Screven County celebrates groundbreaking for yarn mill

Gov. Deal, other state and local officials welcome Indian company SV Pittie to industrial park

Gov. Nathan Deal, center, chats with ShriVallabh Pittie Group Chairman Vinod Pittie and grandson Shivom Rao, 2, after Monday's groundbreaking ceremony for the SV Pittie Textiles manufacturing facility at Screven County Industrial Park. The facility is expected to create 250 jobs.

W 070714 PITTIE GROUNDBREAKING 01 — Gov. Nathan Deal, center, chats with ShriVallabh Pittie Group Chairman Vinod Pittie and grandson Shivom Rao, 2, after Monday's groundbreaking ceremony for the SV Pittie Textiles manufacturing facility at Screven County Industrial Park. The facility is expected to create 250 jobs.

SYLVANIA — The flag of India flew beside those of Georgia and the United States at the Screven County Industrial Park as Gov. Nathan Deal joined in breaking ground Monday for ShriVallabh Pittie Group's $70 million yarn spinning plant, expected to create 250 jobs. Deal hailed it as further evidence that Georgia has become very attractive to industry under his watch.

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