Conyers, Ga., Jan. 7, 2009 – New jobs are coming to Rockdale County as local manufacturer Solo Cup Company expands its Conyers operations. Approximately 34 new positions are being created, and the company recently inked an agreement with Georgia Quick Start and DeKalb Technical College to provide state-of-the-art training for the new employees.
Solo Cup Company is a $2 billion company exclusively focused on the manufacture of single-use products used to serve food and beverages for the consumer/retail, foodservice and international markets. Solo has broad expertise in paper, plastic and foam disposables and creates brand name products under the Solo, Sweetheart and Bare by SoloTM names. The company was established in 1936 and has a global presence with facilities in Canada, Europe, Mexico, Panama and the United States.
“At Quick Start, we’re honored to be able to provide strategic workforce solutions for Solo Cup Company on this expansion, as we have on many previous ones,” said Jackie Rohosky, Technical College System of Georgia assistant commissioner of economic development programs. “We truly value our ongoing relationship with Solo Cup, and are committed to being full partners with the company as it continues to grow and create more good jobs for Georgians.”
Quick Start is Georgia’s internationally acclaimed economic development program that provides customized workforce training at no cost to qualified new, expanding and existing businesses in Georgia. Since 1967, Quick Start has trained more than 600,000 employees through 5,100 projects with a broad range of industries.
The Quick Start training agreement was developed based on a Project Study that was conducted at the Solo Cup Company in Conyers, Ga. The training agreement is based on Solo Cup’s commitment to provide approximately 34 new jobs for Georgians in the Conyers area. Quick Start will be designing and developing training material, as well as providing instructors, for the classes.
The training program involves three distinct partners: Solo Cup Company, DeKalb Technical College and Quick Start. Each partner will be responsible for the successful completion of this program. The partnership will not end when the Quick Start training is completed. DeKalb Technical College will be available to assist Solo Cup with ongoing training programs.