{"id":1004164114,"date":"2017-01-16T05:04:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T13:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004164114"},"modified":"2022-12-08T22:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:48:12","slug":"firearms-manufacturing-complex-comes-to-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/firearms-manufacturing-complex-comes-to-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearms Manufacturing Complex Comes to Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Evelina Croitoru<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004164136\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004164136\" data-attachment-id=\"1004164136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/firearms-manufacturing-complex-comes-to-georgia\/heckler-koch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1170,622\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Evelina Croitoru&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484575145&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"heckler &#038; Koch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004164136 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg\" alt=\"Heckler &amp; Koch's existing operations center\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg?resize=300,159 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg?resize=768,408 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/heckler-Koch.jpg?resize=1024,544 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004164136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heckler &amp; Koch&#8217;s existing operations center<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Columbus,Ga<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>\u2014Heckler &amp; Koch (HK),\u00a0 a producer of firearms and accessories, has announced the expansion of its existing operations center located at 5675 Transport Blvd. in Columbus. The $28.5 million expansion will add 50,000 square feet to the company&#8217;s holdings in the area and will be situated in the Corporate Ridge Business Park, less than five minutes away from its existing facility. Construction is scheduled to be finalized in the summer and is expected to create 84 new jobs over the next 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHK\u2019s new U.S. factory will make use of\u00a0advanced manufacturing technologies\u00a0and will be staffed by German and American engineers and technicians. The HK products will maintain the same level of quality and reliability that the consumer has grown to expect from HK. Our company motto is and will remain \u2018No Compromise\u2019,\u201d Francisco Hidalgo, CEO of HK USA, said in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The company collaborated with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Development Authority of Columbus. \u201cOne of our main priorities is to assist existing companies to achieve success. By taking time to understand HK\u2019s business, our team was able to provide the company access to valuable resources and guidance that will keep them firmly planted in the Columbus region,\u201d Brian Anderson, president &amp; CEO of the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce, said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image via Google Maps<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heckler &amp; Koch has announced that the company will expand its existing operations center by 50,000 square feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1055,"featured_media":1004164136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,21782,21748,21742],"tags":[33472,33471,33473],"class_list":["post-1004164114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atlanta","category-development","category-industrial","category-latest","tag-brian-anderson","tag-georgia-department-of-economic-development","tag-heckler-koch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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