India textile firm to open Georgia plant
An India-based textile company plans to open a manufacturing plant in East Georgia, in a move state officials said would create 250 jobs.
Shrivallabh Pittie Group will open a $70 million yarn factory near Sylvania, in Screven County, about 200 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
“We believe there is a significant market opportunity for yarn manufacturing in Georgia due to a skilled local workforce, proximity to high-quality cotton fiber, the economical supply and reliability of power and world-class infrastructure to international markets,” Vinod Pittie, the company’s chairman, said in a Tuesday news release.
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