Governor Brian Kemp announced Thursday that\u00a0PVH Corp., one of the largest global apparel companies, will create 575 jobs and invest $77.6 million in a new distribution and warehouse facility in Palmetto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are excited that PVH Corp. chose to locate their new distribution and warehouse facility in Georgia,\u201d said Kemp. \u201cBy creating 575 jobs and investing $77.6 million in the Palmetto community, PVH Corp.’s positive impact will be felt statewide and bring even more business to our booming Savannah port.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a history going back over 135 years, PVH has grown brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest apparel companies in the world. PVH owns the iconic\u00a0Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, Izod, Arrow, Speedo, Warner\u2019s, Olga\u00a0and\u00a0Geoffrey Beene<\/em>\u00a0brands, as well as the digital-centric\u00a0True & Co.<\/em>\u00a0intimates brand, and markets a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are proud to be partnering with the State of Georgia to expand our footprint here, and we look forward to welcoming hundreds of new PVH associates to our company, where we are guided by our core values \u2013 individuality, partnership, passion, integrity and accountability. PVH is an organization where every individual is valued,\u201d said Kevin Urban, Executive Vice President of Logistic Services at PVH. \u201cPVH strives to make positive impacts in the places we do business, and our greatest opportunity to do that comes from the passion and integrity of our associates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than 38,000 associates operating across 40 countries, PVH will continue to strengthen its relationships with the Georgia Ports Authority and expand the distribution network in Georgia. The port of Savannah will remain the top point of entry and is well positioned to support the future import volume growth as a result of the new facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome PVH Corp. to Fulton County and are ready to staff their new center with the state\u2019s most qualified workforce,\u201d said Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts. \u201cThis is a great win not only for the city of Palmetto, but for all of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur city’s employment opportunities took a giant leap with this deal,\u201d said Palmetto Mayor J. Clark Boddie. \u201cWe are excited for our current residents that will be able to expand their careers here, and look forward to welcoming new members to our wonderful community as a result of this win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n PVH also operates a distribution center in McDonough that will continue to operate. Governor Brian Kemp announced Thursday that\u00a0PVH Corp., one of the largest global apparel companies, will create 575 jobs and invest $77.6 million in a new distribution and warehouse facility in Palmetto. \u201cWe are excited that PVH Corp. chose to locate their new distribution and warehouse facility in Georgia,\u201d said Kemp. \u201cBy creating 575 jobs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) Project Manager Hank Evans represented the Global Commerce Division in partnership with the Development Authority of Fulton County, Metro Atlanta<\/a> Chamber and Georgia Power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"