Finnish Company Picks Ware County for First U.S. Manufacturing Facility

A company specializing in industrialized manufacturing of buildings and homes plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Ware County.

ADMARES, which is from Turku, Finland, is relocating its headquarters to the U.S. and plans to create more than 1,400 jobs. According to a news release, the company intends to invest $750 million in its Waycross facility — a 2.5-million-square-foot build-to-suit facility — and has selected a greenfield site on Highway 23 in Waycross.

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Advanced Materials Manufacturer Plans Cartersville, Georgia Facility

A manufacturer of lightweight advanced materials for sustainable technology plans to open a manufacturing facility in Cartersville.

Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, plans to spend roughly $147 million on the facility, which will supply a Qcells facility in the Bartow County community. The company plans to create 160 jobs.

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