AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING GEORGIA: THE EPICENTER OF GROWTH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AUTO CORRIDOR
IN THIS STUDY: 10. Highly-Skilled Talent 1. Georgia’s Automotive Industry Overview 14. World-Class Training 3. The Southeast Automotive Industry Overview 16. Innovation and Resources 4. Kia’s Success Continues 20. Gateway to the World 5. Suppliers Thrive in Georgia 22. Pro-Business Climate 6. Automotive Epicenter 25. List of Automotive Companies in the Southeast COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS STUDY:
Georgia’s Industry Snapshot ...... 1 Georgia’s Automotive Industry Overview...... 2 The Southeast Automotive Industry Overview...... 3 Kia’s Success Continues...... 4 Suppliers Thrive in Georgia...... 5
Automotive Epicenter Automotive Industry Epicenter...... 6 OEMs in the Southeast...... 7 Home to Major Automotive Employers...... 8 Strong Demographics, Business Focus...... 9
Highly-Skilled Talent World-Class Workforce...... 10 Engineering Excellence...... 11 Skilled Production Workers...... 12 Competitive Wage Rates...... 13
World-Class Training World-Class Programs and Graduates...... 14-15
Innovation and Resources Research Universities ...... 16 Innovation Centers...... 17 Georgia Tech Research Institute...... 18 Professional Support...... 19
Gateway to the World Ports and Air ...... 20 Road and Rail...... 21
Pro-Business Climate Pro-Business State...... 22 Available Sites...... 23
The Southeast is Home to More Than 1,060 Automotive Companies...... 24
List of Automotive Companies in the Southeast...... 25 Automotive Manufacturing
GEORGIA: THE EPICENTER OF GROWTH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AUTO CORRIDOR
A Top Growth Industry in the Fourth-Fastest
! ! ! !! ! ! !! ! ! Automotive ¦¨§75 ! !! !! ! !! !! ! ! Manufacturers Growing State in the U.S. ! ! ! ! «¬400 ! ! ! !! ! ! ! !!! with 50+ Workers !! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! !!! !!! ! !! !! ! ! ! ! !!!! ! !! ! !!! !!!! ! !!!! !!!! ! !!!!!!! ! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! ¦¨§285 ! ! !! ! !! !!! !! ! ! ! ! Automotive Epicenter – Georgia is at the center Innovation and Resources – Georgia’s world- !! ! ! ! ! !! !!! !¦¨§85 ! ! ¦¨§20 ! ! ! !!! !!! ! ! ! ! of the thriving Southeastern Automotive Corridor. class colleges and universities offer the highest ! ! ! ! ! ! 75 ! ! ¦¨§ ! ! ! !!!! Prime manufacturing sites in Georgia are within caliber graduates and research centers, keeping !!!! !! ¦¨§185 ! hours, or even minutes, of the region’s automotive Georgia’s automotive manufacturers at the leading ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). edge of innovation and productivity. ! ¦¨§16 ! ¦¨§75 !!! !!! ! ! ! Highly-Skilled Talent – Georgia’s workers are Gateway to the World – Georgia’s highway ! ! ! ! !! ! highly skilled and have an outstanding work ethic. system, state-of-the-art ports, extensive rail system ! ! ! ! ! ! Georgia is among the top workforce training states and world-renowned international airport keep
! ¦¨§95 ! ! in the nation. Georgia-made products flowing to customers. !!!! Word-Class Training – Georgia’s Quick Start Pro-Business Climate – Georgia consistently program is internationally recognized for providing ranks as one of the nation’s top pro-business states. customized state-of-the-art training for Georgia’s Georgia offers a variety of incentives specifically workers. The Quick Start staff brings years of designed to assist companies with the large initial expertise when preparing the state’s workforce for investment auto-related manufacturing requires. productive careers in automotive manufacturing. Georgia’s Automotive Snapshot 40,000 Workers employed by Georgia’s 296 The right state for automotive-related operations – Georgia ranks first among the fastest-growing automotive-related facilities states producing cars and light-trucks. Between 2010 and 2011, vehicle production increased 78.1 percent thanks to Kia’s continued growth in the region. Contributing to Kia’s success is the large and diverse pool of existing suppliers frequently expanding operations. 265,000 Automotive-related employment in the Southeast Fastest-Growing States in Vehicle Production GEORGIA’S TOP AUTO EMPLOYERS 1. GEORGIA 78.1% Company Workers 2. South Carolina 75.9% 6,800+ Kia Motors Mfg. GA (KMMG) 3,000 Jobs created by Georgia’s 25 automotive-related 3. Illinois 73.3% Blue Bird Corp. 1,500 locations and expansions in the last five years 4. Minnesota 33.1% Mando America Corp. (2 locations) 1,086 5. Tennessee 32.7% Club Car Inc. 1,000 6. Michigan 21.1% Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. 1,000 150,000+ 7. Louisiana 11.9% Sewon America Inc. 912 Automotive-related engineers and 8. Alabama 7.2% production workers in Georgia Freudenberg - NOK 835 9. Missouri 7.2% Decostar Industries 800 10. Ohio 5.3% Toyo Tire USA Corp. 750 Johnson Controls 750 Source: 2010-2011 percent change, U.S. Car and Light-truck E-Z-GO 750 Production by State, 2012 Market Data North America Production, Automotive News YKK USA Inc. (2 locations) 742 Source: Georgia Power Community & Economic Development Industry Database, 2013
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 1 Georgia’s Automotive Industry Overview Georgia’s automotive suppliers are important to the state’s economy.
The automotive industry is a significant part of Georgia’s economy. Georgia’s robust logistics infrastructure and pro-business climate not only attract major automotive suppliers’ manufacturing operations, but also headquarters operations.
Automotive Supplier Locates its First Georgia’s Newest 25 Automotive Facility in Georgia and in the Southeast Suppliers Create More than 6,800 Jobs
“As a supplying partner to the automotive Jobs Year industry, we have a very high commitment Company Created* County Located to quality to both innovative products and Mando Corp. Casting 660 Meriwether 2012 smooth supply chains. Pursuing our strategy to Mobis AL LLC 600 Troup 2008 deliver the highest standards to our premium GLOVIS Georgia LLC 600 Troup 2008 international customers, we have found both Toyo Tire USA 470 Bartow 2011 a strategically located and business-friendly Great Dane 450 Bulloch 2010 environment in Cartersville that supports our Mando Corp. 426 Meriwether 2011 mindset and will stimulate our future plans for PowerTech America 355 Troup 2008 the North American automotive market.” Hyundai Dymos 350 Troup 2013 Tenneco 350 Hart 2012 Herbert Eibensteiner, CEO, voestalpine Metal Toyota Industry Forming GmbH Compressors Parts 320 Jackson 2012 America (TICA) Source: “Automotive Industry Supplier Creating 220 Jobs Near DAEHAN Solutions Headquarters Type of Cartersville,” State of Georgia Press Release, 8.15.2012 300 Harris 2008 Company Location Georgia LLC Blue Bird HQ & Mfg. Inalfa Roof Systems 300 Cherokee 2013 Hitachi Automotive Club Car HQ & Mfg. 250 Walton 2013 Systems Americas Inc. ELESYS N.A.* HQ & Mfg. voestalpine Metal 220 Bartow 2012 LUND International HQ & Mfg. Exports on the Rise: Georgia’s transportation Forming Murata Electronics N.A. HQ equipment export market grew 8.6 percent Yachiyo of America Inc. 200 Carroll 2013 OTR Wheel Engineering HQ & Mfg. annually since 1998, reaching $8.5 billion in 2012, Erdrich Unformtechnik 178 Laurens 2012 Pak-Lite Inc. HQ accounting for 18.7 percent of the Southeast’s total. GmbH & Co. Hanil E-Hwa Co. Ltd. 173 Troup 2010 Pirelli Tire N.A. HQ & Mfg. Sewon America 150 Troup 2012 Porsche Cars N.A. N.A. HQ Transportation Equipment Export Value Increasing Decostar Industries 120 Carroll 2012 Superior Essex Inc. HQ (Magna International) $9 Yamaha Motor Mfg. Regional HQ Blue Bird 106 Peach 2008 $8 Daewon America 100 Troup 2011 $7 Clark-Cutter- +8.6% Annually 50 Walker 2013 *N.A. = North America; HQ = Headquarters $6 McDermott Co. Source: Public announcements $5 KSI Kyungshin 50 Troup 2009 SD Automotive 25 Hart 2011 $4 $ Billions U.S. Custom Truck & Body 15 Meriwether 2008 $3 TOTAL 6,818 $2
$1 *Number of jobs announced either from new locations or expansions Source: Public announcements. $0 2001 2011 1998 1999 2000 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2002 2003 2005 2012
Source: Moody’s Economy.com, 2013
2 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 The Southeast Automotive Industry Overview Georgia is at the center of the thriving Southeastern automotive industry.
Georgia is at the heart of the rapidly-expanding • Southeastern automotive assemblers currently Southeast Now Fastest-Growing Southeastern Automotive Corridor. This region is the have the capacity to produce more than 2.4 Auto Corridor new epicenter of automotive manufacturing growth million units, which includes units produced in the United States. at Volkswagen’s newest assembly facility in Tennessee and Kia’s recent production increase. 2010-2011 Percent Growth • Transportation equipment exports in the GEORGIA (No. 1) 78.1% Southeast region* accounted for 18.2 percent of • Automotive companies locating in the Southeast Southeast Region* 25.5% the U.S. total transportation equipment exports thrive, many expanding within a year of opening Traditional Region** 15.0% in 2012. a new facility. Total U.S. 12.3%
Source: U.S. Car and Light-truck Production by State, 2012 Market Data North America Production, Automotive News *Southeast region, as defined in this study, includes Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, AutomotiveAutomo Alleyt ive Alley South Carolina and Tennessee. Cars, Light & Heavy Vehicles within a 500 Mile Radius Cars, Light & Heavy Vehicles within a 500 Mile Radius **Traditional region, based on Automotive News 2010- 2011 Car and Light-Truck Production Table on page 1, Ohio includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri Illinois and Ohio.
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Arkansas Mando first announced plans to construct a high-tech manufacturing operation in Meriwether County in September 2011, South Carolina ATLANTA investing $200 million and creating 426 Mississippi jobs. The following year, in December elio 2012, Mando announced the construction Port of Savannah Alabama Georgia of a new casting facility in the same county, Port of Brunswick this time creating an additional 660 jobs. Louisiana Source: “Automotive Parts Supplier to Open Meriwether Operation” State of Georgia Press Release, 9.21.2011; “Korean Auto Supplier to Create 660 Jobs in Meriwether County, Investing $80 Million,” State of Georgia Press Lincoln, AL Georgetown, KY Spring eld, OH Release, 12.21.2012 Montgomery, AL Louisville, KY N. Charleston, SC Vance, AL elio Shreveport, LA *2014 Spartanburg, SC Fort Valley, GA St. Louis, MO Timmonsville, SC *ATV
West Point, GA Canton, MS Chattanooga, TN
Normal, IL Blue Springs, MS Smyrna, TN
Greensburg, IN Cleveland, NC Spring Hill, TN
Lafayette, IN High Point, NC Dublin, VA
Princeton, IN Mount Holly, NC Williamstown, WV
Bowling Green, KY Chillicothe, OH
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 3 Kia Success Story Continues Kia has created more than 3,000 jobs in Georgia since starting production in 2009.
Kia Continues to Grow and Kia Comes to West Point, Georgia Invest in Georgia In 2006, Kia announced plans to build its first North American assembly plant in West Point, Georgia. The In 2012, Kia announced investments project was recognized as an “Economic Development Deal of the Year” by Business Facilities magazine. To for additional machinery, equipment the town of West Point, the arrival of Kia was more like the economic deal of the century. The jobs created and production upgrades to enhance the by Kia and supplier companies have brought far-reaching benefits for a region previously suffering the out- efficiencies of its production lines and migration of a once-dominant textile industry. When Kia began taking applications for employment at the equipment to satisfy demands for West Point facility in the winter of 2008, the company received 43,000 responses over a 30-day period. high-quality vehicles.
Source:“Deal Announces Additional Investment by Kia Motors,” State of Georgia Press Release, 11.28.2012 KMMG at a Glance (Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia)
Location: West Point, Georgia Size: 2,000+ acres, 750,000 square feet mfg. space Employment: 3,000 as of 2013 Quick Start Helps Companies with Product: Optima, Sorento and Hyundai Santa Fe Workforce Training Needs Production Capacity: 360,000 per year Assembly line for the Kia Optima, Kia Sorento, and the Quick Start is one of the nations’s leading Hyundai Santa Fe, West Point, Georgia workforce training programs in the nation, Kia has an on-site, state-of-the-art training facility for their workers Additionally, a new training facility was built in LaGrange to Kia Reaches One Million Vehicles in Less than Four Years support 10 automotive suppliers. Quick Start recently assisted Toyo Tires with customized training for their high-tech ATOM tire manufacturing process.
Quick Start’s new 30,847-square-foot training facility in LaGrange, home to 10 automotive supplier companies. Photo courtesy of Kia
“Building one million vehicles in less than four years is a tremendous achievement and one that each one of our more than 3,000 team members can take great pride in. People are the heart and soul of this company, and our team members’ commitment to world class quality is one of the major driving forces behind Kia’s unprecedented sales and market share growth in the U.S. over the last few years.”
Byung Mo Ahn, CEO Kia Motors America and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. Source: “Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia reaches One Million U.S.-built Vehicles Milestone,” Kia Press Release, 7.12.2013.
4 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Suppliers Thrive in Georgia Kia (Kia Motor Manufacturing of Georgia-KMMG) and its suppliers have brought 8,000 jobs to Georgia.
Suppliers Continue Locating and Hyundai Dymo Creates 350 Jobs in Kia Suppliers in Alabama Expanding in Georgia West Point and Georgia Just in the last five years, 25 automotive suppliers “The objective of this project is to further have either located or expanded operations in improve the competitiveness of KMMG by ALABAMA Georgia, creating more than 6,800 jobs. providing a steady and reliable supply of auto Company Mando Corp., an automotive parts supplier, first parts for KMMG’s continually increasing A-Jin USA located in Meriwether County, Georgia in 2011 and production. We chose West Point because of the Cumberland Plastic Systems a year later established another manufacturing proximity to our customer base, but also because Daedong Hi-Lex of America location, investing $280 million and creating of the extraordinary support and interest by Daewon America 1,068 jobs in total. Sewon America, another Tier the local communities. The City of West Point DAS North America Inc. 1 automotive parts supplier established in 2008, and Troup County worked very closely with Donghee America Inc. recently expanded operations at their LaGrange us to resolve any start-up issues. They truly Hanil E-Hwa Interior Systems facility with an investment of $10 million. Hyundai are committed to building a business-friendly Hanil USA Dymos and Yachiyo of America Inc. announced environment, and we feel that we have become Hwashin America Corp. recently a combined investment of $65 million good partners.” Hysco America (Hyundai) and the creation of 550 jobs. These new locations ILJIN Alabama and expansions are examples of the continuous Jun Mo Yoon, Representative Director, KwangSung America opportunities for growth in the region and Georgia’s Hyundai Dymos Leehan America (formerly Daeki America) commitment to the business sector. Source: “Hyundai Dymos to Create 350 Jobs in West Point,” Seohan Auto USA/Seohan Driveshaft USA State of Georgia Press Release, 9.30.2013 SJA Inc. SL Alabama LLC Wooshin USA (formerly MP-Tech America)
2008-2013 Locations and Expansions Within 60 Miles of Kia West Point Facility GEORGIA 6 6 ! ! voestalpine Metal Forming ! ! Toyota Industry Compressors Parts America (TICA) ! ! !! ! ! !!! Company ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! !! ! !!! ! Inalfa Roof Systems ! !! ! ! ! !!! !!! ! ! !! ! ! ! Autorica LLC ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! !!! !!! ! A!t!hens DAEHAN Solution Georgia LLC Hitachi A!u!tomotive Syste!ms Am!eri!c!as Inc. !6! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!! ! ! ! !Year!: 2013 ! ! ! ! ! Decostar Industries (Magna International) ! ! !! ! Daewon America ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! Year: 2012 ! !!Atlanta ! ! 6! ! ! ! !! ! ! Dongwon Metal Co. Ltd. ! ! ! ! Yachiyo of America Inc. ! ! ! ! ¨¦§20 ! !! ! ! ! ! A ! Year: 2013 ! ! Hanil E-Hwa Co. Ltd. (2 locations) ! ! ! L ! ! ! A ! ! ! B ! ! ! G ! ! ! A !! Honda EO ! M ! !
! R Bridgewater Interiors A ! ! Hysco America Co. ! G I ! ! Year: 2012 A ! ! !! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! Hyundai Dymos ! ! Mando Corp. ( 2 locations) ! ! ! Year: 2011 and 2012 ! ! ! Sewon America !! Hyundai Glovis Co. (2 locations) !!! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! Daewon America ! Year: 2012 ! Year: 2011 ! Inalfa Roof Systems! ! ! ! Hyundai Dymos !! ! 75 !! ! ¨¦§ Year: 2013 Kia ! Hanil E-Hwa Co. ! Custom Truck & Body ITW DaeLim USA ! Year: 2010 Year: 2008 ! ! !! !!!!!! ! ! ! !! Macon Johnson Controls ! ! 6 ! Mobis AL LLC Commercial Spring and Tool Co. LTD Kyungshin Lear ! Year: 2008 Year: 2009 Blue Bird ! ¨¦§185 ! Year: 2008 Mando America Corp. (2 locations) !!!! ¨¦§85 PowerTech America ! ! ! DAS North Am!erica Inc. !! Year: 2008 ! ! ! !Blue Bird Corp. ! Erdrich Unformtechnik GmbH & Co. Year: 20!13 ! Col!umbus ! Mobis Georgia !! !! !! 6! KSI Kyungshin !! Year: 2009 !! ! ! GLOVIS Georgia LLC ! Powertech America ! ! ! Year: 2008 ! ! Seohan Auto USA A-Jin USA ! ! Year: 2009 Pretty Products LLC ! Leehan America ! Hyundai Wooshin USA ! Year: 2008 Sejong Georgia LLC
! Sewon America Inc. ! ! ! ! ! !! Source: 2008-2013 Press Releases, State of Georgia, and 2008-2013 Recent ! New Locations and Expansions Expansions and New Projects, Automotive Industry Profile, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) ! Existing Locations
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 5 Automotive Epicenter The Southeastern automotive industry is thriving.
Over the past 10 years, the Southeast has become the nation’s automotive epicenter. The success of foreign auto makers in non-traditional auto manufacturing locations has invigorated growth in Alabama, Tennessee,
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The Southeast is a hot market for automakers. In 2012, residents registered nearly 2.5 million new vehicles, a 48.8 percent increase since last reported vehicle registrations in 2009. The Southeast accounts for 17 Automotive Alley percent of new auto and light truck sales in the U.S. Over the next two years, vehicle registrations are expected to increase to more than 3 million registrations and remain above this threshold for the near Note: The term ‘automotive alley’ refers to the automotive industry concentration in the U.S., Thomas Klier, FRB Chicago, 9.20.2012 future. Auto manufacturers seek to be close to sales, providing a clear advantage for the Southeast.
Number of New Vehicle Registrations New Vehicle Registrations in the Southeast by State, 2012 3.5 Florida 1,006,939
Vehicles Sales are a Significant GEORGIA 401,282 3.0 Share of Total Retail Sales in North Carolina 375,664
Georgia and the Southeast Tennessee 268,244 2.5 Alabama 189,454 17%
South Carolina 176,702 2.0 16% New Vehicle Registrations (millions) Mississippi 103,420 15% 1.5 14% Source: Moody’s Economy.com, 2013 2001 2011 2000 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2002 2003 2005 2012 2013 2015
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Source: New-Vehicle Dealership Sales as Percentage of Also, Southeastern transportation equipment $45 Total Retail Sales, 2012 Driving State Economy Reports, exports have grown at 9.5 percent annually since $40 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). 1998. In 2012, manufacturers in this segment $35
exported $45 billion in product , with $8.5 billion $30 in Georgia. Transportation equipment includes $25 aircraft and other transportation-related products. $20 Southeastern states exported nearly $28 billion in $15 motor vehicle, motor vehicle bodies and trailers $10 and motor vehicle parts in 2012, accounting for 62 Transportation Equipment Exports (billions, U.S. $) $5 $0 percent of total transportation equipment exports. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Source: Moody’s Economy.com, 2013
6 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 OEMs in the Southeast The Southeast Region is home to 16 auto, truck, and bus assembly plants.
Truck & Bus Assembly: DaimlerChrysler: DaimlerChrysler makes around Southeastern Auto Assembly Plants 32,000 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans annually at its Blue Bird: Blue Bird’s headquarters and major Produce the Most Popular Models Ladson, South Carolina location. manufacturing facility are located in Fort Valley, Georgia. Blue Bird is one of the largest school bus Peterbilt: Peterbilt is a division of PACCAR. BMW (SC) X3, X5, X6 manufacturers in the country. Located in Madison, Tennessee, the Peterbilt Elio Motors (LA) Elio (2014) facility manufactures heavy-duty, on and off-road General Motors (TN) Chevrolet Equinox Thomas Built Buses: Located in High Point, North class 8 trucks. Carolina, Thomas assembles around 15,000 school Honda (AL) Odyssey, Pilot, Ridgeline buses, commercial buses and specialty vehicles per Hyundai (AL) Elantra-Sonata year. Thomas Built Buses is a subsidiary of Daimler Kia (GA) Optima, Sorento, Trucks North America and is one of the largest bus Hyundai-Santa Fe manufacturers in North America. Mercedes-Benz (AL) GL, M Class, R Class, Freightliner: With assembly locations in Mount C-Class (2014) Holly and Cleveland, North Carolina, Freightliner Nissan (MS) Armada, Altima, Sentra, has a major presence in the Southeast. The Mount Frontier, NV van, Titan, Xterra Holly location makes medium-sized trucks while the Nissan (TN) Altima, Leaf, Maxima, Cleveland facility produces the company’s full line of Pathfinder, Rogue, class 8 truck models (DaimlerChrysler is the parent Infiniti JX company). Toyota (MS) Corolla, Prius (tentative) Volkswagen (TN) Passat
Timeline of Southeast Auto OEMs’ with Current Production Capacity
650K Nissan Prod. Cap: 550K/Year Smyrna, TN 550K
Nissan Prod. Cap: 450K 400K/Year Kia Hyundai Canton, MS Prod. Cap: BMW Honda Prod. Cap: 360K/Year Prod. Cap: Prod. Cap: 300K/Year West Point. GA 350K 300K/Year 300K/Year Montgomery, Spartanburg, SC Lincoln, AL AL
Production Capacity Mercedes-Benz Toyota 250K Prod. Cap: Volkswagen Prod. Cap: 180K/Year Prod. Cap: 150K/Year Vance, AL 150K/Year Chattanooga, Blue Springs, TN MS Elio 150K General Motors Motors Resumed prod. in 2012 Prod. starts Prod. Cap: NA in 2014 Spring Hill. TN Prod. Cap: NA 50K
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Source: 2013 North America Car and Truck Assembly Plants, Automotive News, 5.1.13
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 7 Home to Major Automotive Employers Automotive suppliers are flocking to the Southeast as assemblers establish new operations.
Southeast Quick Facts Top Automotive Employers in the Southeast by Employment and by Number of Locations
POPULATION With nearly 15,000 employees in the Southeast, Nissan North America is the largest automotive Southeast Population: 57.9 million, employer in the region, followed by Michelin North America, Honda Motor Co. and Daimler Trucks North with projected growth of 1.5 percent per America. In 2012, Nissan and Daimler announced the production of Mercedes-Benz engines to be fitted year through 2020 (U.S. growth only 0.8% in certain Nissan models, illustrating the emerging collaborative efforts within the automotive industry. annually) In terms of locations, Michelin North America leads with nine locations in the Southeast, followed by Johnson Controls, Federal-Mogul and Bridgestone Firestone. A significant number of these locations call Southeast Net Migration: 382,460 Georgia home. estimated in 2012 Southeast Workforce: Approximately 28 million in 2012
Georgia Population: 10 million in 2012 with Southeast Presence in the Region of Auto-Related Industry Manufacturers projected growth of 1.6 percent per year (By No. of Employees) through 2020
Georgia Net Migration: 46,950 estimated 16,000 for 2012 14,000 Georgia Workforce: 4.8 million in 2012 12,000 10,000 8,000 ECONOMIC 6,000 4,000 Number of Employees Southeast GDP: $2.4 trillion 2,000 0 Georgia GDP: $433 billion Toyota Source: Moody’s 2013 estimates Volkswagen The Timken Co. Honda Motor Co. Robert Bosch LLCJohnson Controls Federal-Mogul Corp. Luvata GrenadaSonoco Products LLC Co. Denso Manufacturing General Motors Corp. Nissan North AmericaBMW Inc. Manufacturing Co. Michelin North America Inc. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. COST OF DOING BUSINESS Daimler Trucks North America Mercedes-Benz US International Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Bridgestone Firestone North America For major cost measures, most Southeastern Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama states are below the national average.
Southeast Presence of Auto-Related Industry Manufacturers 4.8 million (By No. of Locations) Georgia Workforce 10 9 8 98 7 Georgia Cost of Doing Business Index 6 5 4 3
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1 0 AL, SC, GA , AL, FL, NC, SC, TN GA , AL, FL, SC, TN GA , NC, SC, TN NC, SC, TN GA , AL, NC GA , NC, SC GA , NC, SC GA , AL,SC GA , SC TN AL, MS TN SC AL GA AL TN MS SC
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AL, SC The Timken Co. Johnson Controls Honda MotorRobert Co. Bosch LLC Federal-Mogul Corp. Luvata GrenadaSonoco ProductsLLC Co. Denso ManufacturingGeneral Motors Corp. Nissan North America Inc. BMW Manufacturing Co. Michelin North America Inc. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Daimler Trucks North America Mercedes-Benz US International Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Bridgestone Firestone North America Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Source: Companies with 2,000 or more employees, Georgia Power Community & Economic Development Industry Database, 2013
8 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Strong Demographics, Business Focus The Southeast provides the perfect business environment for automotive companies.
Growing Economy: The Southeast is one of the Well-Educated Population: The Southeast has Southeast’s Increasing GDP nation’s most robust economies with a GDP of $2.4 some of the nation’s top colleges and universities. trillion, representing nearly 15.5 percent of the These schools attract students from all over the $2.6 $2.4 U.S. economy as a whole. Georgia accounts for 18 world and produce graduates that fill vital positions $2.2 percent of the region’s economic output with Gross in the Southeast’s major companies. Atlanta, a $2.0 State Product of $433 billion in 2012. cultural and economic powerhouse in the region, is $1.8 also a huge draw – especially for young, well- $1.6 Growing Workforce: The Southeast represents educated workers. Atlanta attracts talent from $1.4 a growing percentage of the nation’s workforce. In $1.2 major universities all over the Southeast. Georgia’s 2012, the region accounted for 17.9 percent of the Southeast GDP (in Billios of U.S. Dollars) $1.0 HOPE Scholarship is a major incentive to live in 2000 2004 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 total U.S. workforce. 2002 2012 the state. Source: Moody’s Economy.com, 2013 Growing Population: The region’s excellent Right-To-Work Region: The Southeast is weather and economic climate help make the dominated by right-to-work states. Right-to-work Southeast attractive to workers. Population growth laws secure the right of employees to decide for in the region outpaces that of the U.S. overall. themselves whether or not to join or financially Georgia’s estimated 10 million residents account for Southeast’s Increasing Workforce support a union. 17.1 percent of the Southeast’s population. SE Workforce Low Unionization Region: Unionization rates 18.8% 32
Young Population: Southeastern states have 18.6% in the Southeast are low and continue to decline. 30 young populations. Major cities in the south attract 18.4% Georgia has the 4th lowest union membership in 18.2% 28 young workers who find the region an exceptional 18.0% the country. 26 place to raise families. 17.8% 17.6% 24
% of U.S. Workforce 17.4%
22 SE Workforce (in millions) 17.2% 17.0% 20
WA 2000 2004 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 2002 2012 ME MT ND OR MN VT Source: Moody’s Economy.com, 2013 ID NH SD WI MI NY MA WY CT RI Southeastern States are IA PA NE NJ NV OH Right-to-Work UT IL IN MDDE CA CO WV KS VA RiRight-to-Workght-to-Work State States MO KY Forced-Unionism State NC Forced-Unionism States TN AZ OK NM AR SC
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23.3% 17.4% 13.7% 7.5% 10.5% 6.9% 3% 5.7% 3.4% 13.4% 4.4% 17.9% 11% 7.2% 5.5% 9.6%10.4% Southeastern States 15.2% 10.5% 5.7% 8.2% have Low Manufacturing 10.5% 15.4% 9.9% 4.5% 13.5% 14% 6.5% Unionization 5.1% 6.6% 19% 10.1% 9.1% 11.4% 14.8% 3.9% UnionizationUnionization by S bytat eState 6% 5.1% 4.2% < <5 %5.1% 1.7% 2.9% 1.9% 5.5.1%1 - 10.0 %- 10.0% 5.6% 9.5% 2.9% 1010.1%.1 - 15.0 %- 15.0% 7.6% 11% > >15.0%15.0% 3.6%
Source: Bureau of National Affairs, 2012
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 9 World-Class Workforce Georgia’s auto-related workforce is highly skilled and wage rates are very competitive.
Major universities in the Southeast Georgia workers are highly skilled, wage Georgia’s Transportation Equipment provide a constant supply of competitive and have a reputation for having a Employment, 2000-2012 highly-trained engineers. strong work ethic. The state’s workforce reached 50,000 4.8 million in 2012. Nearly 7.2 percent of those As of Fall 2012, Southeastern schools enroll workers are employed in manufacturing operations. an estimated 1,020,000 students and feed 45,000 The transportation equipment segment alone 45,802 employment and business growth all over the 45,628 accounts for more than 12 percent of manufacturing 45,085 43,607 region. Exceptional engineering programs at 40,000 43,444 41,897 employment, with 43,444 workers in 2012. 41,748 41,156 these schools provide world-class automotive 41,015 industry resources and support. Many are Productivity improvements and industry 35,000 38,877 37,137 36,367 part of the Automotive Research Alliance. consolidation will lead to slower growth in 36,065 Alliance members include the University automotive manufacturing-related employment 30,000 of Auburn, Clemson University, Mississippi in the coming years. The closure of GM and Ford State University, the University of Alabama, plants in the Atlanta area accounts for the drop in 25,000 the University of Alabama Birmingham, the workers from 2006 to 2007. Since 2009, however, 20,000 University of Kentucky and the University of employment in this segment has increased by 20 2001 2011 Tennessee. Alliance schools pool their talents percent, bolstered by new assembly plants and 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 automotive-related operations coming on-line and are committed to developing automotive- Source: Workforce Statistics and Economic Research, Georgia related academic programs, industry expertise over the past three to four years, such as Kia and Department of Labor, June 2013 and cutting-edge research. its suppliers.
As the largest and one of the most-widely Georgia’s existing workforce is rich in engineering and production workers. The state’s businesses employ acclaimed engineering schools in the country, nearly 30,000 engineers in fields that are automotive-applicable. Among the nation’s top 20 employers the Georgia Institute of Technology supplies of auto-related engineers, Georgia’s wages are very competitive, averaging around $67,430 per year. the region with unparalleled professional Occupations included in this analysis are listed on page 11, along with a wage rate comparison among the engineers in a variety of disciplines. Georgia Southeastern states and other major auto production states for production workers (page 13). Tech graduates more engineers than any other school in the nation.
Top Engineering Universities in Auto Alley: The nation’s top four engineering schools in terms of automotive-related engineering graduates are in Automotive Alley. Nearly 60 percent of the nation’s automotive-related engineering graduates are products of schools east of the Mississippi.
School City Engineering Graduates** Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta 1,804 University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1,221 University of Florida Gainesville 1,215 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus 1,118 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette 1,073 Texas A & M University College Station 1,024 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 902 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg 901 University of Southern California Los Angeles 893 North Carolina State University Raleigh 885
**Includes only bachelors and masters degree engineers from the fields listed on page 11; IPEDS, 2013 (2012 data)
10 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Engineering Excellence Georgia supplies world-class engineers to the auto industry.
Top States for Auto-Related Engineers
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Automotive-related Average Annual Automotive- Engineering Employment* related Engineering Graduates** *Automotive-related engineering employment is the sum of < 15,000 100 - 250 all engineering fields listed in table below. **Average annual 15,001 - 30,000 251 - 500 engineering graduates for this analysis include only bachelors and 30,001 - 50,000 501 - 1,000 masters degree engineers from the fields listed in table below. > 50,000 > 1,000 Source: EMSI Covered Employment, 3rd Q 2013 and 2012 completions, IPEDS, 2013 Source: Georgia Tech and University of Georgia websites Source: Georgia Tech
Georgia – Third Largest Automotive Employment Cluster in the Southeast – Engineering Fields OCC Code OCC Title AL FL GA MS NC SC TN 29,000+ 17-2061 Computer Hardware Engineers 1,253 2,104 1,380 244 1,636 330 553 Automotive-related engineering 17-2071 Electrical Engineers 3,933 7,438 3,905 743 3,891 2,358 2,542 employment in Georgia Electronics Engineers, 17-2072 1,901 5,431 4,875 622 3,721 1,229 1,254 Except Computer 17-2112 Industrial Engineers 3,798 10,289 5,698 1,239 7,046 5,051 4,998 17-2131 Materials Engineers 444 526 368 172 333 340 288 1,800+ 17-2141 Mechanical Engineers 3,466 7,246 4,575 955 5,481 6,308 4,586 Automotive-related engineering graduates in Georgia Electrical and Electronics 17-3012 451 1,241 548 125 656 282 408 Drafters 17-3013 Mechanical Drafters 743 1,746 1,259 372 1,397 949 1,183 Electrical and Electronics 17-3023 1,980 6,881 3,975 1,107 3,034 2,070 2,399 Engineering Technicians 17-3024 Electro-Mechanical Technicians 92 471 544 61 181 207 235 Industrial Engineering 17-3026 915 2,533 1,235 337 1,830 1,977 1,584 Technicians Mechanical Engineering 17-3027 603 1,280 918 340 1,014 833 889 Technicians TOTAL 19,579 47,186 29,280 6,317 30,220 21,934 20,919 Source: EMSI Covered Employment, 3rd Q 2013
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 11 Skilled Production Workers Georgia’s auto-related workforce is abundant and highly skilled.
Georgia’s Auto-Related Production Georgia businesses employ nearly 122,000 production workers in fields that are automotive-applicable — Wage Rates in Lowest Quartile the 13th highest employment in the nation for these occupations.
Georgia’s wages for auto-related production workers are also highly competitive, with an average of $13.43 State Wage Rates per hour. As mentioned earlier, automotive manufacturing is migrating to Automotive Alley, with virtually no $24 assembly plants remaining on either the East or West coast.
$22 Automotive Alley has Highest Concentration of Auto-Related Industry Workers $20 Automotive Alley is home to the majority of the nation’s automotive assembly plants and suppliers. The hot spots represent the highest concentrations of automotive industry suppliers. Sixteen Auto Alley states $18 account for 49 percent of all U.S. auto-related production occupations.
$16 Georgia $13.43/hr. $14 Automotive Alley
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$10 All 50 States
Source: EMSI Covered Employment, 3rd Q 2013
Auto Alley states* account for 49 percent of all U.S. auto-related production occupations.
*Does not include Florida Assembly Plant
Interstate Highway
Automotive Alley Boundary
Note: Motor Vehicle (3361), Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer (3362), Motor Vehicle Parts (3363) Manufacturing NAICS Codes used for this analysis. Source: Hoovers Business Database, 2013,; 2013 North America Car and Truck Assembly Plants, Automotive News, 5.1.13
Occupational Occupational Automotive-Applicable Code Occupational Title Code Occupational Title Production Occupations 51-2022 Electrical and electronic equipment 51-4071 Foundry mold and coremakers 51-2023 Electromechanical equipment 51-4072 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine Automotive-applicable 51-2031 Engine and other machine 51-4081 Multiple machine tool production occupations 51-2091 Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 51-4111 Tool and die makers in this analysis include 51-2092 Team assemblers 51-4121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 51-2099 Assemblers and fabricators, all other 51-4122 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine assemblers, fabricators, 51-4011 Computer-controlled machine tool 51-4191 Heat treating equipment laminators, operators, 51-4012 Numerical tool and process control 51-4192 Lay-out workers tenders, programmers and 51-4021 Extruding and drawing machine 51-4193 Plating and coating machine setters of various machinery 51-4022 Forging machine 51-4199 Metal workers and plastic workers, all other and equipment as listed in 51-4023 Rolling machine 51-8099 Plant and system operators, all other the table to the right. 51-4031 Cutting, punching, and press machine 51-9111 Packaging and filling machine 51-4032 Drilling and boring machine tool 51-9121 Coating, painting, and spraying machine 51-4033 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool 51-9122 Painters, transportation equipment 51-4034 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators 51-9123 Painting, coating, and decorating workers 51-4035 Milling and planing machine 51-9192 Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment 51-4041 Machinists 51-9197 Tire builders 51-4061 Model makers 51-9198 Helpers--production workers 51-4062 Patternmakers 51-9199 Production workers, all other
12 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Competitive Wage Rates Georgia’s auto-related workforce is largely non-union – wage rates are competitive.
Auto-Related Production Jobs in Auto Alley States (Ranked by Average Wage) Low Unionization Keeps Georgia’s Workforce Competitive. Auto Alley State Average $/Hour Employment Unionization* Like other states in the Southeast, Georgia GEORGIA $13.43 121,304 2.9% has very low unionization, particularly in Arkansas $13.69 54,932 2.9% manufacturing. Currently, just 4.4% of Georgia’s Tennessee $13.82 132,647 6.0% total workforce is unionized. Just 2.9% of Mississippi $14.11 49,424 5.6% private manufacturing workers are unionized, Missouri $14.17 100,457 11.4% the fourth lowest level in the country and Kentucky $14.46 99,356 14.8% below the national average. Membership in Alabama $14.58 102,945 9.5% manufacturing-related unions often associated with automotive production has been steadily Indiana $14.62 215,895 14.0% decreasing over the past 15+ years. Illinois $14.99 240,843 13.5% Ohio $15.07 283,003 15.4% Iowa $15.37 80,266 15.2% Decrease over the past South Carolina $15.38 94,942 1.9% Number of members 15 years Wisconsin $15.52 172,499 13.4% Machinists (IAM) -41% Minnesota $15.81 113,601 6.9% Auto Workers (UAW) -95% Michigan $15.89 258,156 17.9% Sheet Metal Workers (SMW) -28% Louisiana $17.15 45,979 11.0% Steel Workers (USWA) -41% Median and Total for Auto Alley $14.81 2,166,249 Teamsters (IBT) -66% % of U.S. Auto-Related Occupations in Auto Alley States 48.8% Rubber Workers (URW) -94% United States $14.74 4,440,299 9.6% Total -59%
*Private manufacturing Source: EMSI, 3rd Q, 2013, Union Membership and Data Earnings Book, 2012, The Bureau of National Affairs Source: Georgia Power Community & Economic Development Unionization Database, 2011
Georgia’s Workforce is Well Positioned Georgia’s Auto-Related Production Workers: Low Wage Rates, Low Unionization Wage rates for Georgia’s automotive-related Size of bubble represents size of workforce production workers are lower than most other $18.00 GA - Georgia High Wages AR - Arkansas states in “Auto Alley,” at $13.43 per hour. $17.50 TN - Tennessee Additionally, Georgia’s private manufacturing LA $17.00 MS - Mississippi MO - Missouri unionization numbers remain very low (2.9%). Green indicates traditional $16.50 auto manufacturing states KY - Kentucky With nearly 122,000 production workers AL - Alabama $16.00 in auto-applicable fields, Georgia is well MN WI MI IN - Indiana IL - Illinois positioned to accommodate automotive $15.50 SC IA IL OH - Ohio manufacturing companies. $15.00 OH IA - Iowa AL IN SC - South Carolina $14.50 KY WI - Wisconsin MS M0 MN - Minnesota $14.00
Average Hourly Wage Rate Hourly Wage Average MI - Michigan AR $13.50 TN LA - Louisiana GEORGIA Blue indicates southeastern $13.00 auto manufacturing states $12.50 Low Unionization/ Low Wages High Unionization $12.00 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 1 2.0 14.0 16.0 18.0 20.0 % Union, Private Manufacturing in 2012
Sources: EMSI Covered Employment, 3rd Q 2013, Union Membership and Data Earnings Book, 2012, The Bureau of National Affairs
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 13 World-Class Training Programs Georgia boasts the top workforce training program in the nation.
AREA DEVELOPMENT Georgia has been at the forefront of workforce training for decades, and other states have learned from its “Leading Workforce Development Programs” success. Georgia’s Quick Start program, technical colleges and highly-regarded research universities work closely with business to ensure the highest level of worker readiness. 1. GEORGIA 2. South Carolina 3. Louisiana Quick Start Program North Carolina (tie) Georgia’s Quick Start program is internationally-recognized as one of the best 4. Alabama in the world. For more than 40 years, Quick Start has provided customized 5. Florida workforce training free-of-charge to qualified businesses in Georgia. Today, the program is one of the state’s key assets for supporting new and expanding industries. Quick Start delivers training in classrooms, Virginia (tie) mobile labs or directly on the plant floor. Source: Area Development magazine, “Top States for Doing Business 2013,” Q3/Summer 2013 Quick Start’s automotive manufacturing expertise is indispensable to vehicle assemblers as well as suppliers. Quick Start has the capabilities to meet a wide range of training needs. With in-depth experience serving hundreds of companies that manufacture metal, plastic and electronic components, Quick Start firmly grasps the complexities of today’s manufacturing technologies. Regardless of the process, Quick Start’s professional staff can help identify and fulfill training needs, including training in everything from robotic welding to quality testing to injection molding. Quick Start specifically designs training to Quick Start Provides Mando help companies meet the rigorous quality standards of an ISO/TS 16949-certified automaker. For more with Solid Support information visit www.georgiaquickstart.org.
“There’s a lot going on in a startup, and Technical Colleges in Georgia training can sometimes end up on the back Georgia is home to 24 technical colleges and numerous satellite campus locations that offer a variety burner, but Quick Start kept pulling the car of automotive manufacturing-related degree and certificate programs. To serve ongoing training needs, along, and by doing so, helped is stay on the Technical College System of Georgia offers programs to both develop a pipeline of pre-qualified new track. I’m very happy with Quick Start and workers and enhance the skills of existing workers. Programs include two-year degrees, one-year diplomas happy we can continue our partnership as and fast-track certificates in many relevant fields. we start up the casting plant.”
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14 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Gainesville World-Class Graduates Georgia’s exceptional technical colleges support the state’s automotive industry.
Georgia’s Colleges and Universities
Georgia is home to some of the nation’s top colleges and universities. With 31 public, four-year degree granting institutions located across the state, Georgia’s students have plenty of choices when it comes to high quality, affordable education.
As mentioned earlier, Georgia consistently draws well-educated workers from all over the Southeast. Georgia’s engineering schools provide a solid base for the region’s technology-savvy manufacturers. The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta is internationally known as a premier engineering school. U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks Georgia Tech as one the country’s best.
Georgia Tech in Atlanta — One of the Nation’s Premier Engineering Schools
Graduate Discipline Ranking Undergraduate Discipline Ranking Existing Suppliers Continue Engineering Schools 5 Engineering Schools 5 Expanding in Georgia Due to Industrial / Manufacturing 1 Industrial / Manufacturing 1 Strong Workforce Mechanical 5 Mechanical 3 Electrical / Electronic / Communications 5 Materials 4 “We’ve been able to bring additional Computer 5 Materials 5 business to Georgia because of a strong workforce, and based on our past history, Materials 9 Electrical / Electronic / Communications 6 a strong relationship with Walton County Source: “2014 Best Colleges,” U.S. News and World Report and the local community.”
Michael Shoon, Director of Finance, Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas
Source: “Hitachi Automotive Systems To add 250 Jobs In Walton County,” State of Georgia Press Release, 5.28.2013 Engineering Graduates Number of Graduates Discipline (Bachelor’s or Above) Georgia’s colleges and universities graduate Electrical and Electronics 672 thousands of engineers every year. In 2012, more Engineering than 2,300 engineering and engineering technology Industrial Engineering 386 students earned degrees and certificates in a variety Materials Engineering (including 92 of engineering disciplines. The table to the right Textile Sciences and Engineering) summarizes 2012 Georgia engineering graduates in Mechanical Engineering 681 automotive-related fields of study. Source: 2012 completions, IPEDS, 2013
HOPE Grant
Georgia residents enrolled in a diploma or certificate program at one of the state’s technical colleges and public or private universities are eligible for the HOPE Grant. The HOPE Grant covers 90-100 percent of tuition paid.
All Georgia residents are eligible for the HOPE Grant that covers $60.75 per credit hour for tuition for non- degree programs of study approved by the Technical College System of Georgia.
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 15 Research Universities Georgia’s research universities are leaders in manufacturing innovation.
Top Schools for Georgia’s Research Universities Engineering R&D Funding Georgia’s colleges and universities are also committed to research and development. The state is home 1. Johns Hopkins $859 to nearly 20 schools that received research funding in 2012. Research dollars enable work in a variety of 2. Georgia Institute of Technology $482 fields from life sciences to engineering. Research centers and university-sponsored economic development 3. MIT $365 organizations around the state focus on taking cutting-edge technologies from the laboratory to the factory 4. Penn State $298 floor. Georgia’s businesses benefit greatly. 5. University at Albany-SUNY $262 R&D Expenditures, 2012: According to the National Science Foundation, spending on research at 6. Texas A&M $256 Georgia’s public and private universities ranked 12th in the nation. In research of specific interest to the 7. University of Michigan $221 automotive industry, Georgia colleges and universities were granted nearly $740 million in research dollars, 8. Perdue University $216 earning the state a 7th-place ranking nationwide and a 1st-place ranking among Southeastern states in 9. University of Texas $198 those combined fields.* Research funding in the fields of math and computer science, physical sciences and engineering has increased 47 percent since 2007 for Georgia schools overall. The Georgia Institute of 10. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and $188 State University Technology received $482 million in engineering research funding for 2012, bested only by Johns Hopkins University with $859 million.
Source: National Science Foundation R&D Report, FY 2012 (*math, computer science, physical sciences and engineering)
Georgia’s 2012 Research Funding by Discipline
2% 2% 2% Georgia Ranks Top among Life Sciences 5% Southeastern States in Automotive- Math, Computer Science, Physical Sciences and Engineering related R&D Expenditures*(in millions) Psychology Sciences, NEC 46% $800 Social Sciences 43% $700 Environmental Sciences $600 * NEC = not elsewhere classified $500 Source: National Science Foundation R&D Report, FY 2012
$400
$300
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$100 Growth in R&D Funding at Georgia’s Universities 2007 – 2012 (in millions)
$0 $750 Florida
Alabama $700
Tennessee Georgia Mississippi
North Carolina South Carolina $650
* Engineering, Physical Sciences, Math and Computer 47% Sciences $600 Increase in Funding for Automotive Source: National Science Foundation R&D Report, FY 2012 $550 Industry-Applicable Research, $500 2007-2012
$450 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Source: National Science Foundation R&D Report, FY 2012
16 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Innovation Centers Georgia’s technology resources are cutting-edge.
Georgia is home to some of the world’s top research and technology resources. These resources are Advanced Manufacturing-Related dedicated to keeping Georgia’s manufacturers, especially in the advanced manufacturing industry, on the Companies Locate In-House leading edge of productivity advancements. Innovation Centers Close to High-Tech Talent
Georgia’s Centers of Innovation Center provides industry knowledge and technical
A division of the Georgia Department of Economic expertise, connections to state resources in In 2013, AT&T opened the AT&T Foundry Development, Georgia has six centers of innovation research and innovation, and joins together an at Tech Square, located on Georgia Tech’s readily available to businesses: aerospace, extensive cross-sector industry network. For more campus. This new innovation center helps agribusiness, energy, life sciences and information information, visit www.GeorgiaLogistics.com. independent developers, venture capital firms technology, logistics, and manufacturing. Directly and startups develop new applications for related to the advanced manufacturing industry are: Georgia Tech’s Institute for Robotics and AT&T’s network. Intelligent Machines: Through integrated Georgia Center of Innovation for “We are here in Atlanta, because innovation research across many disciplines and campus Manufacturing (COIM): The Georgia Center of is here. We’re here in Atlanta because units, Georgia Tech develops innovative solutions Innovation for Manufacturing helps manufacturing there’s a great entrepreneurial mindset.” for manufacturing, healthcare and first responders, operations all over the state tap into university research partners and access new markets through as well as for a variety of other critical areas, Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of product and process development assistance, including defense and service applications. AT&T Mobilitty Using state-of-the-art facilities and working with technology transfer, access to equipment and Source: “Atlanta’s ‘Innovation Culture’ Drew AT&T Foundry a wide industry network. Located within the strategic partners, the center improves society Development Center,” 8.27.2013 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, the Center by investigating novel robotic technologies that has direct access to a number of industry experts enhance the lives of everyone. who can provide customized solutions to Georgia manufacturers and give them the opportunity to test new technologies before implementing costly In 2012, Panasonic Automotive Systems process changes. For more information, visit http:// TECHAMERICA FOUNDATION Company of America established the manufacturing.georgiainnovation.org. Panasonic Automotive Innovation Center in “Cyberstates” Midtown Atlanta. The Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing GEORGIA RANKS: offers the following services: “[...] There are over 13,000 technology companies employing nearly 200,000 • Access to university-level research and th technology workers in Atlanta, so what development 4 better location to open our Innovation Fastest-Growing Tech State • Expedited product commercialization Center! Another driving factor for Panasonic Automotive to locate the • Manufacturing process and systems Innovation Center in the Technology development th 5 Square area was our interest to enhance • Industry-specific business intelligence in Internet & Telecommunications our partnership with the Georgia Services Employment • Access to technical college workforce training Institute of Technology. [...] We feel programs both partnerships will provide Panasonic th Automotive a continuing advantage in our Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics 10 development of the next generation of in- (COIL): The Center of Innovation for Logistics is in Engineering Services Employment vehicle multimedia infotainment systems.” the leading statewide resource for fueling logistics industry growth and global competitiveness. th Tom Gebhardt, President, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America. The Center works to address the needs and 13 Nationwide in High-Tech Employment opportunities of companies of any size involved in Source: “Panasonic to Establish Auto Innovation Center in Atlanta” Panasonic News Portal, 1.25.2013 logistics and freight transportation – both providers and heavy consumers of logistics services. The Source: TechAmerica Foundation, “Cybertstates,” 2013
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 17 GTRI and GTMI Georgia Tech’s Research Institute fosters technology transfer.
The Advanced Technology Development The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) works closely with the advanced manufacturing industry in Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech has developing advanced performance and feature technology. The institute is involved in e-safety projects as turned out more than 130 science well as transportation structure research. GTRI supports approximately $100 million in research yearly for more than 200 clients in industry and government. GTRI laboratories include the Aerospace, Transportation and technology companies since and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ATAS) which specializes in engineering, fabrication and testing of 1986 – nearly a third of which have aerospace, transportation and advanced systems. For additional information visit www.gtri.gatech.edu. been represented on the public markets through IPOs or acquisitions. Formerly the Manufacturing Research Center Factory Information Systems: Developing, ATDC has been recognized by (MARC), Georgia Tech’s new Manufacturing testing, and launching innovative software and BusinessWeek, Inc., and Forbes Institute (GTMI) has expanded to include technology that boosts manufacturing efficiency. magazines as among the nation’s top researchers from all Georgia Tech’s colleges, Model-based Systems Engineering: Applying nonprofit incubators. Since 1999, ATDC the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), and the software and electronics innovations to create companies have attracted more than a Georgia Tech Research Institute. With access to analytic models that predict system performance, optimize system parameters. billion dollars in venture capital funding. academic expertise and cutting-edge equipment, GTMI offers manufacturers the help they need to Ultra-lightweight, Energy Efficient Materials excel in the marketplace. More than 70 percent of and Structures: Using rigorous experimental and GTMI’s 400,000 square feet of space and state-of- modeling R&D to advance and mature technology the-art core facilities is paid for by private industry in aerospace, biomedical, defense, energy, and industrial equipment. working with GTMI. It includes: UBI Index Supply Chain and Logistics: Applying scientific Precision Machining: Researching and applying “University Business Incubators 2013” principles to optimize the design and integration technologies for enhanced productivity, part quality, of supply chain processes, infrastructure, difficult-to-machine features, and machine tool technology, and strategy including developing 1. utilization of precision finishing processes. Rice Alliance For new analysis, design and management tools, and Technology and Entrepreneurship Sustainable Design: Developing materials, concepts and strategies. Rice University, Houston, U.S. processes, and systems for implementing and The Predictive Analytics Laboratory: operationalizing sustainability. Leveraging real-time condition monitoring data to improve change detection, diagnostics and Supply Chain and Logistics: Optimize the 2. prognostics of modern day manufacturing and VentureLab design and integration of supply chain processes, infrastructure, technology, and strategy. service systems. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S. Additive Manufacturing: Using innovative direct Source: Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute website, digital manufacturing to improve cost structure and www.manufacturing.gatech.edu delivery lead-time in creating mechanical parts and 3. UB Technology electronic devices. Incubator University at Buffalo Sate University of New York, U.S.
4. NDRC LaunchPad Various universities, Ireland
4T. SETsquared Various universities, U.K. Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology Courtesy of
18 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Professional Support Research institutes promote technology-based solutions for the automotive industry.
Georgia’s Tech’s Enterprise reflect the changing automotive industry Innovation Institute and include: Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute • Lean transformation (EI2) is charged with growing Georgia’s economy • ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and TX 16949 by providing technology-driven solutions to the implementation state’s businesses and communities. Institute Courtesy of Georgia Institute of Technology • Energy audits Scott Bunn, Groove-Pin’s Operations Manager, and professionals have more than 80 years of combined • Environmental management system Sam Darwin, EI2 experience working with automotive manufacturers. implementations BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, Freudenberg-NOK, Honda, • Plant layouts Meritor and Cummins Engine are some of the EI2 Helps Automotive Supplier • Failure mode and effects analysis Institute’s clients. The services offered by EI2 Implement Lean Principles • Measurement systems analysis Groove-Pin, a manufacturer of engineered fasteners for various industries including the automotive industry, needed to improve Professional Groups and Trade Associations on-time performance and set-up times. In March 2010, EI2 lean specialists visited Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association (GAMA) www.gama-georgia.org Groov-Pin to assess the company’s needs Equipment and Tools Institute www.etools.org and recommended a series of kaizen events. After changes were implemented, on-time Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) www.autoalliance.org performance improved by nearly one-third to International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) www.oica.net 94 percent; eight-hour and four-hour set-ups were cut to 50 and 30 minutes, respectively; American Welding Society (AWS)* www.aws.org production and sales increased; and new jobs Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) www.autoalliance.org were added.
Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE)* www.afe.org “Georgia Tech has helped us do in less than National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) www.nam.org a year the things that we tried to do for years and couldn’t get done. The proof is in Association of Global Automakers www.globalautomakers.org the pudding. On-time performance is up, National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) www.nada.org lead times are beginning to go down and setups are now being done in a fraction of Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association www.aftermarket.org the time. That’s measurable.” National Biodiesel Board (NBB) www.biodiesel.org Scott Bunn, Operations Manager, Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA) www.aftermarket.org/segments/awda Groov-Pin Corp. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)* www.sae.org Source: “Newnan Manufacturer Competes by Improving On-time Performance, Cutting Set-Up Time,” Georgia’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR) www.cargroup.org Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Enterprise Innovation Institute, 2.3.2011 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)* www.sme.org
Diesel Technology Forum www.dieselforum.org
Southeastern Fastener Association (SEFA)* www.thesefa.com
Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) www.truckandenginemanufacturers.org/
*These organizations have chapters in Georgia
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 19 Ports and Air Georgia’s transportation infrastructure is world-class.
Toyota Exports First Toyota Venzas Atlanta has long been the transportation center of the Southeast. With well-maintained highway systems Through Port of Brunswick connecting areas around the state to the rest of the nation, products made in Georgia are never far from their markets. Two major rail systems crisscross the state, and two major ports, Savannah and Brunswick, On May 2, 2013, the first Toyota Venzes set enable manufacturers and processors to quickly ship to domestic and global customers. Atlanta’s Hartsfield- sail for Russia and Ukraine through the Port of Jackson International Airport keeps businesses in the Southeast connected to global customers Brunswick. The Toyota Venzas are produced in and partners. Georgetown, Kentucky.
“The export of American-built Venzas Georgia’s Ports • Cordele Inland Port is the newest addition to to Russia and Ukraine further solidifies • Savannah is the second-largest container port Georgia’s growing port system. The Cordele Toyota’s commitment to establishing its on the East Coast and is the fourth-largest in facility offers a direct 200-mile rail route to U.S. manufacturing operations as a key the U.S. Savannah’s Garden City terminal and providing supplier of vehicles for global markets. We customers direct access to 38 weekly are proud to partner with the Georgia Ports • Brunswick’s Colonel’s Island facility is the shipping services. Authority and all other parties involved, nation’s second-largest auto port for imports and and are grateful for their support of this first for imports of new vehicles. Georgia’s Airports initiative.” • The ports have dedicated rail facilities and direct • 80 percent of the nation’s major consumer long-haul access. markets are within a two-hour flight of Atlanta. Corinne Akahoshi, National Manager of Marine Logistics Operations, Toyota Motor • Savannah’s exports of automotive equipment • Georgia has two international airports, Sales U.S.A. increased by 76 percent between 2008 Savannah and Atlanta. Seven additional airports
Sources: “First Toyotas shipped from Georgia to Russia, and 2012. provide commercial passenger service around Ukraine,” Georgia Ports Authority Press Release, 5.2.2013 the state. • Port expansions and improvements totaling $1 billion are planned over the next 10 years, • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport including a $550 million deepening of the is the world’s busiest in passenger volume. Savannah River channel allowing for larger ships coming through the Panama Canal to the • Hartsfield-Jackson has 1.2 million square feet of cargo handling space and 2 miles of The Port of Brunswick handles East Coast. mechanized conveyors. approximately 10 percent of all U.S. roll on/roll off trade, and 12 percent of U.S. RO/RO imports.
Port Profile: Colonel’s Island in Brunswick The following facilities are present at Colonel’s Island: • Auto Processors (5 companies serving the port) For the auto industry in the Southeast, the Port of - Mercedes Benz Brunswick means getting lots of product to market - BMW of North America very quickly. The Port of Brunswick’s Colonel’s - Amports Island Facility ranks third busiest in the U.S. for - Atlantic Vehicle Processors total roll on/roll off cargo and second for the import - International Auto Processing (IAP) of such cargo, processing close to 637,000 auto • Auto Trucking Lines (16 companies) units in FY 2013. In 2009, Mercedes-Benz opened • Auto Manufacturers (8 companies) its new import processing center at Brunswick, its - Glovis America South Atlantic Hub. This processing center handles - Porsche Cars of North America Inc. an average of 40,000 auto units per year. BMW is - BMW of North America also a major customer, moving an estimated 35,000 - Jaguar Cars auto units through the port. - SAAB Cars USA Inc. - Land Rover North America - Volkswagen of America Inc. - Volvo Cars of North America
20 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Road and Rail Georgia’s road and rail systems move products quickly to markets.
Automotive-related companies in Georgia can rely on the state’s robust transportation linkages to run their logistics operations efficiently. Georgia’s two deepwater ports in Savannah and Brunswick are accessible by truck and by rail. Both OEMs and suppliers can depend on the delivery of their products in a timely manner.
Georgia’s Highway Systems Georgia’s Intermodal Facilities Make it Happen • Well-maintained, non-toll interstate system Georgia’s world-class intermodal facilities • 80 percent of nation’s consumer markets are strategically located around the state enable within a two-day drive time importers and exporters to quickly and efficiently • Four major interstates, I-75, I-85, I-20 and I-95 move products from ocean carrier, to rail to truck. connect the state to the rest of the Southeast Georgia’s intermodal facilities have some of the and U.S. fastest transition times in the United States. Major intermodal facilities in Georgia include:
Georgia’s Rail Systems • CSX Hulsey Rail Yard, Atlanta • 4,700 miles of track, service to 500 communities • Norfolk Southern Inman Rail Yard, Atlanta • CSX Savannah Yard, Savannah • CSX and Norfolk Southern each operate more than 80 freight trains in and out of Atlanta daily • Norfolk Southern James D. Mason ICTF, Garden City • Six major intermodal facilities: four in Atlanta, • CSX Fairburn Industry Yard, Fairburn one in Brunswick and one in Savannah (Metro Atlanta) • Norfolk Southern Whitaker Rail Yard, Austell (Metro Atlanta) • CSX Chatham ICTF, Garden City (Near Savannah) • Norfolk Southern Savannah Port of Brunswick Becomes Southeast Gateway to OEM
In May 2013, Subaru chose Brunswick to be Superior Highway Access to the Southeast and the Midwest from Georgia Ports its gateway into the Southeastern U.S. and will soon import five Subaru models to be distributed to an area covering North Carolina Seattle 15 to Florida. 95 90 82 Portland 94 Bismarck “We liked what we saw. We liked what we
Boise 29 20 HOURS heard from other manufacturers. We’re 90 5 Pierre Milwaukee 84 very much about quality. We’re very much Detroit 81 94 New York 80 Salt Lake City Cleveland about ensuring that our customers have a Cheyenne Chicago 75 80 Carson City 65 77 76 Lincoln Columbus little different vehicle.” Oakland 70 Denver Kansas City Indianapolis Cincinnati Topeka 95 10 HOURS 70 71 Louisville St. Louis 40 15 Larry Strug, National Transportation 25 75 Los Angeles 40 Charlotte Nashville 85 Manager, Subaru Long Beach Santa Fe 40 5 HOURS Oklahoma City Memphis 65 20 Phoenix ATLANTA 8 85 27 Birmingham 16 Sources: “Brunswick is Subaru’s Gateway to Southeast,” 19 Dallas 20 Meridian 75 SAVANNAH Georgia Ports Authority Press Release, 5.23.2013 10 20 10 BRUNSWICK 95 Austin New Orleans Houston 4 Tampa Orlando 35 37 75 Corpus Christi Miami
Source: Georgia Ports Authority
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 21 Pro-Business State Doing business in Georgia is easy and profitable.
SITE SELECTION Georgia is a pro-business state. An aggressive incentives program, favorable tax rates, favorable conditions “Top Competitive States” for employers, and programs to accelerate the permitting and development process make Georgia the right 1. GEORGIA place to start and grow a business. 2. Tennessee 3. Texas Statutory Incentives Georgia’s Tax Credit Programs 4. Louisiana Automotive manufacturing companies in Georgia are • Job Tax Credit 5. North Carolina often eligible for a variety of tax credits and sales • Quality Jobs Tax Credit tax exemptions. The state’s job tax credit program • Mega Project Tax Credit Source; “Top Ten Competitive States of 2013,” Site grants credits for job creation that may be applied Selection magazine, May 2014 • Investment Tax Credit against the state’s corporate income tax. Other tax • Optional Investment Tax Credit credits including those tied to capital investment, • Small Business Growth Tax Credit employee training and child care are also available. • Port Activity Tax Credit See the listing to the right for major tax credit • Mass Transit Tax Credit programs and major tax exemptions in Georgia. For • Wood Residuals Tax Credit detailed information on tax exemptions, credits and SITE SELECTION • Clean Energy Tax Credit other state incentives, please visit the Publications “Top U.S. Business Climates” • Retraining Tax Credit page of SelectGeorgia.com. 1. GEORGIA • Education Tax Credit • R&D Tax Credit 2. North Carolina • Child Care Property Tax Credit 3. Texas Right-to-Work State • Qualified Child Care Property Tax Credit 4. Ohio As mentioned earlier, Georgia is a right-to-work 5. Tennessee state. Georgia has maintained this status since 1947. Fewer than half of the states in the U.S. Georgia’s Major Tax Exemptions Source: “Top U.S. Business Climates,” Site Selection magazine, November 2013 grant workers right-to-work protection. • Property • Freeport Inventory Property • Energy Used in Mfg. Sales Employment-at-Will State • Industrial Materials Sales Hiring/firing flexibility according to current • Packaging Materials Sales employment regulations: • Mfg. Machinery Sales AREA DEVELOPMENT Georgia has no employment laws which are more • Primary Material Handling Equipment Sales “Top States for Doing Business” stringent or restrictive than those at the federal • Pollution Control Equipment Sales • Computer Hardware and Software Sales 1. Texas level. Georgia is an employment-at-will state. In the absence of a written contract and in compliance • Custom Computer Software Development 2. GEORGIA with federal employment laws, employers in Georgia • Clean Room Equipment Sales South Carolina (tie) are able to exercise their own hiring and dismissal • Telephone Services Sales 4. Alabama decisions; state laws make no provisions for • Electricity as Raw Material 5. North Carolina wrongful discharge.
Source: “Top States for Doing Business 2013,” Area Development, Summer 2013 Rapid Permitting and Site Availability
One-Stop Permitting: Georgia offers a consolidated state environmental program with delegated authority from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuance and enforcement of federal permits. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources issues or denies all permits required by state and federal environmental protection legislation when a facility is being located in the state. One-stop permitting enables prospective industries to obtain expedited required permits.
22 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Available Sites Georgia communities develop and maintain “shovel-ready” sites.
The GUARANTEED READY FOR ACCELERATED • have been validated as meeting standards DEVELOPMENT (GRAD) site evaluation is a new showing that they are at an advanced state of program established by Georgia Allies in an effort to readiness for development and use by prospects enhance economic development opportunities in the based on a third-party review. state of Georgia. Sites that meet GRAD standards have met infrastructure and environmental-related The GRAD Certification of a given site is valid for requirements and are ready for development. a period of 24 months (unless certain conditions change, such as acquisition of the site by an GRAD sites : industry) and can be renewed indefinitely by • have been submitted by a local community or completing a successful review of updated economic development applicant and selected information. The GRAD program is administered for review; by a third party, BFPC LLC, a Norcross, Georgia • have had their applications reviewed by a firm, experienced in site selection and economic professional third party; development consulting.
Georgia’s Guaranteed Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) Sites, 2013 ID Site Name County 1 Augusta Corporate Park Richmond 2 Brooks County Industrial Park Brooks ! !! ! DALTON 3 Buster Bassford Business Park Lowndes !! !! " GRAD Sites ! ! 4 " ! 4 Carbondale Business Park Whitfield ! !! Automotive Manufacturers with 50+ Workers 75!! ! 9 Cedartown North Business Park - !! !! ! " ! 5 Polk ! 8 ! ! Phase 2 GRAD Site ! ! " ! !ROME !10 !! 400 ! ! " ! !!! GAINESVILLE !! ! ! !! !! ! 6 Central GA Business & Technology Park Upson ! ! ! ! !!" ! ! "!!7 !!!! !!! !! 12 ! 5" ! ! ! !! 7 Cherokee 75 Corporate Park Cherokee !!! !! !!! ! !!!!!! 28" !!! ! !!!!!!!!! ATHENS ! ! !!!!! !! 8 Gateway Industrial Centre Hall ! 24 ATLANTA! !!!! ! ! ! ! "!! ! !! !!! !! ! ! 9 Hayestone Brady Business Park Stephens ! ! !! ! !! ! !!! " ! ! !! ! 20 " ! AUGUSTA 10 Highland 75 Bartow ! 22 ! !!! !!! ! ! ! 23 ! ! ! ! " 11 Interstate Centre Bryan 85 ! 1 ! ! 75 12 Jefferson Distribution Center Jackson !! ! 14 ! !!!!! ! 6" " 13 Kingsland Commerce Park Camden !!!! MACON ! ! 19 20" " 14 Meridian 75 Logistics Center Monroe 185 17 ! ! ! 15 Middle GA Corporate Center West Houston ! !" ! ! !! " ! ! COLUMBUS 15 16 16 Miller Business Park Lowndes ! 25" 11 75 ! " 17 Muscogee Technology Park FTZ Muscogee !!! !!!SAVANNAH ! ! 18 Pecan Grove Industrial Park Dougherty ! 27 26 19 Screven County Industrial Park GRAD Site Screven ! ""! ALBANY ! ! 95 20 Sofkee Industrial Site Bibb 18!! ! " ! ! ! 21 South Cook Industrial District Cook ! 22 Stanton Springs Newton ! ! BRUNSWICK 21" 23 Stone Business Park McDuffie ! VALDOSTA ! 29 " ! 13" 24 Temple Industrial Park - Phase II Carroll 2 " "!!"!!16 3 25 Toombs Corporate Center at US 1 Toombs 26 Tradeport East Liberty 27 Tradeport West Liberty University Parkway Manufacturing and 28 Barrow Research Site Source: www.georgia.org, Georgia Power Community & Economic Development SelectGeorgia.com, October 2013 29 Westside Business Park Lowndes
GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 23 The Southeast is Home to More than 1,060 Automotive Companies The automotive industry in the Southeast is thriving.
Nissan " " Daimler Trucks (Thomas Built Buses) General Motor"s " Daimler Trucks Volkswagen " " Daimler Trucks BMW" Toyota " ATLANTA Honda " Mercedes-Benz " Kia " Daimler Vans " Nissan " " Blue Bird Hyundai "
" Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
Automotive Manufacturers with 50+ Workers
(! 3,000+
(! 2,999 - 1,500
(! 1,499 - 700
! 699 - 300
! 299 - 50
Three new Southeastern assembly plants employ more than 7,000 workers.
Kia site, West Point, Georgia Toyota site, Blue Springs, Mississippi Volkswagen site, Chattanooga, Tennessee Source: KIA website Source: Toyota Press Room Source: Volkswagen Group of America Photo Gallery
24 GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 List of Automotive Companies in the Southeast The automotive industry in the Southeast is thriving.
Number of Automotive Employees and Top Industry Groupings in the Southeast, Based on Employment Companies by State 157 different industry classifications are represented in the database Number of Number of State Employment* Companies* Industry Description Employment Companies* Alabama 49,389 201 Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories 77,699 374 Florida 13,231 73 Motor Vehicles and Passenger Car Bodies 52,341 63 GEORGIA 40,385 296 Tires and Inner Tubes 19,149 26 Mississippi 17,390 52 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified 11,074 63 North Carolina 36,223 124 Automotive Stampings 9,692 43 Truck and Bus Bodies 6,634 34 South Carolina 50,737 139 Electrical Equipment for Internal Combustion Engines 6,414 18 Tennessee 57,924 180 Public Building and Related Furniture 4,122 13 Total: 265,279 1,065 Transportation Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified 3,643 10
* includes recent announcements Source: Georgia Power Community & Ball and Roller Bearings 3,388 9 Economic Development Industry Database, 2013
Southeastern Automotive Companies, Listed by State and by Company Name (50 or More Employees)
Company Product or Service Employment County
GEORGIA (Sorted by Employment) 22: Textile Products Apache Mills Inc. Automotive floor mats made of purchased wire 520 Gordon Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Tires for light trucks, SUVs and commercial vehicles 258 Walton Propex Operating Co. LLC Backing for automotive carpets and other auto related applications 200 Catoosa Milliken & Co. Air bags, tire cording, performance related products 150 Troup Dorsett Industries LP Automobile floor coverings 100 Whitfield Lyle Industries Inc. Molded floor covering, interior trim, floor mats 100 Whitfield Racemark International LLC Floor mats, trunk mats, seat covers and seat vests 100 Gordon Specialty Yarn & Converting Hose yarns 90 Newton Quality Finishings of Georgia Carpet finishing 50 Gordon 26: Paper and Allied Products Hollingsworth & Vose Co. Engine filtration papers 120 Pulaski 28: Chemicals and Allied Products Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. Automotive plastic coatings 85 Gwinnett Lawter Inc. Oil or alkyd vehicle or water thinned paints; plastics materials and resins 83 Appling Lehigh Technologies of Georgia Rubber powders for tires 70 Gwinnett 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Toyo Tire USA Corp Manufacturing and Distribution Tires for light trucks, SUVs and commercial vehicles 750 Bartow Freudenberg - NOK Gaskets, plastic precision moldings, oil seals, and valve steam seals 635 White Custom injection molded plastic products for the automotive industry and Thomson Plastics Inc. 325 McDuffie other industries Hanil E-Hwa Co. Ltd. Automotive interior plastic parts, door trim 225 Troup PIOLAX Corp. Plastic and metal fasteners and precision strings for automotive industry 220 Cherokee Freudenberg - NOK Rubber oil seals 200 Troup
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Company Product or Service Employment County IMS-Gear Inc. Plastic injection gear wheels 200 Hall 3M Company Automobile body plastic filler for aftermarket industry 200 Fulton ITW DaeLim USA Injection molded interior and exterior assemblies for automotive industry 200 Troup Pirelli Tire LLC Tires for cars, trucks, and motorcycles 175 Floyd Precision plastic injection molding, interior trims, safety restraints, seat belts, Parkway Products Inc. steering wheels, etc. Miscellaneous mold making and precision molding for the 175 Cobb health care and packaging industries Vernay Manufacturing Inc. Plastic valves 155 Spalding Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions Tread rubber 140 Spalding Woodbridge Foam Corp. Foam products for the automotive industry 135 DeKalb Beaver Manufacturing Co. Chemically treated industrial yarns 125 Newton Flambeau Corp. Injection molded plastic auto parts, coolant bottles, ductwork, etc. 110 Morgan Hanil E-Hwa Co. Ltd. Automotive interior plastic parts, door trim 108 Troup MG International Inc Molded precision plastic auto parts 87 Paulding Preferred Rubber Compounding Corp. Tires and inner tubes 80 Haralson Pak-Lite Inc. (PLI) Automotive gaskets and parts, protective film applications 80 Gwinnett ITW DaeLim USA Injection molded interior and exterior assemblies for automobiles 80 Troup MollerTech LLC Plastic interior assemblies for the auto industry 80 Elbert Preferred Rubber Compounding Corp. Tires and inner Tubes 75 Haralson Truck interior cab components and exterior lights to HVAC and under the hood EVCO Plastics 70 Gordon engine parts Engineered Textile Products Rubber mats and matting 63 Gordon Maxxis International USA Tires 60 Gwinnett Pretty Products LLC Vulcanized rubber and vinyl floor mats 60 Troup Plastic bottles for personal care, food, health care, household and Silgan Plastics Corp. 60 Gwinnett automotive markets High-precision engineered plastic products for the automotive, electronics, Enplas USA Inc. 56 Cobb office automation, optical devices industry Custom injection molded components for the medical, agricultural, industrial GMB Plastics Inc. 50 Forsyth and automotive industries 32: Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Wheelabrator Group Custom-designed shot peening and surface preparation surfaces 101 Troup Elan Technology Inc. Glass, ceramics, and glass ceramic composites 52 Liberty 33: Primary Metal Industries Novelis Inc. Aluminum sheet for automotive bodies 350 Fulton Bonnell Aluminum Custom aluminum extrusions for the automotive industry 231 Coweta TI Automotive Systems Motor vehicle plastic fuel systems and parts 225 Hart Hoover Precision Products Chrome and stainless steel balls for automotive and aerospace industries 190 Forsyth Panduit Corp. of GA Electric wiring components 185 Forsyth Superior Essex Inc. Single and multimode fiber cables 185 Fulton Kongsberg Automotive Inc. Nonferrous automotive wire and cable 115 Emanuel Standard and custom aluminum-lithium products for aerospace, defense, auto- VMC Specialty Alloy LLC/Vista Metals Corp. 60 Bartow motive and commercial customers 34: Fabricated Metal Products Sewon America Inc. Stamped components and decorative trim 912 Troup Door and ignition locks, door handles for automobiles, zinc die-castings/ HL-A Co. Ltd. 660 Carroll injection molds Franklin Aluminum Co. Inc. Aluminum extrusions 460 Heard Flexible metal hoses for exhaust systems, thermal compensators, among other American BOA Inc. 350 Forsyth automotive components
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Company Product or Service Employment County SRG Global Inc. Chrome plated automotive parts 310 Newton DONGWON Metal Co. LTD. Automotive stampings 300 Meriwether voestalpine Pressed parts in the body-in-white segment and structural components 220 Bartow SAFA LLC Electric wires, ultra-fine magnet wire, insulated wire, wiring harnesses 175 Troup Stamps metal for the trade, motor vehicle brake systems and parts, special dies Stemco Rome 150 Floyd & tools Hydraulic, plate, diaphragm and centrifugal clutches, metal retainers, plastic Nakanishi Manufacturing Corp. 130 Clarke retainers, stamped inner and outer rings and modular units Sanderson Industries Inc. Metal stamped automotive products 125 Fulton Precision metal stamping for automotive, medical and consumer Oneda Corp. 100 Muscogee electronics industries Peterson American Corp. Coiled and flat springs for power train, chassis and body applications 98 Clarke Fanello Industries Inc. Stamped blanks for automotive, lawn and garden, HVAC industries 85 Franklin Shiloh Industries Inc. Stamped automotive products 80 Jackson Dixien LLC Automotive stampings 80 Clayton Swift Atlanta Inc. Custom precision sheet metal for telecommunications and electronics industries 63 Gwinnett DeKalb Tool & Die Inc . Automotive and commercial stampings; metalworking dies 50 DeKalb 35: Machinery, Except Electrical WIKA Instrument Corp. Sensors for mobile hydraulic applications 600 Gwinnett Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America Co. Parts for variable displacement type car air-conditioning compressors 320 Jackson TD Automotive Compressor Georgia LLC Displacement compressors for the automotive industry 300 Jackson SKF USA Inc. Deep grove ball bearings 255 Hall Koyo Bearings USA LLC Ball and roller bearings 173 Lumpkin The Timken Company Ball and roller bearings 173 Lumpkin Suhner Mfg. Corp. Flexible shafts for automotive transmissions 160 Floyd Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC Internal combustion engines 150 Spalding Automotive electronics, resonators, capacitors, resistors, electronics and Murata Electronics North America Inc. 105 Cobb electronic parts Peerless-Winsmith Inc. Speed changers and drives 74 Hall 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment Panasonic Automotive Systems of America Car audio systems 600 Fayette Exide Technologies Batteries for transportation industry and industrial uses 270 Fulton ELESYS North America Inc. Automotive electronic safety systems 270 Gwinnett SAFT America Inc. Automotive batteries 205 Lowndes Fiamm Energy LLC Starter batteries 150 Burke TDK Components USA Inc. Capacitors, electronic automotive components 130 Fayette Piedmont Automotive Products High current switches and resistors for automotive HVAC systems 75 Habersham Southern Switches Corp. High current switches and resistors for automotive HVAC systems 50 Lumpkin 37: Transportation Equipment Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Automotive assembly plant 3,000 Troup Blue Bird Corp. Truck and bus bodies 1,500 Peach Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp USA Golf cars and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) 1,000 Coweta Distribution Center Club Car Inc. Golf carts, various off-road vehicles, electric on-road vehicles 1,000 Columbia Decostar Industries Automotive exterior and interior systems 800 Carroll Johnson Controls Automotive seating and interior electronics 750 Harris E-Z-GO Golf carts, utility vehicles, industrial vehicles, commercial shuttles 750 Richmond Mobis Georgia Front-end modules, front-rolling chassis modules, rear-chassis modules 680 Troup Mando America Corp. Automotive brakes, steering and suspension systems 660 Meriwether
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Company Product or Service Employment County Cottrell Inc. Stacked vehicle transport trailers 550 Hall Honda Precision Parts of Georgia LLC Automatic transmissions 500 Haralson ZF Industries Inc. Motor vehicle transmissions 460 Hall TRW Automotive Braking and suspension products for the automotive industry 450 Hall Mando America Corp. Automotive brakes, steering and suspension systems 426 Meriwether Lund International Inc. Ventvisors, hood shields, floor mats, automotive accessories 400 Gwinnett Shiroki North America Inc. Window regulators and door frames 386 Whitfield F&P Georgia Manufacturing Inc. Suspension related functional components 366 Floyd Hyundai Dymos Automotive seats 350 Troup Powertech America 6-speed automatic transmissions 331 Troup Hitachi Automotive Systems Stamped metal automobile body parts 330 Walton Daehan Solutions Georgia LLC NVH parts and interior components 300 Troup Leggett & Platt Inc. Vehicle interior shelving, vehicle mounts truck accessories 300 Fulton Inalfa Roof Systems Vehicle roofing systems 300 Cherokee TI Automotive Systems Fluid carrying systems; powertrain and plastic tank systems 280 Bartow Nisshinbo Automotive Manufacturing Motor vehicle brake systems and parts 270 Newton Jefferson Southern Corp. Assembles motor vehicle chassis, automotive stamping 230 Polk Supreme Corp. Specialized commercial vehicles including truck bodies, buses, and armored vehicles 225 Pike Tenneco Inc. Motor vehicle shock absorbers (ride control manufacturing) 225 Hart Kautex Inc. Motor vehicle windshield wiper systems 205 Franklin Nissin Brake Georgia Inc. Brake systems 200 Walker Yachiyo of America Plastic fuel tanks and sunroofs 200 Carroll Great Dane Trailers Various types of trailers and truck bodies 200 Bulloch Neaton Rome Inc. Motor vehicle steering mechanisms; hardware 178 Floyd Erdrich Unformtechnik Metal parts and subassemblies for the automotive industry 178 Laurens Sejong Georgia LLC Muffler and exhaust systems 176 Troup Gill Industries Inc. Seat, interior, and precision metal stamping assemblies 156 Dade Lexington Insulators Molded rubber components for automotive electrical systems 150 Pickens Suzuki Mfg. of America Corp. All terrain vehicles 130 Floyd Great Dane Trailers Truck trailers; industrial trucks and tractors 125 Chatham Eaton Corp. Motor vehicle engines and parts 116 Clarke Global Powertrain Systems Automotive powertrain systems 100 Coweta Daewon America Automotive suspension bars and coils 100 Troup Arising Industries Inc. Custom made cargo trailers 100 Jeff Davis Plastic Omnium Fuels and emissions-control systems, body components and modules 80 Gwinnett Lund International Inc. Ventvisors, hood shields, floor mats, automotive accessories 80 Gwinnett Bosal Industries Georgia Exhaust systems and parts 70 Franklin Lark United Manufacturing Inc. Truck Trailers 70 Coffee Mr. Golf Carts Inc. Golf carts distribution 70 Burke Morgan Corp. Truck bodies and parts 60 Bartow OTR Wheel Engineering Inc. Tires, wheels and rubber tracks 60 Floyd Caterpillar Inc. Mini excavators and small track-type tractors 55 Oconee Kyungshin Lear Wiring harnesses 50 Troup Dexter Axle Co. Trailer axles 50 Jasper Molded and flat die-cut acoustical insulation and natural fiber-based interior Clark-Cutler-McDermott Co. 50 Walker trim components for the auto industry
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Company Product or Service Employment County 39: Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries YKK USA Inc. Various fasteners for automotive seating and interior 650 Bibb Fasteners, zippers, hook & loop, pull straps, ISO-marker buttons, seat belt YKK USA Inc. 92 Cobb buttons, plastic hardware 47: Transportation Services Hyundai Glovis Co. Vehicle processing 250 Troup Hyundai Glovis Co. Inventory management for Kia; logistics and supply chain 225 Troup 50: Wholesale Trade Durable Goods Morgan Thermal Ceramics Ceramic fiber insulation blankets for the Automotive industry 550 Richmond PAI Industries Inc. Engine components, turbochargers, exhaust parts and other automotive parts 215 Gwinnett Robert Bosch Corp. Distribution Center Automotive aftermarket parts 160 Fulton Hella Inc. Distribution Center Automotive lighting and electronics 85 Fayette Ford Motor Co. Parts Distribution Center Auto parts distribution 70 Henry 51: Wholesale Nondurable Goods Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. Automotive plastic coatings 115 Hall 55: Automotive Dealers Porsche Cars North America Inc. Headquarters and distribution location 150 Fulton ALABAMA (Sorted by Employment) 22: Textile Products CVG Alabama Cotton automotive seat cover cloth 400 Calhoun 25: Furniture and Fixtures TS Tech Alabama LLC Automobile seats 670 Marshall CRH North America Inc. Vehicle furniture; seat adjustment systems 442 Chilton Johnson Controls Automotive seats 300 Tuscaloosa Bridgewater Interiors Inc. Auto seats 250 Calhoun 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Michelin North America Inc. Car tires 1,413 Tuscaloosa Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Auto and light truck tires 1,400 Etowah Federal-Mogul Corp. Gaskets and sealing devices 643 Limestone Michelin North America Inc. Auto and light truck tires 550 Houston SCA Inc. Injection molded products 410 Lee Federal-Mogul Corp. Chassis and steering components 350 Marshall SJA Inc Injection molded products; vehicle spoilers and interior consoles 340 Tallapoosa Rainsville Technology Inc. Plastic injection molded auto parts 325 De Kalb KwangSung America Plastic hoses and sun visors 321 Tallapoosa Rehau Inc. Processed plastic components for motor vehicles 300 Cullman McGriff Industries Inc. Automotive tire rebuilding and retreading service; over the road trucking 276 Cullman HS Automotive Alabama Inc. Rubber automobile hose 270 Coffee Hanil E-Hwa Interior Systems Plastic automotive parts; interior trims 250 Dallas Fehrer Automotive North America LLC Molded foam parts and seat pads 240 Etowah Daehan Solutions Alabama LLC Noise control equipment 200 Lowndes International Automotive Components Group Custom injection molding 180 Calhoun INZI Controls Alabama Inc. Injection and blow molded automotive parts 155 Coffee Wooshin USA Plastic molds and precision parts 150 Chambers Mitchell Plastics Automotive plastic products 120 Madison Nypro Custom injection molding 105 Houston
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Company Product or Service Employment County Price Rubber Corp. Rubber belting; automotive tire recapping service 100 Montgomery EFP Corp. Shape molding; foam products 100 Morgan Kumi Manufacturing of Alabama Inc. Injection molded plastic products 94 Chilton Flex-n-Gate Plastics and metal stamping 75 Jefferson NCI Mfg. Gaskets 70 Jackson Decatur Plastic Products Inc. Injection molded products 50 Etowah 32: Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products AGC Automotive Americas Automotive glass 405 Shelby 33: Primary Metal Industries Grede Cast and forged metal for automotive applications 368 Escambia Grede Cast and forged metal for automotive applications 158 Shelby Grede Cast and forged metal for automotive applications 155 Jefferson Grede Cast and forged metal for automotive applications 155 Shelby Thermalex Inc. Titanium profile extrusion 150 Montgomery Grede Cast and forged metal for automotive applications 105 Perry Grede Cast and forged metal for automotive applications 90 Dallas New Process Steel Sheet metal products; metal service center 80 Jefferson Specification alloys in ingot, sow, and molten-aluminum form for the Aleris Specification Alloys 65 Saint Clair automotive industry Dura-Cast Inc. OEM zinc castings for automotive industry 55 Coffee Worthington Steel Co. Flat rolled steel 50 Morgan 34: Fabricated Metal Products Smart Alabama LLC Stamped automotive products and metal stampings; inner panels 700 Crenshaw Kamtek Inc Stamped automotive products 600 Jefferson A-Jin USA Metal stamping body parts 460 Chambers Topre America Corp. Automotive press products 400 Cullman DONGWON Metal Co. LTD. Automotive stampings 300 Crenshaw American Trim Specialty finish and forming 300 Cullman HL-A Co. Inc. Door locks, ignition locks, side mirrors and door handles 256 Dallas Gestamp Alabama Inc. Metal parts for vehicles such as body panels, hinges and suspension units 250 Jefferson Guyoung Tech USA Automotive metal stampings 250 Conecuh Thermasys Corp. Welded tubing products, automotive and heat exchange products; radiators 250 Montgomery Yachiyo Manufacturing of AL Stamped automotive products 220 Saint Clair Jay Mid-South LLC Metal automotive seat frames 180 Etowah Stamped Products Inc. Automotive metal stampings 170 Etowah Prince Metal Stampings USA Stampings, engine and structural parts 153 Etowah Choice Fabricators Inc. Metal fabricators 150 Etowah Vulcan Electro Coatings Inc. Production quantity automotive parts painting service 150 Shelby ISE Innomotive Systems U.S. Inc. Automotive stampings, front and rear end modules 120 Tuscaloosa Precision Strip Inc. Metal service center 100 Talladega Fleetwood Metal Industries Metal stamping 100 Talladega United Plating Metal finishing 90 Madison Commercial Spring and Tool Company Ltd. Metal stamped parts and tool and die assemblies 75 Chambers SaeHaeSung Alabama Corp. Welding and stamping parts 75 Covington T&C Stamping Metal stamping 74 Limestone Dixie Metalcraft Inc. Plate metal fabricator 58 Madison Ridgeview Industries Precision stamping 50 Madison Precoat Metals Coil coating, laminating, slitting 50 Jefferson
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Company Product or Service Employment County Southeastern Anodizing Co. Inc. Aluminum fabricating, finishing and anodizing 50 Chilton 35: Machinery, Except Electrical Altec Industries Inc. Lift trucks; digger derricks; overhead cranes 500 Jefferson NACCO Materials Handling Group Component parts for lift trucks 485 Lamar Halla Climate Systems Alabama Corp. HVAC units, front end modules 400 Macon NTN-Bower Corp. Precision bearings; transportation equipment 250 Marion Donaldson Co. Inc. Internal combustion engine air intake filters; truck mufflers 200 Macon ATAP Inc. Industrial trucks and tractors; motor vehicles and car bodies 145 Calhoun Altec Industries Inc. Lift trucks; digger derricks; overhead cranes 141 Jefferson Mangas Tool & Die Inc. (Pace) Tool and die and fixtures 76 Colbert Gadsden Tool Inc. Dies and tools 70 Etowah Brewton Iron Works Inc. Machine shop, jobbing and repair services 59 Escambia Yesac Alabama Corp. Automation machinery, pallets and racks 56 Elmore 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment Toray Carbon Fibers America Carbon fibers 320 Morgan Johnson Controls Automotive electrical equipment 156 Calhoun Tris USA Inc. Electronic equipment; internal combustion engines 150 Limestone Transportation & Safety Tech Automotive wiring harnesses 88 De Kalb 37: Transportation Equipment Honda Motor Company Automotive assembly plant 4,500 Talladega Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama Automotive assembly plant 3,000 Montgomery Mercedes-Benz US International Automotive assembly plant 3,000 Tuscaloosa Toyota V8 and V6 engines for Tundra and Tacoma pickup trucks 1,025 Madison North American Lighting Inc. Automotive signal lamps 810 Colbert Nemak USA Inc. Motor vehicle cylinder heads 707 Talladega SL Alabama LLC Auto lighting parts and systems 674 Tallapoosa Mobis Alabama Motor vehicle body components and frames 669 Montgomery North American Bus Industries Assembles all types of complete buses 650 Calhoun Hwashin America Corp. Chassis and drive train auto body parts 555 Butler BASF Corp. Auto catalysts, new emission systems, stationary source catalysts 533 Madison BASF Catalysts LLC Catalytic converter systems 533 Madison Mando America Braking, steering and suspension systems 426 Lee KTH Parts Industries Inc. Stamped and welded automotive parts 400 Cherokee Brake drums, wheel hubs, rotors and spoke wheels for trucks, tractors, trailers, Webb Wheel Products Inc. 400 Cullman and buses Motion Industries Inc. Automobile parts and supplies; hydraulic equipment 386 Jefferson Heil Environmental Truck bodies including refuse and recycling collection vehicles 383 De Kalb Borbet Alabama Inc. Motor vehicle wheels 375 Lee Tape Craft Corp. Webbing materials and sew assemblies for automotive interior applications 350 Talladega Inteva Products LLC Closure, interior, and roof systems 340 Etowah Lear Corp. Motor vehicle seating; interior trim manufacturing 320 Montgomery Fontaine Trailer Co. Steel and composite platform trailers 306 Winston Manufacturers medium and heavy trucks and mid-range diesel engines, V6, V8, Navistar Diesel-Alabama 300 Madison MaxxForce 11 and MaxxForce 13 Benteler Automotive Corp. Motor vehicle manifolds; stamped automotive products, chassis systems 300 Lee Hanil USA Tubes for brake and power steering fluid 300 Elmore ZF Industries Inc Speed drives, chassis, etc. 275 Tuscaloosa Alabama Cullman Yutaka Technologies Torque conductors, exhaust systems 265 Cullman
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Company Product or Service Employment County Matsu Alabama Inc. Auto metal stamping and welded components 260 Madison Fontaine Trailer Co. Lowbed trailers 250 Winston Seohan Auto USA/Seohan Driveshaft USA Front and rear axels 230 Lee Alto Products Corp. AL Motor vehicle transmission housings or parts 200 Escambia Pyongsan America Inc. Discharge hose pipe assembly 200 Lee Eissmann Group Auto dashboards and leather components 180 Saint Clair Recticel North America Inc. Interior trim and window encapsulation 180 Tuscaloosa Sanoh America Inc. Brake and fuel lines 176 Jackson Pha Body Systems LLC Door modules 165 Montgomery WKW-Erbsloeh North America Inc. Aluminum parts 160 Saint Clair Daewon America Automotive suspension bars and coils 150 Lee Hoerbiger Automotive Comfort Systems Hydraulic systems, brake parts (two locations) 150 Lee Whitesell Corp. Fasteners, cold formed parts and stampings for auto industry 150 Colbert Utility Trailer Manufacturing Semi truck trailers; vehicle bodies; automotive chassis 150 Coffee Inteva Products LLC Motor vehicle parts and accessories 140 Tuscaloosa Sejong Alabama LLC Exhaust system components 140 Lowndes Faurecia Automotive Seating Automotive seating 135 Tuscaloosa Hysco America (Hyundai) Steel coil and sheeting for chassis and auto body parts 126 Butler Syncro Corp. Motor vehicle brake systems and parts; electromagnetic brakes 120 Marshall Amtech LLC Fiber reinforced plastic and composite molding for the automotive industry 110 Elmore ILJIN Alabama Wheel bearings and chassis 108 Russell Daedong Hi-Lex of America Door hardware systems 106 Chambers Rausch & Pausch LP Automotive parts 105 Lee Lear Corp. Motor vehicle seating and interior trim manufacturing 100 Tuscaloosa DAS North America Inc. Automotive seat components 100 Montgomery MDT Armor Corp. Armored cars 95 Lee Excellance Inc. Assembles complete ambulances 85 Limestone Leehan America Air cleaners, canisters, fuel filters and air elements 85 Chambers HFI LLC Automotive parts and machinery 80 Marshall Warren Manufacturing Inc. Truck and trailer bodies 80 Jefferson Eberspaecher North America Exhaust systems 70 Tuscaloosa M-Tek Inc. Interior trim 70 Autauga Faurecia North America Seat assemblies 68 Tuscaloosa Daeil USA Corp. Steering suspensions and brake systems 68 Chambers Hanwha L&C Alabama Motor vehicle parts and accessories 60 Lee Better Built Trailers Inc. Trailer equipment; auto chassis 60 Winston Brose Inc. Door and window systems 56 Tuscaloosa M-Tek Inc. Interior trim 54 Talladega Tw-Fittings-NA LLC Motor vehicle wheels 53 Tuscaloosa Electricfil Corp. Powertrain electronic components systems 50 Limestone Lear Corp. Wire harnesses 50 Dallas Ready Built Transmissions Transmissions 50 Montgomery 50: Wholesale Trade Durable Goods O'Neal Steel Metal service center 300 Jefferson Bermco Aluminum Secondary aluminum smelting; aluminum alloy 100 Jefferson Chowel Weldparts Inc. Impact beams 100 Crenshaw CoilPlus Alabama Inc. Metal service center 69 Limestone
32 = Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). GEORGIA POWER COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – YOUR PARTNER IN BUSINESS © GEORGIA POWER, 2014 Company Product or Service Employment County FLORIDA (Sorted by Employment) 22: Textile Products Cerex Advanced Fabrics Inc. Specialty nonwoven nylon spunbond fabrics for the Automotive industry 124 Escambia 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Fluid Routing Solutions Inc. Rubber hose; motor vehicle parts and accessories 250 Marion TI Group Automotive Systems Rubber and plastics automotive hose and beltings 200 Seminole 33: Primary Metal Industries Extruded aluminum tubing components and systems, including drawn tubing for Hydro Aluminum Precision 274 Brevard automotive applications Coleman Cable Inc. Steel wire and related products 70 Miami-Dade 34: Fabricated Metal Products Florida Production Engineering Stamped metal automobile moldings or trim 300 Volusia Microflex Automotive Flexible metal products such as expansion joints and engine exhaust connectors 150 Volusia RDSS Manufacturing Inc. Metal plate fuel tanks and toolbox combos 100 Taylor Custom roll-formed products, light stampings, fabricated extrusions, powder Pyramid Mouldings 91 Clay coating and assemblies Southern Spring and Stamping Inc. Springs and stampings 50 Sarasota 35: Machinery, Except Electrical Pall Life Sciences Inc. Automotive filtration products 200 Escambia Champion Parts Inc. Auto related machinery 70 Pasco 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment Jabil Circuit Inc. Automotive control systems and modules 1,700 Pinellas CompuLink Corp. Cable assemblies and wiring harnesses 601 Pinellas Stoneridge Inc. Electrical equipment for engines 500 Manatee Johnson Controls Automobile and marine batteries 200 Hillsborough KB Electronics Inc. Variable-speed motor controls 160 Broward JL Audio Inc. Automotive stereo speakers 130 Broward Class 1 Inc. Custom electronic instrumentation for emergency vehicles 100 Marion ETCO Inc. Terminal boards, boots and insulators for the Automotive industry 100 Manatee MICROMO Electronics Precision components 85 Pinellas Paneltronics Inc. Instrument and switch panels 80 Miami-Dade Sun Microstamping Technologies Electrical automotive components and assemblies 70 Pinellas AMETEK Inc. Motors and generators 50 Polk 37: Transportation Equipment E-One Inc. Assembles complete fire department vehicles; specialty motor vehicle bodies 1,200 Marion Key Safety Systems Air bags 580 Polk Delphi Corp. Automotive components, integrated systems and modules 575 Tallahassee Coupled Products LLC Components and cables for ABS braking systems and hybrid vehicles 500 Escambia Dura Automotive Systems Inc. Motor vehicle parts and accessories, glass products 500 Duval Wheeled Coach Industries Inc. Assembles complete ambulances 420 Orange Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles LLC Specialty trailers, trucks and vans 300 Pinellas Federal-Mogul Corp. Gaskets 300 Broward Pierce Manufacturing Inc. Custom fire trucks, apparatus and equipment 285 Manatee Metra Electronics Corp. Motor vehicle body components and frames; automotive electrical equipment 260 Volusia IDEAL Worm gear and specialty hose clamps 250 Saint Johns Pylon Manufacturing Corp. Motor vehicle windshield wipers and rubber inserts 200 Broward GT Technologies Valvetrain components for gas and diesel engines 200 Leon United Welding Services Inc. Truck storage carriers, tailgate caps and protectors, spare parts 190 Taylor
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Company Product or Service Employment County Cold Air Distributors Warehouse of Florida Automotive air-conditioning parts 170 St Lucie Eckler Industries LLC Automotive fiberglass parts 160 Brevard Rally Manufacturing Inc. Automotive accessories such as floor mats and wiper blades 150 Miami-Dade Rally Manufacturing Inc. Automotive accessories such as floor mats and wiper blades 130 Miami-Dade Aluminum casting, small to medium size components for car and truck Eastern Industries Inc. 100 Bay manufacturers FloMet LLC Precision, high-volume metal components 100 Volusia Navistar Service center 80 Sumter EZ Truck Services Motor truck trailers 80 Lee Square One Armoring Services Complete armored car 76 Miami-Dade Platform and stake, landscaper and dry-freight van bodies; cutaway vans; and America's Body 60 Hillsborough van interiors Standard Motor Products Inc. Automotive aftermarket parts 59 Orange Steeda Autosports Inc. Automotive and truck aftermarket parts 55 Broward Wolverine Advanced Materials Seals and gaskets 54 Lake Automotive aftermarket engine components and assemblies for high Scorpion Performance Inc. 51 Marion performance and racing applications Stamm Manufacturing Traffic and sign trucks, truck and trailer accessories 50 St Lucie AAMP of America Car audio electronics 50 Pinellas Enkei Florida Inc. Aluminum automotive wheels 50 Duval Tuners designed to provide additional horsepower to computer-controlled gaso- Superchips Inc. 50 Seminole line- and diesel-powered cars and light trucks Toucan Industries Inc. Automotive aftermarket parts 50 Broward Enkei Florida Inc. Aluminum wheels 50 Duval MISSISSIPPI (Sorted by Employment) 25: Furniture and Fixtures Faurecia Automotive Seating Automobile seats 300 Bolivar 28: Chemicals and Allied Products Valspar Corp. Automotive paint finishes 100 Pearl River 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Steel belted radial tires 1,200 Lee M-Tek Inc. Door trim panels, rear shelf, trunk trim, dash insulators and plastic injection trim 527 Madison Toyota Interior and exterior plastic components 120 Panola 34: Fabricated Metal Products Caterpillar Inc. Remanufactured diesel engine component parts 220 Prentiss Tower Automotive Operations Stamped automotive products 200 Lauderdale Stamped suspension components, structural components, body-in-white, Ice Industries 200 Grenada brackets and seat frames Stamped automotive products; automotive wiring harness sets; Energy Conversion Systems 150 Rankin electrical equipment Mississippi Tank & Mfg. Compressed gas tanks, transport trailers, pressure vessels and steel storage 135 Forrest Unipress USA Stamped metal automobile body parts 130 Scott Union Spring & Mfg. Automobile springs; metal forming machine tools 80 Pontotoc 35: Machinery, Except Electrical BorgWarner Highly-engineered components and systems for powertrain applications 650 Yalobusha Hol-Mac Corp. Fluid power cylinders, hydraulic or pneumatic; automotive related machinery 350 Jasper Worthington Cylinders Corp. Aluminum and steel impact parts 211 Union Warren Inc. Dumb truck bodies, hydraulic hoists and cylinders, spreaders 120 Covington Screw Conveyor Corp. Hydraulic truck dumpers 70 Montgomery
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Company Product or Service Employment County 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment Luvata Grenada LLC OEM coils 2,000 Grenada Multicraft International LP Automotive electrical equipment; engineering services 75 Rankin Chahta Enterprise Automotive wire harnesses 60 Jones 37: Transportation Equipment Nissan North America Inc. Automotive assembly 5,000 Madison Toyota Automotive assembly 2,000 Union Caterpillar Inc. Motor vehicle engines and parts 600 Alcorn Delphi Corp. Automotive electrical equipment and plastic power distribution system components 425 Lincoln Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi Stamped parts, body weld parts and plastic parts 400 Lee Diversity-Vuteq LLC Plastic component parts 375 Union Tower Automotive Operations Motor vehicle body components and frames; stamped automotive products 200 Madison Toyota Boshoku Mississippi LLC Seats, door trim, and interior components 200 Itawamba Performance automotive parts such as clutch components, control cables, Pioneer Inc. 135 Lauderdale engine parts, flywheels, ring gears and transmission parts TCI Automotive Inc. Industrial and automobile racing torque converters and transmissions 125 Benton Parker Hannifin Corp. Power take-off systems 120 DeSoto Paccar Inc. Engine manufacturing facility 100 Lowndes MAHLE Clevite Inc. Distribution center for aftermarket Automotive products 100 De Soto Armored route trucks, tandem axle trucks, military vehicles, fully-armored Griffin Inc. 82 Marshall over-the-road tractors Moeller Products Co. Inc. Motor vehicle parts and accessories 80 Washington Tbei Tishomingo Acquisition Bodies and platforms for dump trucks 80 Tishomingo Systems Automotive Interiors Seats, door trim, and interior components 74 Itawamba Diversity-Vuteq LLC Plastic component parts 55 Union Trailboss Trailers Inc. Heavy-equipment trailers 50 Noxubu 49: Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services Systems Electro Coating Electrocoating services 50 Madison 51: Wholesale Nondurable Goods Warren Oil Co. Wholesale fuels, lubricants, and greases 50 Warren NORTH CAROLINA (Sorted by Employment) 17: Construction and Special Trade Contractors Janesville Acoustics Acoustical and thermal fiber insulation for automotive applications 83 McDowell 22: Textile Products International Automotive Components Auto interiors 340 Stanly Viscotec Automotive Products Manmade automotive fabric 220 Burke Mc Murray Fabrics Inc. Automotive, industrial and apparel knitted fabrics 100 Moore Highland Industries Inc. Automotive safety systems such as airbag fabrics, racing harnesses 70 Guilford Hickory Springs Manufacturing Woven webbing; motor vehicle parts and accessories 65 Guilford 23: Apparel and Other Finished Products Made from Fabrics and Similar Materials Chatham Borgstena Auto Textile Automotive seats covers 100 Surry 25: Furniture and Fixtures Johnson Controls Automobile storage batteries 500 Forsyth Syntec Inc. School bus seats 105 Guilford 28: Chemicals and Allied Products LORD Corp. Adhesives and sealants 250 Wake Camco Manufacturing Inc. Automotive parts for recreational vehicles 188 Guilford 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Tires 2,800 Cumberland
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Company Product or Service Employment County Bridgestone Firestone North America Passenger and light truck tires 2,000 Wilson Henniges Automotive North Carolina Sealing systems for automotive industry 400 Rockingham Fibrous pads for the inside dashes for car and the exterior dashes, thermal and Lydall Thermal Acoustical Inc. 222 Yadkin acoustic barriers Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions Retreaded tires for medium to heavy-duty trucks 200 Granville Central Carolina Products Inc. Custom injection molding 200 Alamance Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Tire molds 170 Iredell Mack Molding Co. Custom injection moldings 170 Iredell Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. Mechanical automotive rubber products 168 Wayne Automotive chemicals including brake cleaners, diesel fuel additives, lubricants Radiator Specialty Co. 130 Union and degreasers Uchiyama America Inc. Automotive seals 125 Wayne Wilbert Plastic Services Injection molded components 90 Cabarrus RDH Tire & Retread Co. Automotive tire rebuilding and retreading service 80 Rowan Hibco Plastics Inc. Foamed plastic insulation and cushioning products 60 Yadkin Steele Rubber Products Inc. Weatherstripping for windshields, doors, windows, hoods, and trunks 50 Catawba ETIMEX USA Inc. Custom blow molded components and assemblies for automotive industry 50 Mecklenburg 32: Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products PCC Airfoils LLC Castable nonclay refractories 53 Lee 33: Primary Metal Industries Grede Low to medium-volume ductile iron products for heavy truck/diesel engines 370 Montgomery Sypris Technologies Kenton Inc. Forged and machined components 300 Burke Consolidated Metco Inc. Aluminum castings for heavy duty trucks and trailers 300 Union Scotland Manufacturing Inc. Stampings in cold rolled and tin plate steel 100 Scotland Consolidated Metco Inc. Structural plastic components for trucks and trailers 100 Haywood 34: Fabricated Metal Products Continental Automotive Systems Stamped metal automobile body parts; motor vehicle parts and accessories 500 Henderson GKN Driveline North America Pressed-steel structural assemblies, modules, and chassis systems 385 Lee Stabilus USA Gas springs and hydraulic vibration dampers 300 Gaston Roush & Yates Racing Engines Ferrous automotive forgings including crankshaft, engine and axle 100 Iredell Amesbury Group Inc. Textile Division Weather stripping 92 Iredell Baumann Springs USA Inc. Compression and extension springs, wire retainers for auto wheel covers 85 Mecklenburg Truck Equipment Manufacturing Co. Truck tanks 80 Mecklenburg Curtis Screw Co. Inc. Screw machine products; motor vehicle parts and accessories 75 Mecklenburg Horizon Tools Inc. Automotive specialty tools 70 Guilford Roush & Yates Racing Engines Ferrous automotive forgings including crankshaft, engine and axle 55 Iredell 35: Machinery, Except Electrical NACCO Materials Handling Group Lift trucks 780 Pitt ASMO Greenville of North Carolina Fluid power motors 450 Pitt Altec Industries Inc. Truck-mounted services, utility line, and forestry bodies 350 Granville ASMO North Carolina Inc. Blower, power seat, and power window motors, pinch sensor assemblies 320 Iredell The Timken Co. Bearings 257 Rutherford Ingersoll-Rand Co. Internal combustion engines parts and accessories 200 Moore BRP US Inc. Lost foam castings for automotive industry 100 Mitchell Standard Tools & Equipment Co. Auto lifts, paint booths, pulling posts 80 Guilford Moore's Machine Co. of Chatham Automobile parts; machine shop 80 Chatham AUTEC Inc. Car wash systems 75 Iredell Engine Systems Inc. Diesel engines 60 Edgecombe
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Company Product or Service Employment County 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment GKN Driveline North America Pressed-steel structural assemblies, modules, and chassis systems 500 Alamance Keihin Carolina System Tech Automotive electrical equipment 423 Edgecombe GKN Driveline North America Pressed-steel structural assemblies, modules, and chassis systems 400 Person General Electric Co. Circuit relays, industrial trucks and tractors, switchgear 300 Orange Baldor Dodge Reliance Power transmission components 200 Buncombe BorgWarner Design and supply of cooling systems for SUVs and trucks 200 Henderson Cooper Bussmann Inc. Automotive fuses, blocks and holders 150 Wayne Patriot Performance Materials Industrial armatures 82 Lee 37: Transportation Equipment Daimler Trucks North America Truck assembly plant 2,055 Rowan Volvo Truck North America Inc. Specialty motor vehicle bodies 1,414 Guilford Daimler Trucks North America Stamping, metal fabrication and sub-assembly of cab and chassis parts 1,300 Gaston Daimler Trucks North America School buses 1,294 Guilford AW North Carolina Inc. Motor vehicle transmissions 900 Durham Purolator Filters NA LLC Automotive filters 850 Cumberland Mack Trucks Inc. Heavy duty trucks 800 Guilford Meritor Inc. Gearing, input shafts and axle housings for commercial trucks 800 Henderson Continental Automotive Systems Brakes 600 Burke NGK Ceramics USA Inc. Ceramic filters used in exhaust systems 600 Iredell Stanadyne Corp. Motor vehicle engines and parts 450 Beaufort Mickey Truck Bodies Inc. Aluminum side-loading bodies and trailers 400 Guilford GKN Driveline North America Motor vehicle gears; iron or steel forgings 400 Catawba Arvinmeritor Inc. Large truck transmissions and clutches 380 Robeson Transmissions, steering systems, chassis components and complete axle ZF Lemforder Corp. 357 Catawba systems and modules Automotive engine air management systems, powertrain solutions and Eaton Corp. 325 Cleveland specialty controls Eaton Corp. Engine components and transmission control products 320 Person Engineered Sintered Components Automotive components using metal powder 301 Iredell Aluminum castings; aluminum die castings; motor vehicle fuel systems Consolidated Metco Inc. 300 Swain and parts AP Exhaust Products Inc. Motor vehicle exhaust mufflers 300 Wayne Stanadyne Corp. Motor vehicle fuel systems and parts 300 Onslow Wix Filtration Corp LLC Automotive filters 300 Gaston American Emergency Vehicles Emergency vehicles 250 Ashe Magneti Marelli Powertrain USA Gasoline; diesel and multi-fuel engine control systems; gearboxes 250 Lee Cataler North America Corp. Automotive catalysts 211 Lincoln MGM Brakes motor vehicle brake systems and parts 210 Cherokee DesignLine USA LLC Alternative fuel transit vehicles 200 Mecklenburg Commercial Vehicle Group Truck cabs assembly 200 Cleveland Affinia Wix Filtration Products Automotive filters 200 Gaston Magna Composites Automotive components 200 Rowan AB Interconnect Electric connectors and sensors for land-based defense vehicles 185 Johnston Godwin Manufacturing Co. Inc. Truck dump bodies, hoists, rollback carriers and platforms 180 Sampson VT Hackney Route delivery vehicles 160 Beaufort Metaldyne Corp. Internal combustion engines 159 Pitt Daimler Trucks North America Medium-duty trucks 150 Gaston
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Company Product or Service Employment County Boston Gear Transmission components 150 Mecklenburg FCC North Carolina LLC Motor vehicle clutches 140 Scotland Carolina Forge Co. LLC Ball bearings, air bearings, bearing cups 130 Wilson Wix Filtration Corp. LLC Motor vehicle filters 120 Gaston Atkinson International Inc. Motor vehicle air brakes 100 Gaston BorgWarner Turbochargers and dampers 100 Buncombe Customized and universal electronic aftermarket cruise control systems, parking Rostra Precision Controls Inc. 100 Scotland assists, automotive lumbar supports Atkinson International Inc. Automotive brakes 100 Gaston Dill Air Controls Products LLC Tire valve cores 95 Granville Motor vehicle brake systems and parts; mechanical power Haldex Inc. 87 McDowell transmission equipment Southco Industries Inc. Truck bodies 85 Cleveland Oiles America Corp. Oil-less bearings, die components, and sintered vent products 75 Cabarrus Xceldyne Technologies LLC Titanium valves and valvetrain components 70 Davidson A M Haire Body Co. Inc. Truck bodies and parts 60 Davidson Standard Motor Products Inc. Automobile oxygen sensors 59 Wilson A&A Truck & Auto Center Inc. Light to industrial-duty towing and recovery vehicles 55 Mecklenburg Strutmasters Automotive struts and springs 50 Person 39: Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries Aplix Inc. Hood and loop fastening systems for automotive interiors 230 Mecklenburg 50: Wholesale Trade Durable Goods Bepco Inc. Heavy-duty trucking components 80 Forsyth SOUTH CAROLINA (Sorted by Employment) 22: Textile Products SAGE Automotive Interiors Inc. Automotive boy cloth and headliners 350 Greenville SAGE Automotive Interiors Inc. Automotive boy cloth and headliners 324 Abbeville SAGE Automotive Interiors Inc. Automotive boy cloth and headliners 175 Abbeville Rug Barn Inc. Manmade broad woven fabric mill; motor vehicle air cleaners 130 Abbeville Trelleborg Coated Systems Engineered fabrics and textile processing for automotive uses 98 Spartanburg 23: Apparel and Other Finished Products Made from Fabrics and Similar Materials Color-Fi Inc. Custom engineered and specialty fibers 230 Sumter Suminoe Textile of America Woven and nit fabric for automotive industry 200 Cherokee Kawashima Textile USA Inc. Automobile seat covers 166 Kershaw 26: Paper and Allied Products Sonoco Products Co. Molded foam components for the automotive industry 2,000 Darlington 28: Chemicals and Allied Products Lanxess Corp. Rubber chemicals for tire manufacturers 400 Berkeley Atotech USA Inc. Printed circuit board, plating, auto 190 York EMS-Chemie North America Inc. Fibers for automotive seating 100 Sumter 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Michelin North America Inc. Automobile and earthmover tires 2,200 Lexington Michelin North America Inc. Automobile tires 1,300 Greenville Michelin North America Inc. Semi-finished products 1,300 Anderson Bridgestone Firestone North America Passenger and light truck tires 1,200 Aiken Michelin North America Inc. Truck and bus tires 952 Spartanburg Faurecia Interior Systems USA Plastic injection molding and automotive interior trim 700 Laurens Zeus Industrial Products Inc. Tubing extrusions for the automotive industry 400 Orangeburg Dayco Products LLC Plastic and rubber timing belts, tensioners, pulleys, dampers 325 Barnwell
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Company Product or Service Employment County Gates Corp. Automotive belts, tensioners, hoses, water pumps and power steering 300 Berkeley Plastic fuel systems, energy and fluid storage technologies for the Inergy Automotive Systems LLC 277 Anderson automotive industry Wilbert Plastic Service Injection molded plastic products; motor vehicle parts and accessories 241 Calhoun Wilbert Plastic Services Injection molded plastic products; motor vehicle parts and accessories 200 Pickens Mack Molding Co. Injection moldings 185 Spartanburg Dayco Products LLC Plastic and rubber timing belts, tensioners, pulleys, dampers 150 Colleton Lear Corp. Automotive seating 150 Spartanburg Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. Greenhouse, roof ditch and wind lace moldings 120 Spartanburg Friedrichs & Rath Inc. Finished injection molded plastic products 110 Anderson Fukoku America Inc. Plastic products for auto industry 110 Laurens Michelin North America Inc. Semi-finished products 100 Anderson 32: Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Guardian Industries Corp. Solar management glass, panoramic sunroofs, blacklites and liftgates 308 Chester Lang-Mekra North America LLC Motor vehicle mirrors 300 Fairfield 33: Primary Metal Industries Nucor Steel-Berkeley Steel for Automotive industry 900 Berkeley Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Aluminum sheet and strip 120 Greenwood Spartanburg Steel Products Automotive stampings and assembling services 515 Spartanburg Drive Automotive Industries of America Stamped automotive products; motor vehicles and car bodies 500 Greenville US Engine Valve Engine valves 300 Oconee Sargent metal Fabricators Sheet metal fabrication and lean assembly services for the automotive industry 75 Anderson Hansen International Inc. Motor vehicle hardware 65 Lexington Diversified Coating Systems Automotive paints 60 Greenville The Timken Co. Bearings 800 Cherokee Roller bearings, engine components, rocker arms, tripod rollers and roller Schaeffler Group USA Inc. 800 York assemblies for automotive industry The Timken Co. Ball and roller bearings; metal stampings; motor vehicle parts 700 Anderson Schaeffler Group USA Inc. Bearings and bearing components 500 York The Timken Co. Bearings 480 Union Wix Filtration Corp LLC Internal combustion engine oil filters; motor vehicle parts and accessories; 450 Dillon Schaeffler Group USA Inc. Roller bearings and motor elements 342 York Koyo Corp of USA Automotive ball bearings 300 Richland Caterpillar Inc. Small hydraulic cylinders for construction vehicles 135 Sumter Bellwright Industries Inc. Metal cutting and polishing lathes 135 Berkeley Oilmen's Equipment Custom built truck tanks 75 Spartanburg American Metric Corp. Power transmission components 60 Laurens 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment Johnson Controls Storage batteries; motor vehicle parts and accessories 300 Oconee Showa Denko Carbon Inc. Synthetic graphite for automotive friction materials 200 Dorchester Prettl Electric Corp. Internal combustion engine harness wiring sets 180 Greenville Sumter Metal Products Lead acid storage batteries 100 Sumter Alternator Exchange Automotive alternators 55 Spartanburg 37: Transportation Equipment BMW Manufacturing Co. Automotive assembly plant 7,000 Spartanburg Robert Bosch LLC Diesel and gasoline fuel injector products and abs brake systems 2,000 Dorchester Oxygen sensors as well as engine management components, including Robert Bosch LLC electronic throttle bodies, integrated air fuel modules, and transmission 2,000 Anderson control modules
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Company Product or Service Employment County ZF Transmissions Automatic transmissions 1,200 Laurens Honda Motor Company All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and engine assembly plant 850 Florence DAA Draexlmaier Automotive of America Electronic systems and components for automobiles 650 Spartanburg Freightliner Custom Chassis Chassis for motorhomes, school and shuttle buses, and walk-in delivery vans 640 Cherokee Plastic Omnium Injection molded bumpers 621 Anderson Transfer cases and torque management devices for all-wheel drive for BorgWarner 600 Oconee passenger cars, crossover vehicles, SUVs and light trucks KEMET Electronics Corp. Capacitors for electric drive vehicles 550 Greenville YH America LLC Automotive and power steering and air conditioning components 480 Pickens Behr Heat Transfer Systems Inc. Radiators and radiator shells and cores 405 Charleston Associated Fuel Pump Systems Motor vehicle fuel pumps; pumps and pumping equipment 400 Anderson R.E. Phelon Company Inc. Die cast flywheels and custom cast parts 384 Aiken Safety Components Fabric Techs Automotive air bag fabrics 365 Greenville Champion Laboratories Inc. Filters and filtration product for heavy-duty trucking 350 York Highland Industries Automobile seat belts and air bags 343 Chesterfield ZF Industries Inc. Motor vehicle steering mechanisms 339 Spartanburg American Lafrance LLC Emergency vehicles 300 Berkeley Baldor Electric Co. Mechanical transmission power transmission products, drives and generators 300 Greenville Meritor Inc. Brakes, brake components, axle dressing 300 York American Eagle Wheel Corp. Aluminum automobile and truck wheels 250 York Cummins Turbo Technologies Motor vehicle engines and parts 250 Charleston IFA Rotorion Motor vehicle drive shafts 250 Charleston Federal-Mogul Corp. Extended-life brake friction products for OEMs 250 Orangeburg Hengst North America Automotive filters 241 Kershaw Avm Industries LLC Gas springs 240 Marion CeramTec North America Ceramic components for automotive applications 225 Laurens Roechling Automotive USA LLP Automotive systems solutions, components and modules 219 Spartanburg Sew-Eurodrive Inc. Gear motors, drive electronics, drive-based automation systems 210 Spartanburg Newman Technology South Motor vehicle parts and accessories 205 Aiken Getrag Precision Gear Co. LLC Motor vehicle gears 200 Charleston Performance Friction Corp. Automotive braking systems 200 York Gestamp Automotive metal components and structural systems 200 Union Stainless steel trim rings, wheel covers, center caps and stainless McKechnie Vehicle Components 170 Newberry steel claddings Center Manufacturing Diameter tubes, fuel tanks, fluid-level indicators 160 Greenwood Alfmeier Corp. Motor vehicle fuel systems and parts 150 Greenville Griffin Thermal Products Inc. Motor vehicle radiators 150 Anderson Parker Hannifin Corp. Gaskets, seals, washers, spliced ring and long length extrusions 150 Spartanburg Alfmeier Corp. Fuel products, engine and seating systems 150 Greenville Trucast Inc. Wheels for turbo chargers 140 Newberry Mergon Corp. SORE fuel tanks (Small Off Road Engines) 130 Anderson Mancor Inc Custom steel fabrications 125 Kershaw Ox Bodies Inc. Dump truck beds 125 Marlboro ASWA Inc. Automotive aftermarket parts 120 Dorchester Proterra Inc. Alternative fuel buses 120 Greenville Pierburg Inc. Water, oil and vacuum pumps 110 Greenville JTEKT Automotive Steering systems and driveline components 109 Greenville
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Company Product or Service Employment County Transaxle Manufacturing of America Transaxles for tractors and sport utility vehicles 102 York GSP North America Co. Inc. Motor vehicle axles 100 Spartanburg Motor vehicle water pumps; street car starting equipment; Perfection Hy-Test Co. Inc. 100 Darlington automotive alternators Komatsu America Corp. Construction vehicles 100 Newberry Daimler Sprinter van assembly 99 Charleston Woodward Governor Co. Auto and aircraft parts 98 Greenville JBE Inc. Auto components, warehousing and distribution 95 Darlington Richmond Gear High performance ring and pinion sets 75 Pickens IAC Automotive interior solutions 75 Spartanburg TWL Precision Ltd Precision machined components for automotive industry 70 Charleston Kaydon Corp. Bearings, power transmission equipment 65 Sumter PBR Columbia LLC Brake calipers, park brakes, brake modules 60 Lexington Recticel North America Inc. Adhesive transfer tape, cloth tape, vinyl tape, dashboard skins 59 Greenville American Metric Corp. Power transmission components 57 Laurens Zeuna Starker Mufflers and exhaust systems 50 Spartanburg 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management and Related Services Michelin North America Inc. Provides research and development services specializing in automobile tires 960 Greenville TENNESSEE (Sorted by Employment) 22: Textile Products IAC Automobile floor coverings 433 Robertson BCE Investment Co. Inc. Manmade auto fabric; motor vehicle parts and accessories; truck and bus bodies 50 Davidson 23: Apparel and Other Finished Products Made from Fabrics and Similar Materials Avantech Manufacturing LLC Auto fabric trimmings 126 Maury 25: Furniture and Fixtures Johnson Controls Automobile seats 600 Rutherford Seat comfort systems, driver and motion-control systems, fluid assemblies, and Kongsberg Automotive Inc. 350 Gibson industrial driver interface products Lear Corp. Automobile seats 263 Hamblen ARJ Manufacturing LLC Automobile seats 185 Madison Bridgestone Firestone North America Foam auto seat cushions and absorbing pads 153 Dickson 26: Paper and Allied Products Advanced Labelworx Inc. Printed labels for automotive components 90 Anderson 29: Petroleum Refining and Related Industries Spectrum Lubricants Corp. Lubricating oils 200 McNairy 30: Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products M-Tek Inc. Finished injection molded plastic products 819 Coffee Bates LLC Auto parts and synthetic rubber products 800 Perry Tennessee DTR Inc. Automotive anti-vibration rubber products 710 Greene Bridgestone Firestone North America Tires and rubber related products 593 Davidson Tepro Inc. Automotive rubber products 507 Franklin Akebono Brake Corp. Automotive stamping 500 Montgomery SRG Global Laminated plastics; motor vehicle parts and accessories; glass products 371 Lauderdale Hutchinson Sealing Systems Inc. Body sealing, fluid transfer, and transmission systems; bodywork parts 305 Hawkins Plastic automotive parts such as fluid transfer, fluid management, interior and ABC Group Fuel Systems Inc. 300 Sumner exterior systems SRG Global Laminated plastics and glass products 280 Dyer Specialty Tires of America Inc. Specialty tires for farming, mining and heavy equipment vehicles 250 Unicoi Tennessee DTR Inc. Automotive rubber anti-vibration parts 210 Claiborne
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Company Product or Service Employment County Johnson Controls Foam rubber automotive seat cushions 200 Giles Baxter Enterprises Trunk sills, trunk lid centers, d-pillars, top shoulders 150 Franklin Zanini of Tennessee Inc. Interior and exterior trims, wheel trims 137 Franklin PML Inc. Rubber automotive products 125 Henry PML Inc. Rubber products for automotive industry 125 Henry Daramic LLC Battery separators for automotive industry 120 Sullivan Bridgestone Firestone North America Passenger, light truck, truck and bus tires 100 Rutherford Bridgestone Firestone North America Truck and bus tires 100 Warren Takahata Precision America Plastic moldings for the automotive components 100 Scot M-Tek Inc. Finished injection molded plastic products 80 Rutherford Tire bladders, curing bladders, turn-up bladders, and a host of custom Polymer Industrial Products Co. 75 Sullivan rubber products Diversatech Plastics Group LLC Injection molded plastic products 65 Franklin 32: Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Carlex Glass Co. Original automotive glass parts 410 Monroe 33: Primary Metal Industries Parthenon Metal Works Steel tubing 260 Rutherford Huf North America Automotive Zinc die-cast products 200 Greene TI Group Automotive Systems Steel pipe and tubes 180 Greene P&E Distributors Automotive parts and components 83 Davidson Koide Tennessee Automotive stampings 50 Blount 34: Fabricated Metal Products Shiroki North America Automotive stamping 700 DeKalb Unipres USA Inc. Stamped metal automobile body parts 600 Sumner SFI of Tennessee LLC Stamped automotive products; miscellaneous metalwork 500 Shelby Suburban Mfg. Co. Hot water and gas heaters and spark ignition systems for recreational vehicles 450 Rhea Quality Industries Inc. Automotive components and sub-assemblies 400 Rutherford Shiloh Industries Inc. Stamped automotive products 300 Dickson Orchid International Metal and laminated stampings, automotive assemblies and die castings 250 Wilson Modine Mfg. Co. Heat exchangers, condensers and components; motor vehicle radiators 235 Lawrence Acument Global Technologies Fasteners, automotive ball studs and cold formed specialty parts 146 Van Buren GREER Stop Nut Threaded fasteners and platings for transportation industry 115 Davidson Eastern Plating Inc. Electroplating services for Automotive industry 115 Cocke Powder Cote II LLC Coating and metal forming services for the automobile industry 110 Anderson American fabricators Inc. Precision sheet metal fabrication for the automotive industry 110 Davidson Tennessee Stampings LLC Metal stampings; stamped automotive products 100 Sumner ITW CIP Automotive fasteners 100 Summer Numatics Inc. Pneumatics and motion control products 100 Maury Toyo Seat USA Automotive seat frames 100 Grundy Ripley Industries Inc. Tube assemblies, perforated metal parts and other automotive parts 70 Shelby Advanced Plating Inc. Electro and nickel plating services 60 Davidson AAA Coatings Inc. Automotive part coating services 60 DeKalb Ripley Industries Inc. Tube assemblies, perforated metal parts and other automotive parts 59 McNairy Tennessee Stampings Pulaski Metal stampings for Automotive industry 55 Giles Profile Metal Forming Inc. Stamped metal automobile hub caps; metal stampings 50 Carroll Yorozu Automotive Tennessee Stamped metal automobile moldings or trim 50 Warren Metrican Stamping Automotive stampings 50 Dickson
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Company Product or Service Employment County 35: Machinery, Except Electrical CalsonicKansei North America Inc. Cooling and heating exhaust systems for auto industry 900 Bedford Cummins Inc. Diesel engines 500 Shelby Dana Holding Corp. Gaskets, composite cam cover systems, air ducts, power train plastic parts 500 Henry Angus Industries Inc. Industrial truck and tractor cabs; truck and bus bodies; motor vehicle hoods 400 Greene Alemite LLC Auto lubrication equipment, oil pumps, grease guns and fittings 325 Washington Roadtec Inc. Bituminous planers 275 Hamilton Matix Corp. Automotive related machinery 90 Campbell = Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Grooms Engines-Parts-Machining Automotive engine rebuilding services 80 Davidson Bennett Tool & Die Co. Inc. Tooling a d metal stamping 75 Davidson Hackett Precision Co. Inc. Automotive related machinery 70 Davidson 36: Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment Denso Manufacturing Automotive alternators 2,300 Blount Oxygen sensors, fuel injectors, air flow meters, ignition coils, spark plugs and Denso Manufacturing 1,000 McMinn monolithic carriers Federal-Mogul Corp. Distribution center, motor vehicle lighting fixtures, brake systems 400 Rutherford Federal-Mogul Corp. Motor vehicle lighting fixtures, brake systems 330 White Exide Technologies Flooded batteries 236 Sullivan Matsuo Industries USA Inc. Automotive stamping, wire, assembly and insert molding products 180 Jefferson BTL Industries Inc. Magnetic cores; switchgear and switchboard apparatus 96 Greene 37: Transportation Equipment Nissan North America Inc. Automotive assembly 6,500 Rutherford Nissan North America Inc. Regional headquarters 2,500 Davidson Volkswagen Automotive assembly 2,200 Hamilton General Motors Corp. Motor vehicles and car bodies; motor vehicle parts and accessories 1,868 Maury Nissan North America Inc. Engines and transmissions 1,400 Franklin Electronic components, aluminum and plastic cooling systems, front-end and Calsonic North America Inc. 1,000 Marshall cockpit assemblies Federal-Mogul Corp. Original and aftermarket automotive products 750 DeKalb ARC Automotive Inc. Airbag inflators 725 Knox Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. Power steering systems 700 Hawkins TRW Automotive Inc. Power steering racks and pinions 650 Hawkins TRW Automotive Inc. Hydraulic steering gears 650 Wilson Cummins Filtration Motor vehicle filters 600 Putnam Exedy America Corp. Motor vehicle transmissions 542 Knox Superior Industries International Aluminum wheels 516 Washington JTEKT Automotive Motor vehicle power steering equipment 501 Hamblen Eagle Bend Mfg. Inc. Automotive assemblies, systems, modules and components 500 Anderson TBDN Tennessee Co. Automotive air filters, air filter housings, oil filters and fuel filter systems 470 Madison Medium and heady-duty mechanical, elastomeric and air suspensions, axle Hendrickson Trailer Suspension 430 Montgomery systems, springs, bumper and trim components Ficosa Corp. Shift, rear-view, fluid, parking brake, and air intake systems 423 Cumberland Miller Industries Inc. Towing equipment 401 Hamilton Mahle Filter Systems North America Cylinder components, pistons, valves 400 Rutherford PBR Knoxville LLC Brake systems 400 Knox Nemak USA Inc. Motor vehicle cylinder heads 400 Dickson Emission control products such as manifolds, catalytic converters, Tenneco Inc. 400 DeKalb filters, mufflers
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Company Product or Service Employment County Maremont Exhaust Products Inc. Mufflers, catalytic converters, exhaust and tail pipes 350 Loudon NSK Steering Systems Steering systems 335 Dyer Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Engine and transmission parts and brake components 317 Anderson Ideal Clamp Products Inc. Windshield wiper systems and hose clamps 300 Rutherford TRW Automotive Inc. Automotive valves 280 Sevier DACCO Inc. Torque converters remanufacturing 264 Putnam Suspension ball joints, aluminum suspension links, steering tie and Rhythm North America Corp. 250 DeKalb connecting rods Heil Trailer International Tank trailers 220 McMinn Perfect Equipment Inc. Wheel balancing weights 220 Rutherford Competition Cams Inc. Motor vehicle camshafts 215 Shelby Driver control systems, seating control systems, safety hardware, structural Dura Automotive Systems Inc. 215 Lawrence body systems, exterior trim and integrated glass systems Viam Manufacturing Inc. Automotive floor mats 215 Coffee Meritor Inc. Transmissions, drive axle carriers, steering gears and drivelines 200 Hamblen Hennessy Industries Inc. Wheel service machinery equipment 200 Rutherford Hutchinson FTS Inc. Motor vehicle air conditioning parts 200 Overton Automotive steel and aluminum metal parts, assemblies and modules and fluid Martinrea Fabco Automotive 200 Robertson management systems Motor vehicle parts and accessories; glass products; vehicular Reitter & Schefenacker USA LP 200 McNairy lighting equipment Cooper-Standard Surface finishes for automotive industry 200 Blount TI Automotive Fluid, powertrain, tank, pump systems 180 Greene Dana Holding Corp. Gaskets, composite cam cover systems, air ducts, power train plastic parts 175 Gibson Tuff Torq Gear drive transmissions, transaxles, drivetrain components 175 Hamblen Donaldson Co. Filtration systems and replacements parts 160 Greene Heckethorn Manufacturing Co. Inc. Solid rod, tubular and stamped components and welded assemblies 160 Dyer SaarGummi Tennessee LLC Automotive body seals 150 Giles Dana Holding Corp. Gaskets, composite cam cover systems, air ducts, power train plastic parts 150 Cumberland Otics USA Automotive engine components 147 Hamblen Contech Castings Aluminum shock towers 125 Montgomery Jones Exhaust Systems Chrome exhaust tips, glasspack mufflers and performance diesel systems 125 McNairy Parker Hannifin Corp. Hydraulic pumps, motors, shafts for brake or encoder mounting 118 Greene SL America Corp. Automatic and manual transmission shifts and park brake levers 110 Anderson Vista-Pro Automotive LLC Aftermarket parts such as radiators, condensers, compressors 110 Davidson Dana Holding Corp. Motor vehicle parts and accessories 100 Smith Dura Automotive Systems Inc. Motor vehicle brake systems and parts 100 Gibson Imperial Group LP Bumpers, exhaust stacks and grill bezels for Class 8 truck OEMs 100 Sumner Transmission Technologies Corp. Manual transmissions and components for heavy-duty and commercial trucks 90 Knox Flex Technologies Inc. Seatbelt retractors, plastic connectors, hood and door releases 80 Macon Setco Automotive Inc. Ceramic and organic, pull and push, and diaphragm and coil clutch products 80 Henry Pro-Tech Industries Inc. Automotive aluminum accessories: tool boxes, fenders and cab guards 79 Rutherford Cummins Inc. Motor vehicle filters 75 Davidson Powder Metal Parts Powder metal parts for automotive applications 75 Fentress Phoenix USA Inc. Automotive aftermarket products 70 Putnam Salga Plastics Inc. Plastic automotive parts 70 Sumner
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Company Product or Service Employment County Jacobs & Associate Inc Motor vehicle parts/ accessories 68 Scott Jost International Corp. Fifth wheels, landing gears, kingpins and turntables 62 Greene Hypertech Inc. Motor vehicle parts and accessories 60 Shelby Rogers Manufacturing Co. Inc. Truck bodies and recycling vehicle bodies 55 Davidson Heil environmental Refuse and recycling collection vehicles 50 Hamilton 39: Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries Colonial Diversified Polymer Products LLC Rubber seals and gaskets 120 Dyersburg 50: Wholesale Trade Durable Goods Brake, power steering, and air conditioning hoses for automotive and all terrain Nichirin Tennessee 250 Marshall vehicle industries General Motors Corp. Warehouse 200 Shelby Freightliner Distribution center 156 Shelby DSS Prodiesel Partners LLC Fuel injectors 150 Davidson Taiho Manufacturing of TN LLC Automotive components 80 Smith Engine heaters, steel stamping, custom wire and cable assemblies, Five Star Manufacturing 60 Robertson exhaust clamps Mid-America Parts Distributors Automotive parts and components 60 Shelby Alvan Corp. Stainless steel buckles, ball bearing rollers, rear doors, mud flaps for vans 50 Rutherford 52: Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers Carlex Glass Co. Original automotive glass parts 600 Davidson 53: General Merchandise Stores Durable Products Inc. Compression, pencure, autoclave molding 90 Cumberland
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