Manhattan Associates has announced that after initial layoffs they are now hiring for logistics jobs in Atlanta.

The company released its second quarter results and said that after laying off 140 people last year, they are now looking to add about 50 people.

Most will be IT positions. They currently have about 900 associates total in the Atlanta area.

Revenue rose 33 percent in the second quarter to $77.6 million. Profit was $8.2 million, or 36 cents a share, compared to a loss of $556,000 a year ago, or 2 cents a share. (more…)

Harvest Partners, a private equity firm, has announced they made an investment in Insight Global, a company that helps staff IT jobs in Atlanta.

According to a press release, Insight Global, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the fastest-growing providers of information technology staffing solutions in North America, with nearly $350 million in annual sales. Insight Global operates a nationwide network of 21 regional offices, providing exceptional staffing solutions and customer service to more than 1,500 customers. Insight Global fills nearly 10,000 IT staffing placements each year for a diverse range of Fortune 1000 corporations in end markets such as technology, healthcare, energy, telecom, financial services, and government.
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Web Industries’ Suwanee plant is expanding its operations to create 25 high wage engineering and technician jobs in Gwinnett County, according to Georgia.org.

The company is investing $6 million to meet anticipated demand.

The company needs to invest to be ready to handle that increased demand, which is why it is making the $6 million investment, building out a large part of the Horizon Drive facility’s infrastructure by adding such things as large freezers and specialized processing rooms – and also hiring a number of process technicians and engineering positions.

“We are in a market where we process some advanced composites. And we have some long-term contracts, primarily for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft,” said John Jaskot, general manager for the company’s Atlanta operations. “As that program is really literally taking off, the production demands are ramping up rather rapidly. The demand for that aircraft for us is going to be multiplying six times over the next three years.”

So what does ‘high wage’ mean?

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More and more big businesses are setting up shop in Georgia’s capital, creating hundreds of new IT and manufacturing jobs in Atlanta, among other industries.

Atlanta is attracting some big names. According to 11Alive.com, a string of headquarter relocations and consolidations have included mobile phone giant Sony Ericsson, which announced in November that it would move its North American headquarters from Research Triangle Park, N.C., to Atlanta.

The move combined its North America region and its Latin America region, based in Miami, to create Region Americas in Atlanta.

Other recent wins include the Belgian solar company Enfinity Corp. with Americas headquarters in Sandy Springs; tax advisory firm CCH Small Firm Services, with corporate headquarters in Kennesaw; and aluminum giant Novelis Inc. with North American headquarters heading to Buckhead.

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