Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle
TEKLAS, a Turkish manufacturing company and supplier of electric vehicle parts, announced earlier this month it would invest $6.5 million to open its first North American facility and headquarters in Gordon County, according to a press release from Gov. Brian Kemp’s office.
TEKLAS’s 200,000-square-foot facility and headquarters will be located at 320 South Industrial Blvd. in Calhoun and is expected to create 120 jobs. Operations are scheduled to start in the spring of 2021.
The company produces rubber hoses and plastic tubes for automotive fluid systems. It works for companies including General Motors, Volkswagen and Daimler Mercedes.
The new Calhoun plant continues a growing trend of EV manufacturers locating plants in Georgia.
“As the automotive industry continues to transform and move toward electric vehicles and e-mobility, we will work to foster an ecosystem of manufacturers and suppliers on the leading edge of the industry’s transition,” said Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson in the release.
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