Training agreement signing ceremony held Sept. 18
Washington, GA - New jobs are on their way to Wilkes County, thanks to an expansion by local manufacturer Pliant Corporation. The company is creating about 22 jobs with the addition of two new process lines at the Washington plastic-film manufacturing facility. To aid in the expansion, Pliant is forming a partnership with Quick Start and Athens Technical College to develop a comprehensive program to help train the new employees.
Pliant Corporation is a leading producer of value-added film and flexible packaging products for personal care, medical, food, industrial and agricultural markets. The company operates 21 manufacturing and research and development facilities around the world.
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 Pliant Corporation in Washington, Ga. The training agreement is based on Pliant’s commitment to provide approximately 22 new jobs for Georgians in the Wilkes County area. Quick Start will be designing and developing training material, as well as providing instructors, for the classes.
“We’re proud to support Pliant Corporation during this expansion and hopefully many more in the future,” said Quick Start’s leader, Jackie Rohosky, assistant commissioner of economic development programs for the Technical College System of Georgia. “It’s an honor to be a part of bringing good jobs to Georgians.”
The training program involves three distinct partners: Pliant Corporation, Athens 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. Athens Technical College will be available to assist Pliant Corporation with ongoing training programs.
“We are pleased to be working with Pliant Corporation,” said Dr. Flora W. Tydings, president of Athens Technical College. “Wilkes County is extremely important to us at Athens Technical College.”