Employees work inside the Alstom Power Turbines factory on Riverfront Parkway.BY THE NUMBERS• 9: French-owned companies in the Chattanooga area• 1,213: Workers in Chattanooga area employed by French-owned businesses• $2.3 billion: Investment by French-owned companiesSource: Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce
A French company serving the automotive and aerospace industries could bring 400 jobs to the area as the business negotiates a land deal in Northwest Georgia.
Another group of energy equipment companies plans to meet with the Tennessee Valley Authority this fall to discuss acting as suppliers to the utility’s nuclear program.
These are two examples of how the Chattanooga region could take on a bigger French accent beyond the nine French-owned companies already operating businesses in the area.
To spur even more such investment, the French-American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta is coming to Chattanooga today to talk about creation of a subchapter in the Scenic City.