Garden City firm sold to metals company
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Quality Edge, a division of MISA, a $23 billion global metals company, has bought AGC Metals in Garden City for an undisclosed amount.
“AGC Metals’ 28-year history in the metal building products industry and its shared commitment to providing innovative solutions to the wholesale building products channel made them a strategic fit,” said Quality Edge president Scott Rasmussen.
He said AGC Metals will complement the firm’s current facilities in Grand Rapids and Arlington, Texas, and strengthen its service platform in the Southeast.
Plus, Rasmussen said, AGC Metals will service as the perfect location to export metal products internationally because of its access to the Port of Savannah.
Gary Smith, the principal of AGC Metals, said he expects customers and employees to benefit from the move.
Quality Edge plans to expand AGC Metals product offerings and expand its facility in the near future, he said.
Savannah Tech graduation set for June 25
Mary E. “Lisa” Eason, an administrator with the Technical College System of Georgia, will deliver the commencement address at Savannah Technical College’s 2013 graduation.
The event will take place at 6 p.m., June 25, in the Johnny Mercer Theatre at the Savannah Civic Center.
Savannah Tech has awarded more than 130 degrees and diplomas for students who completed coursework from summer 2012 through spring 2013. Also, 460 GED diplomas have been earned during that time.
Savannah Tech expects more than 200 degree, diploma and GED recipients to participate in graduation.
There will be enhanced security this year. Large bags and backpacks will not be allowed, and all bags and individuals may be subject to screening. Employees, students and guests are encouraged to leave personal belongings and wrapped gifts at home or locked in their vehicles.
Georgia tax collections up 8.6 percent in May
ATLANTA — Money flowed into the state’s coffers a little faster in May than in the same month last year, Gov. Nathan Deal’s office announced Friday.
Overall collections were $106 million higher or 8.6 percent. Corporate income taxes were up by $27 million, and individual income taxes were about $38 million more. However, sales taxes were down by $30 million.
For the first 11 months of the state’s current fiscal year, total revenue is $15.4 billion, including an increase of $915 million or 6.3 percent higher than the previous year.
The fiscal year ends June 30.