With 140 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The automotive context.
Automotive manufacturing is expanding across the United States. New assembly plants, upgrades to long-established factories and a growing base of component suppliers are bringing major investment to the Midwest and Southeast. Some of the country's largest manufacturing campuses are now under development in the South, linking vehicle production with new regional supply chains.
At a glance
- Company
- Daesol Ausys Georgia
- Industry
- Automotive
- Location
- West Point, Georgia
- Investment
- $72.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 140
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Aug 29, 2023
- Expected opening
- Dec 1, 2024
- Added to tracker
- Feb 27, 2026
Official references
- Primary source https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-08-29/gov-kemp-automotive-supplier-daesol-ausys-georgia-invest-72-million