Area Manufacturing Companies
International Paper
International Paper (NYSE: IP; LSE: IPC) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time.
Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation is a provider of metal packaging for beverages, foods and household products, and of aerospace and other technologies and services to commercial and governmental customers. Founded in 1880, the company employs 17,500 people worldwide. Ball Corporation stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BLL.
Pirelli
Pirelli inaugurated the plant in Rome, Georgia, in 2002. The factory is a robotized production facility focused on premium specialty tires. The Pirelli factory in Georgia is also the first tire plant in the world to be FSC-certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing
- Multinational tire and rubber products company.
- Owns and operates factories in Asia, North America, and Europe, and distributes tires and automotive components throughout the world.
Georgia-Pacific LLC
- One of the world’s leading makers of tissue, pulp, packaging and building products
- Operates more than 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates more than 89,000 jobs indirectly
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co./Marietta
- Global aerospace, defense, security and technology company
- One of the largest companies in the aerospace industry, and the largest defense company
- Develops aircraft, radar technologies, and other military systems
Education
Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta Technical College, a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, provides lifelong educational opportunities and experiences through academic and innovative career preparation, service learning, and multiple program delivery modalities that lead to technical certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees and make student development and success possible in a competitive global economy.
West Georgia Technical College
West Georgia Technical College, a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, serves the communities of Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup counties, supporting student success, economic development and the community, by providing a skilled workforce, through the delivery of relevant education and training, via high school equivalency, college credit associate degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates of credit, as well as corporate and continuing education opportunities.
Chattahoochee Technical College
A Unit of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), Chattahoochee Tech now has nine campus locations serving some of the most dynamic counties in the state. In addition to the Chattahoochee Tech campuses in Bartow, Cobb, Paulding and Pickens counties, there are two campuses in Cherokee county. One of these campuses is located in the heart of downtown Woodstock, and the other one is in Canton. The newest Chattahoochee Tech campus is the Aviation Training Academy, which opened in 2024 in Paulding County.
Berry College
Nationally recognized for academic excellence and extraordinary value, Berry is an independent, coeducational college of approximately 2,100 students. For more than a century the College has offered a comprehensive liberal arts education that balances intellectual exploration, practical learning and character development.
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s top public research universities with more than 50,000 students who study in person at the main campus in Atlanta, at off-campus instructional sites such as Georgia Tech-Europe in France, and through distance and online learning.
