Jobs & Employment Throughout Metro Columbus

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If anthing, TSYS will gobble up someone else. Synovus might be more vulnerable, but I am sure it will be fine.

Folks who worked at First National, First Union, SouthTrust and Wachovia all probably thought the same thing... nothing is certain or forever. Just ask Bill Heard, Hal Kirven, the Mansours...

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Cessna eliminating another 89 jobs in Columbus - BizJournals Story -

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Prosperity America will hire 300 people over 3 years in Columbus opening in the old Bradley call center building on Jamesson Rd in east Columbus.

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Johnson Controls at the new NW Harris Ind Park in West Point is conducting a job fair in Columbus looking for 100 employees. The plant is supposed to employ 310 once fully operational. Link to map.

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Kia supplier Powertech is hiring for 100 of the 200 jobs in its Lagrange Plant.

Lance crackers in Columbus is hiring 70 plant workers. As a double edge sword, thanks to the poor economy, snack sales are up.

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NCR is building a new plant in Columbus to manufacture advanced ATM's. This is along with their HQ move from Dayton to Duluth (suburban Atlanta). The Columbus plant will create 860 jobs. Columbus will use stimulus funding, provided by the Economic Development Authority, to purchase a building for the plant, which will be leased back by NCR. They should be in by the end of the year, beginning to hire in July '09.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company and leader in automated teller machines, self-checkouts and other self- and assisted-service solutions, serving customers in more than 100 countries. NCR's software, hardware, consulting and support services help organizations in retail, financial, travel, healthcare and other industries interact with consumers across multiple channels.

Edited June 2, 2009 by aboutmetro

[nimsjus]

NCR is building a new plant in Columbus to manufacture advanced ATM's. This is along with their HQ move from Dayton to Duluth (suburban Atlanta). The Columbus plant will create 860 jobs. Columbus will use stimulus funding, provided by the Economic Development Authority, to purchase a building for the plant, which will be leased back by NCR. They should be in by the end of the year, beginning to hire in July '09.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company and leader in automated teller machines, self-checkouts and other self- and assisted-service solutions, serving customers in more than 100 countries. NCR's software, hardware, consulting and support services help organizations in retail, financial, travel, healthcare and other industries interact with consumers across multiple channels.

That is a pretty substantial investment in Columbus (860 jobs is awesome). Any idea where they will locate this factory in town?

[mitchella81]

That is a pretty substantial investment in Columbus (860 jobs is awesome). Any idea where they will locate this factory in town?

The former Panasonic building in corporate ridge will be the home to the new manufacter center. The building has been vacant for nearly 2 years and has a total of 340,000 sq. ft. of space. The company has begun the hiring process already hoping to employ up to 200 people in Columbus by the end of the year and as many as 875 within the next 5 years. This is such great news for for Georgia and especially Columbus as more high tech jobs continue to be created in this market.

[Columbus1984]

The former Panasonic building in corporate ridge will be the home to the new manufacter center. The building has been vacant for nearly 2 years and has a total of 340,000 sq. ft. of space. The company has begun the hiring process already hoping to employ up to 200 people in Columbus by the end of the year and as many as 875 within the next 5 years. This is such great news for for Georgia and especially Columbus as more high tech jobs continue to be created in this market.

Definitely great news! Big wins for both Columbus and Atlanta! Both cities continue to lead the way with major corporate HQ's!

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Where is corporate ridge? Being new to the area I have no idea where most stuff is (especially it is not near my little neighborhood). I tried googling it and got nothing

[Columbus1984]

Where is corporate ridge? Being new to the area I have no idea where most stuff is (especially it is not near my little neighborhood). I tried googling it and got nothing

It is out in East Columbus. There are a lot of manufacture companies out that way. Big industrial parks, etc. It is off of Woodruff Road.

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Where is corporate ridge? Being new to the area I have no idea where most stuff is (especially it is not near my little neighborhood). I tried googling it and got nothing

Corporate Ridge is located in East Columbus betweenWoodruff Farm Road and Schultuga rd. If you are trying to find it on a map just look up Mutec drive. There are quiet a few large companies out there including Aflac, Tsys, Kodak, Kysor Warren, Werhauser and Cessena to name a few.

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Definitely great news! Big wins for both Columbus and Atlanta! Both cities continue to lead the way with major corporate HQ's!

This is very true its unique that you would say that I found it really intersting last night while looking on cnn moneys webiste of Georgias 19 publicly traded companies all are headquartered in Metro Atlanta except 4 of those 3 are have their hq in Columbus and 1 in Thomasville (Flowers Industries) its unique to see that I guess that does mean these 2cities do lead the way

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Where is corporate ridge? Being new to the area I have no idea where most stuff is (especially it is not near my little neighborhood). I tried googling it and got nothing

Go here -

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Seohan Auto U.S.A and Seohan NTN driveshaft U.S.A will expand production at the facility they share in the Auburn Industrial Park.

They plan to hire 75 more employees over the next two years. Seohan is expanding to accommodate additional production capacity for the new Kia plant. News link here.

Edited June 10, 2009 by aboutmetro

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Kia is hiring an additional 90 people. Plan to be up to 1,200 by November opening. That's less than half of the original estimate, due to depressed auto market.

Updated map of Kia and Supplier job locations.

Edited June 10, 2009 by aboutmetro

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Mobis, a Kia supplier located on the Kia campus off of I-85 in West Point is hiring 450. Mobis will build cockpit modules, front-end modules and front and rear chassis for KIA Manufacturing. In addition, they will provide front and rear bumper assemblies.

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Cessna's layoff an additional 475 company-wide. 40 of those laid off are in Columbus at their Muscogee Technology Park plant.

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Details:

GRAAL Group Security Training Complex

250 jobs - about 40 from local pop.

1,700 acres

10,594sf HQ

28,875 student/Guest dorms

7,414 training/classroom center

Urban assault village

2.5 mile driving track

Shooting facilities

Well, in all their non-wisdom, the NIMBY's managed to foil the GRAAL in Marion County, a county desperate for economic development. Luckily, the group is still looking in the area, in Muscogee and Marion. WRBL report. GRAAL's website.

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Exide Technologies to create 200 jobs in Columbus expansion

ATLANTA - Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Exide Technologies, a lead-acid battery manufacturer, has received a $34.3 million federal grant and will create up to 200 manufacturing jobs at its location in Columbus. "Exide Technologies is a perfect example of a Georgia-based, innovative company that believes our state is the ideal location to grow and thrive," said Governor Perdue. "Our business-friendly environment, rich intellectual capital and well-trained workforce are continuing to attract green technology companies."

Exide Technologies, a 2009 Fortune 1000 company, is based in Milton, a northern suburb of Atlanta.

The $34.3 million grant is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which supports the domestic production of affordable lead-acid batteries incorporating advanced carbon technology. Exide will manufacture advanced AGM flat plate batteries at its Columbus location. These fuel-saving batteries have numerous industrial and transportation applications. In addition, advanced lead-acid batteries are more cost effective than other battery technologies for many micro-hybrid and no-idle applications. The technology is expected to reduce emissions and U.S. dependence on imported oil.

The company plans to expand their current facility on Joy Road in Columbus to accommodate the new manufacturing line. Exide will use Georgia Quick Start to train its new employees and will also work with the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing.

"Despite the current economic situation, we believe this area of investment can be expected to yield significant benefits including job creation, energy savings and an association with both advanced technology and environmental sustainability," said Gordon Ulsh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Exide Technologies. "Georgia's business-friendly environment and top-notch training makes it a natural fit for this expansion. The convergence of innovative designs, novel carbon-lead hybrid chemistries, and the application of nano technology - all in conjunction with lead-acid technology that has proven itself for more than a century - sets the stage for the delivery of superior energy storage solutions."

"We are excited that our proposal convinced one of our valuable existing companies, Exide Technologies, to select Columbus for this significant expansion project," said Dick Ellis, chairman of the Development Authority of Columbus. The federal grant will provide Exide the ability to accelerate the creation of these new jobs for our citizens over the next three years."

Candice Scott, project manager for the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and former project manager Greg Wright assisted the Company in its expansion.

About the company

Exide Technologies, with operations in more than 80 countries, is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The company's four global business groups -- Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americas and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World -- provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications.

Transportation markets include original-equipment and aftermarket automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine applications, and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and automotive applications. Industrial markets include network power applications such as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other commercial vehicles.

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Exide Technologies to create 200 jobs in Columbus expansion

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The great thing about Exide in Columbus is they actually pay local taxes.

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Russell aparel is closing its distribution center in Columbus for a loss of 112 jobs.

The GPB article says that the Columbus are has been insulated from the economic downturn. Of course, if they bothered to do any journalism (instead of listening to the hype), they would have found that Columbus' unemployment rate has been right there with the State's average, and that Troup County's (Kia's host County) has been 4 points above the state on average. Could it have been worse without Kia? Most likely, did it 'insulate the area', not hardly. Kia's just getting up to production in November at about half of the originally expected number of employees. Not to mention the majority of those employees have come from outside the area.

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Connecticut's loss is Columbus' gain. Pratt Whitney is moving 800 of its jobs. 200 of the jobs will transition in late 2011. AP article here.

Edited September 22, 2009 by aboutmetro

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Berry is adding 25 new jobs after the first of the year. Berry produces plastics products.

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Now, the plant is closing, costing the remaining jobs, about 800 hourly and 200 salaried management jobs. WRBL story here.

350 layoffs now, the rest by the end of the month. That's a lot of jobs going away in the area. Maybe they can recruit Kumo tires. They were supposed to locate in Macon, but the project stalled with the economy nosedove.

Edited October 2, 2009 by aboutmetro