Industry chief headed to Germany to secure van plant deal
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Posted 5:23PM on Friday, January 31, 2003
ATLANTA - Georgia's new commissioner of industry will travel to Germany next week to secure a deal with DaimlerChrysler to build a van plant in south Georgia. <br>
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Glenn Cornell was sworn in Friday as the new head of the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism. <br>
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He says he's going to Germany to assure the car makers that a new governor doesn't mean trouble for their plans to build an assembly plant in Pooler. <br>
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The 1,500-acre site near Savannah could eventually employ 3,300 people.
