Suzukaku, a steel manufacturer and processor based in Japan, will locate its first U.S. facility in Haralson County, Georgia. The company will create 48 jobs in the next five years.

Suzukaku Co. Ltd. USA will initially invest $10 million in the facility and hire 21 employees. The company recently broke ground for a 35,000 square foot building in the Georgia West Business Park near Buchanan. Suzukaku will make parts for major motor sport manufacturers in Georgia.

“We are very pleased with the opportunity this location presents us to employ qualified workers and to give us access to our markets,” said Project Leader Yoshiyuki Yamamoto of Suzukaku Co, Ltd. “Suzukaku is a respected corporate citizen in Japan and looks forward to joining the local community of Haralson County.”

Suzukaku began business in 1913 and Suzukaku Co., Ltd., headquartered in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was formally established in 1982. In Japan, Suzukaku employs 195 full-time and 59 part-time workers and produces fabricated steel for use in construction, bridges, motorcycles, and transport containers.

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