lure Georgia Trade Office Amid New Era of Growth

Metro Chamber Annual Meeting: Workforce Key to City’s Global Growth, Local Prosperity

Young talent from BlackRock, Pandora and Thyssenkrupp elevator, all major recent investors, told stories of why they felt Atlanta reflected their values.

If there’s one word beyond all the sloganeering that defined the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s annual meeting Thursday, it might be “mirror.” Representatives of a range of companies, from BlackRock to… Continue reading Metro Chamber Annual Meeting: Workforce Key to City’s Global Growth, Local Prosperity