Media release: Chattahoochee Technical College's Department of Community and Economic Development and local Chambers' of Commerce have nominated three businesses for Georgia Manufacturer of the Year – an award given during Manufacturing Appreciation Week. Held April 16-20, the celebration was developed by the Technical College System of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
"All three of these companies are excellent examples of business and industry in Georgia," said CTC Vice President of Community and Economic Development Glenn Rasco. "They give back to the community, as well as provide jobs and ongoing training for their employees. Their local leadership teams display integrity and value each employee."
The nominated companies include Applied Thermoplastic Resources in Cartersville for the medium business category, Chart Industries in Ball Ground for the large business category and Georgia Hydraulics International in Austell for the small business category. The nominees for Manufacturer of the Year will be honored by Governor Nathan Deal at a luncheon at the Georgia International Convention Center on April 19, 2012.
Applied Thermoplastic Resources LLC is a supplier of environmentally friendly resins, products and services to the plastics industry. An ISO 9001:2000 certified company, ATR provides a full range of thermoplastic resins, specializing in nylon. The company has been in business since 1995 at its current location Cartersville. Since 2008, the company has almost tripled the size of both its workforce and revenue with a projected growth of another 30-50 percent by 2013.
Chart Industries Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of standard and custom engineered products and systems for a wide variety of cryogenic and heat transfer applications. The company's growth has included investment in a $5.2 million facility and adding more than 160 new jobs at the Ball Ground location where the company has operated since 1983. Additionally, several new product lines were moved to Georgia from acquisitions in Indiana and California.
Georgia Hydraulics International Inc. is dedicated to defect-free performance and complete customer satisfaction in the company's hydraulic cylinders and other machined components for all types of heavy equipment. Based in Austell for five years, GHI also has a sales office in Ontario, Canada, and a partner facility in Poland. The company has doubled its workforce in the last year and a half and seen a significant growth of sales and exports of products to foreign and domestic companies.
In promoting awareness of manufacturing and its importance to our state, the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education and the Georgia Department of Economic Development emphasize that manufacturing is vital to Georgia's economy; nearly 10,000 manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, providing jobs for approximately 400,000 Georgians; manufacturing accounts for almost 10 percent of the employment in our state; and Georgia's manufacturing operations include a variety of industries, such as transportation equipment, aerospace, computers and electronics, food, paper, metal fabrication, textiles and plastics
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