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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.
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.
“DeKalb Technical College is proud to partner with Quick Start in training employees for Solo Cup Company in Rockdale County. DeKalb Technical College and the Solo Cup Company have partnered together for industry training for many years. This new project will provide cutting edge training services that will energize the potential of individuals and contribute to the economic health of our community,” said DeKalb Technical College’s President, Dr. Robin Hoffman.
Those interested in employment with Solo Cup Company should contact the Solo Cup Job Line at 770-483-9556, select 1 then extension 266. For more information on economic development and customized training at DeKalb Technical College, call 404-297-9522, ext. 5000.
PHOTO ID: Training Agreement Signing Ceremony (left to right) seated: Mike Grundmann, Director Northern Operations, Georgia Quick Start; Craig Boehringer, Plant Manager, Solo Cup Company; Dr. Robin Hoffman, President, DeKalb Technical College (left to right) standing: Jim Mathis, Training Coordinator, Georgia Quick Start ; Lisa Phillips, Human; Resources Manager, Solo Cup Company; Richard Smith, VP Economic Development Programs, DeKalb Technical College
