First

MAGE SOLAR, now this.

Somebody in Dublin and Laurens County, Georgia,
is successfully attracting new, clean industry.

A press release Tuesday on the Governor’s website,

German automotive supplier to create 178 jobs in Dublin

Erdrich Umformtechnik to invest $39 million in Laurens County, Deal
reports

Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Erdrich Umformtechnik GmbH &
Co.KG (Erdrich), a German-based automotive supplier, will construct
a state-of-the-art metal stamping facility in Dublin in Laurens
County. The company will create 178 jobs and invest $39 million in
the construction of this plant.

“Automotive industry suppliers find in Georgia the logistics
infrastructure, skilled workforce and overall business environment
necessary for them to compete globally while meeting the needs of
their customers,” Deal said. “I am also encouraged to
see yet another German company call Georgia home, indicating even
further that our efforts to build and foster international
relationships are yielding positive results. Georgia proudly
welcomes Erdrich to our state.”

Erdrich is a midsized family-owned company that produces complex
metal parts and subassemblies for the automotive industry, and has
been in the metal stamping business for more than 50 years. The
company has two plants in Germany, one in the Czech Republic and
another in China that supplies parts to other automotive supplier
companies as well to BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen.

“Following an extensive multistate search for the right U.S.
business location for our company, we were delighted to find the
right fit in Dublin, Georgia,” said CEO Georg Erdrich.
“This very pro-business community met our requirements with
respect to logistics to our customers, access for our suppliers,
operating costs, workforce and quality of life. The economic
development leadership at the state and local level worked closely
with us to make our decision based on confidence in the data, the
business analysis and the leadership.”

So apparently at least one locality in Georgia is capable of attracting
this kind of industry.

-jsq