GAINESVILLE, GA—Kubota Manufacturing of America Corp. plans to increase production capacity the U.S. by building a 502,000-square-foot assembly plant and expanding its existing operations here.
MILLEN, GA—Wells Lighting, a Korea-based light manufacturer, will locate its first North American headquarters here. The company plans to create more than 200 jobs and invest $30 million into the project over the next two years.
ACWORTH, GA—Automotive supplier Inalfa Roof Systems will add 300 jobs over the next four years, just a year after opening its $17.1 million assembly plant.
ATLANTA—Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal visited with executives of British auto giant Jaguar Land Rover to discuss a possible U.S. factory during an economic development mission to the United Kingdom last month.
BOGART, GA—Caterpillar is planning to hire 100 more workers for its new assembly plant here. Caterpillar is seeking welders, assemblers and other workers as it prepares to start making small tractors and add a second shift to build mini-hydraulic excavators.