Aerospace
Georgia is home to 150 aerospace-related companies with total employment of more than 25,000. Major companies include Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Gulfstream, and Cessna. In the 2000 to 2006 time frame, 12 aerospace companies opened new operations or expanded existing operations creating 2,400 new jobs.
Automotive Manufacturing
Georgia has nearly a 100-year history of involvement in the auto production industry. Major assemblers in the state have included Ford and General Motors and will include Kia as of 2008.
Business Service Centers
Georgia's customer and business service center facilities provide the customer contact, information processing and documentation functions required for successful business operations. Activities include both customer interaction by phone or Internet, usually in a call center setting (teleservice), and data processing such as entry, verification and checking against specifies standards (transaction/information processing).
Electronics & Computer Equipment Manufacturing
The state's electronics and computer equipment manufacturing industry accounts for 4 percent of manufacturing jobs and 7 percent of Georgia's manufacturing gross state product. Georgia's 334 electronics manufacturing establishments employ 19,800 workers. A quarter of these firms employ more than 50 workers.
Logistics
Georgia is home to nearly 200 warehouse facilities of more than 100,000 square feet. Of the Top 100 third party logistics providers (3PLs) listed by Inbound Logistics, 40 have at least one Georgia location.
Plastics
Growth in Georgia's plastics industry has outpaced that of the U.S. overall. Since 1991, plastics shipments in Georgia have increased by 112 percent and employment has grown by 88 percent.
Tourism
Tourism is an important part of Georgia's economy, second only to agribusiness. The industry employs 209,500 Georgians, contributes $25 billion in direct and indirect dollars to the economy, and brings in $1.12 billion in state and local tax revenues..
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