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Newnan's Yamaha to add 200 jobs

By Dan Chapman
May 12, 2011

The Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation will transfer the bulk of its ATV work to Coweta County, adding another 200 jobs to the factory's 1,100-employee workforce, the company announced Wednesday.

Already, the Japanese all-terrain vehicle maker has added 90 jobs this year, according to a press release, and could boost the workforce by an additional 800 workers "if/when the factory ultimately reaches full capacity."

Yamaha is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft and other recreational vehicles.

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