Unisys to create up to 700 jobs in Richmond County
Unisys, a $3.5 billion global provider of information technology and services, plans to locate a new service center in Augusta and create up to 700 jobs over the next five years.
Unisys will initially use the center to provide services to the U.S. Army, which recently selected Unisys for the Army Enterprise Service Desk, a single point of contact for Army personnel who need help desk or other end user IT support services.
The company expects to hire approximately 250 employees within the first year and will work with the Fort Gordon Cyber Center of Excellence to recruit IT professionals, including Georgia veterans, for the center.
Unisys also expects to serve commercial clients through the new facility.
Unisys wants to occupy a 60,000-square-foot plus facility in Augusta and is finalizing the precise location.
Unisys, headquartered in Blue Bell, Pa., has more than 23,000 employees and serves clients around the world.
Georgia ranked No. 1 state in U.S. for business
Georgia, for the second consecutive year, has been ranked the No. 1 state in the nation for business by Site Selection magazine, one of the nation’s top economic development trade publications.
The magazine releases its annual rankings each November. Fifty percent of the annual business climate rankings are determined by a survey of corporate site selectors. The other 50 percent is based on an index of seven criteria.
Georgia has ranked among the top 10 states in Site Selection’s business climate rankings over the last 10 years including being named No. 1 to the list last year. This year, Georgia’s business climate was also named No. 1 in CNBC’s annual rankings and No. 1 in Area Development’s 2014 rankings.
Live Oak Homes to create 200 jobs in Coffee County
Live Oak Homes, a Georgia-based mobile home manufacturer, will expand to Broxton with plans to invest $1.4 million in the project over the next two years and create 200 jobs.
The new plant will be the company’s second in Georgia and will manufacture mobile home products for Live Oak Homes, Mossy Oak Homes and Plantation brands. The new plant is expected to be completed by December 2014. It will create around 130 jobs initially and is expected to reach 200 by 2016.
Live Oak Homes opened its first manufacturing facility in Waycross in 2007 and currently employs 200 at this location. The company has 88 retailers across six states: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi and North Carolina.
