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Top Seven Technical College Programs by Graduates No matter what type of business is

considering expansion or relocation into
the area, it will find an excellent home
alongside Athens’ existing industries.
Here are a few of the Athens Area’s
established companies leading the way
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics in their respective industries:
Technology/Technician
Child Care Provider/Assistant Accounting Technology/Technician Accurus Aerospace – Founded in
83 88 and Bookkeeping 1963, Accurus Aerospace Athens, LLC
is one of Georgia’s largest aerospace
Graduates Graduates 86 metal machining companies. A supplier
Graduates to numerous aerospace and defense
contractors throughout North America,
Europe, and Asia, Accurus Aerospace
Registered Nursing/ has a local facility that employs
Registered Nurse approximately 240 people. Accurus
54 Aerospace is among the world’s most
capable metal machining companies
Graduates HVAC and Refrigeration and more than 40 percent of its
63 to the machining of complex
local machining capacity is geared
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician Graduates titanium components.
71 Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General Caterpillar – The Athens facility is

Caterpillar’s global source for small
Graduates 69 track-type tractors and provides mini
Graduates hydraulic excavators for customers
Source: Georgia Department of Labor Local Area Profile, 2020 in North and South America and
Europe. The facility, which opened in
Apart from the substantial student and research units across a broad 2013, is part of Caterpillar’s Building
base that Athens offers area businesses, spectrum of industries. Targeted Construction Products Division.
Athens also has seven local training strategic sectors include: More than 1,600 employees work
programs to further educate the labor • Advanced and precision manufacturing at the facility and specialize in major
force, including the Athens Community • Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, fabrications, paint, and final assembly
Career Academy, Quick Start, and the and healthcare for both products.
Georgia Work Ready Program.
• Polymers, plastics, and non-
EXISTING INDUSTRIES woven textiles Piedmont Athens Regional Medical
Center (PARMC) – Athens’ largest
FLOURISHING • Craft beverages, brewing, and distilling healthcare provider employs more than
Athens’ existing industries are about • Creative economy, including music, 3,300 employees. In 2020, Piedmont
as diverse as it gets. The Classic City is film, art, video game production, and Athens Regional Medical Center
home to manufacturers, developers, mobile app development. received the American College

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