Automotive industry supplier to create 200 jobs in Buford

German manufacturer, Carcoustics, a supplier to the automotive industry, will create 200 jobs and invest $6 million in a new Buford facility over the next five years. The newly created jobs will include positions in manufacturing.

The new 130-square-foot manufacturing facility, at 4620 Thompson Mill Road in Buford, will house the manufacturing of solution-oriented acoustic and thermally effective components for the automotive industry.

“We are very happy to have found the location for our new plant in the South of U.S. here in Georgia. We have a great international transport connection here and are logistically well located between BMW in South Carolina and Mercedes in Alabama,” said Stefan Vallentin, project manager at Carcoustics. “There are many more potential customers such as Automotive Tier I/ Tier II, Volkswagen, Mercedes Vans and Volvo and Asian OEMs like Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Kia and Hyundai. This offers us new possibilities regarding the Carcoustics growth strategy, especially in the U.S.”