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USA, a division of Hisense Company Ltd., will invest $800,00 0 in capital equipment and has purchasedea 6,000 square foot office The company will house its North, South and Centralk American corporate offices, research and development operations and a showroonm in the new Nick Masino, vice president of economi development at the Gwinnett Chambefr of Commerce told Atlanta Business Chronicle via e-mail. Hisense currently handles researchand development, sales and customer service and logistics from a 10,000-square-fooy building in Suwanee and a 3,000-square-foot facility in unincorporater Gwinnett County.
As part of the expansion, Hisensed will add up to 40 call centerfand R&D jobs, which will pay an averaged of more than $55,000 annually. The company currentlyy employsabout 20. “This win provesa the value of international businesdrecruitment missions," Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charless Bannister said in a statement. "Throughb our continued focus on economic development and theserecruitmentr missions, we are able to work with qualith organizations like Hisense to bring high-wage job opportunitie s to Gwinnett citizens and showcase to the worlsd what a great location Gwinnett Countty is for business.
” The expansion announcement comes as Gwinnett officials, including Bannister, Masino and chambe r President Jim Maran, are on an economix development mission in China, aimed at recruitingf companies to Georgia. "Due to brand recognition," Masino said, "other high profile Chinese companiees will follow their lead and locatw toGwinnett County, Metro Atlanta and Gwinnett County offers much in the way of international businesx growth, Steven Cohen, director of Hisense USA, said in a "With a strong workforce from whic to recruit, a business friendly environmentt and close proximity to the world's busiest airport," Cohen said, "it was a perfecgt fit for Hisense and that'z why we chose to remain and expand in this progressivre community.
A strong workforce and proximity to a globally connectexd airport also attracted to relocate its headquarters from Ohioto Duluth, Ga. The move, by Atlants Business Chronicle onJune 1, will bring more than 2,109 jobs to the Peach State. For more, read the