Augusta, GA
Investments in 2 Georgia plants bring promises of more jobs
ATLANTA, Ga. – Some big economic news broke Thursday in the Peach State: The federal government will spend $75 million to help build a factory making glass parts for computer chips, while a company that makes disposable baby diapers and wipes says it will spend $418 million to expand its Macon plant.
In Covington
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced an investment Thursday in Absolics, part of South Korea’s SK Group.
The plant in Covington was announced in 2021. The company said Thursday that it will spend more than $300 million on a first phase, with plans to hire 300 workers. The company could spend more money and hire more workers later, spokesperson Kelsey Flora said.
Construction is underway, and test batch production has begun, Flora said. Production is supposed to begin increasing in 2025.
The plant will make a glass substrate that is used to package semiconductors. Federal officials say the substrate will enable more densely packed connections between semiconductors, leading to faster computers that use less electricity.
The Department of Commerce said this is the first time the CHIPS and Science Act has been used to fund a factory making a new advanced material for semiconductors. The 2022 federal law authorized the spending of $280 billion to aid the research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.
The technology was developed at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The SK Group hired a former researcher from the university to help commercialize the substrate.
“It is strategically essential that the United States have this domestic manufacturing capacity, and it’s a tremendous opportunity for the state of Georgia to lead the nation in manufacturing and innovation,” U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff told reporters on Thursday. The Georgia Democrat has supported the effort.
SK Group owns an adjoining plant that makes polyester films that can be used on solar panels, in packaging and for other uses. The Korean conglomerate also owns a $2.6 billion complex to make batteries for electric vehicles in Commerce, northeast of Atlanta.
In Macon
A company that makes disposable baby diapers, training pants and baby wipes announced Thursday that it will spend $418 million to expand its Macon plant, hiring 600 new employees.
First Quality Enterprises, based in Great Neck, New York, had announced in March that it would expand its capacity to make baby diapers and training pants by 50%, including a new factory, new diaper and training pant manufacturing lines and a new automated warehouse.
The company has said the expansion is expected to be completed by June 2025. The new buildings will be next to the company’s current facility in Macon, which has 580 employees. First Quality has owned that plant since buying it from Covidien Retail Products in 2008.
“This expansion is a testament to First Quality’s innovative products and continuing commitment to the baby diaper market,” Allen Bodford, president of First Quality’s Absorbent Hygiene Division, said in a statement.
First Quality makes diapers, training pants, wipes and absorbent underwear for adults that is generally sold by retailers under store brands. The company is owned by the Damaghi family, which founded it in 1989.
The state in the past has paid to train workers for First Quality.
State and local officials did not immediately disclose what incentives they offered to First Quality. The company could qualify for $12 million in state income tax credits, at $4,000 per job over five years, as long as workers earn at least $33,000 a year.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Coroner’s Office has identified the deceased male found in a Dollar General parking lot in Augusta Saturday morning.
The Richmond County Coroner’s Office said 28-year-old Elias Jkhael Delk appeared to have died from multiple blunt-force trauma and an autopsy is scheduled.
It was one of two deaths being investigated within about 12 hours in Augusta. On Friday evening, a homeless man was found dead near Interstate 520 and Windsor Spring Road. The death is considered suspicious.
In the Dollar General incident, officials say the deputies responded to the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr around 4:45 a.m. to investigate a suspicious situation.
When deputies arrived, they found a deceased male with blunt-force trauma, according to deputies.
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:45 a.m.
The investigation is ongoing, and Bowen and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office are calling it a homicide.
Suspicious death
In the Windsor Spring incident, authorities say they responded to the Interstate 520 eastbound ramp at Windsor Spring Road to investigate a report of a deceased person.
According to Bowen, the man was pronounced dead at the scene around 5 p.m. Friday.
The death is considered suspicious, according to officials.
Crime across the region
The incidents come amid a more than two-year outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA.
Communities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River, but as the largest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
The deaths came a week after a shooting in downtown Augusta left three people wounded – including the gunmen, who was shot by deputies – and led the mayor to ask for extra law enforcement help from the state.
But both of these latest incidents happened far from downtown, which has been the focus of much attention in the past week.
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RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – UPDATE | The man found dead in a Dollar General parking lot on Martin Luther King Blvd. Saturday morning, has been identified as 28-year-old Elias Jkhael Delk of Augusta. He appeared to have died from multiple blunt force trauma wounds. Delk was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:45 a.m.
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An investigation is underway after a deceased man was found in the parking lot of a Dollar General.
Authorities say on Saturday at approximately 4:44 am, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1700 Block of Martin Luther King Jr in reference to a suspicion situation.
Upon arrival, Deputies located a deceased male with injuries that appeared to be from multiple blunt force trauma.
According to Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen, the victim was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:45 a.m.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
The death is being investigated as a homicide. This investigation is ongoing and no further information is available at this time.
Count on NewsChannel 6 for more details as they become available.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Coroner’s Office is investigating the death of a homeless man who was found in a wooded area Friday evening.
The Coroner’s Office responded to the I-520 east bound ramp at Windsor Spring Road in reference to a deceased person.
The Coroner’s Office states the victim was pronounced dead around 5:45 p.m.
According to officials, the death is considered suspicious.
Their name will be released once a positive ID has been made, according to the Coroner.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
Count on NewsChannel 6 for more details as they become available.
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