Georgia has been
adding manufacturing plants at a faster pace since 2017. The great sucking
sound of jobs leaving the US that started in 1993 has stopped. Many more
manufacturing operations will be added in the years to come. Some will be US
companies and others will be companies from everywhere. We have a company
headquartered in Latvia ramping up in Dublin GA. See below.
'High-tech'
Dublin production plant offers training, apprenticeships. Purdue by WGXA staff, 4/18/19.
Valmiera Glass produces glass fibre fabrics that are used for many technical
applications and industries worldwide.
DUBLIN, Ga. -- U.S.
Senator David Perdue of Georgia toured Valmiera Glass Group’s production plant
in Dublin on Thursday. He also met with employees and says the company is
helping out the midstate economy.
"Just last year
they hired over 450 people. Brand new jobs here in Dublin. It is a highlight of
what I get to do, I am excited about what is going on here, these people are on
a growth trajectory. There is new technology, new equipment coming here, new
training, new people and it is just a vibrant part of our economy," Purdue
said.
I asked them, 'So why are
you here?' and they said, 'Well it is a good job, they train you.' In fact they
sent 100 people just over the last year back to Latvia to be trained in this
process. It is a very high-tech, very specialized process. You don't find a lot
of companies doing that anywhere in the world," he says. "This is the
best combination here in Valmiera, of apprenticeships, training, technical
school cooperation and training, and follow up here inside with
employees."
WGXA spoke with Perdue
afterwards. Watch the interview above. Anyone interested in one of Valmiera's
apprenticeships can check out the company's website.
Valmiera Glass Group is headquartered in
Valmieta Latvia.
The British subsidiary of the company, Valmiera
Glass UK Ltd., based in Dorset, produces fiberglass products
for the aviation industry, thermal insulation and architecture.
Their American subsidiary, P-D Valmiera Glass
USA Corp., located in Dublin, Georgia, produces
non-woven glass fibre materials or glass fibre mat, which are most commonly used
as thermal and acoustic insulation materials in the automotive industry,
shipbuilding, power plants, construction, production of household appliances,
etc.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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