ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Governor Brian Kemp is undertaking another overseas economic development trip next week, this time to Germany and Poland.
Kemp has taken several of these trips since taking office six years ago to places like Israel, Italy and Switzerland. His trip several years ago to South Korea yielded huge projects like the QCells plant in Dalton, Georgia, and the new Hyundai factory in Brunswick – the largest economic development project in state history.
“It has proved to get a great return on investment for our state,” said Kemp, speaking exclusively to Atlanta News First on Friday. “Going to Germany and Poland, we got a lot of companies that we’re visiting with that have ongoing operations in Georgia or active expansions that are underway.”
Germany in particular already has a huge presence in Georgia. They’re the fourth largest export and import market for the state of …