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NORTHWEST GEORGIA REGION

Key Technology and Supply Chain Analysis

IMCP Summit

October 30, 2014

Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute with The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission

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863,217 pop. (15 counties)

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9.5% Latino (Whitfield County 32% Latino)

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75% high school graduation rate

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1,107 manufacturing firms, 60k manufacturing workers (25% of regional employment)

WHITFIELD

Dalton, GA (industry locus)

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32,801 employees (2012)

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47% of the U.S. exports of carpets and other textile floor coverings originate in Georgia

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80% of US carpet and rug market

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Multiple large and medium- sized players

13. 3.6% of total employment in Northwest Georgia (2012)

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• Rapid response to new markets, products, and economic trends
• Adequate access to capital, low debt, local contraction

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• Skilled labor shortage
• Lack of research institution connection
• Some lack of state recognition/support (an “it will always be there” mindset)

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• Creation of an innovation-driven regional culture

(i.e., startups, entrepreneurs)

• Up-training/re-training of ready workforce that “knows” the industry

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• Competitiveness more than sharing among the major players; increased global

competition

• Consolidation rather than entrepreneurship
• Lack of STEM education and recognition of manufacturing as a viable career choice

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◎ Collaboration between university/technical colleges and industry ◎ Industry-specific degree programs ◎ Co-location of equipment/R&D/entrepreneurs/growing companies ◎ Leverage state support

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◎ Integrated industry-university

assets (GaMEP, iMAT, GTMI)

◎ Specialized degree programs ◎ Professional enrichment and

“up-training”

◎ Commercialization

assistance and technology matching

◎ Entrepreneurial development ◎ More interconnected supplier

network

◎ Cross-industry application

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Leigh Hopkins, AICP Project Manager 404-894-0933

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