Machinery plant could bring 600 jobs to Fayette | ajc.com Recipients were invited to a gala Buckhead banquet next Wednesday. Gov. Sonny Perdue would make the “formal announcement” that morning at the State Capitol, the release added.
So,
who is this company?
Officials with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Fayette County Development Authority — groups that recruited the Chinese and announced the banquet — wouldn’t say.
Turns out, though, that Hunan Province-based Sany Heavy Industry Co. is expected to build a plant in Fayette County that could one day employ 600 people, according to several people familiar with the project. The investment could top $50 million.
“I’m just so excited to finally see it happen,” said Lani Wong, who chairs the Atlanta chapter of the National Association of Chinese-Americans, a nonprofit business and cultural promotion group. Wong didn’t provide details.
Sany, one of the largest machinery makers in the People’s Republic of China, furthers the Communist nation’s investment in Georgia. Two other Chinese manufacturers — an electrical components factory in Barnesville and a soy sauce maker in Newnan — have announced factories in the Atlanta area since June 2006.