A Czech aerospace and defense company landed in Roswell Monday, the culmination of an investment journey that, to hear city leaders tell it, is the result of equal parts providence and planning.
PBS Aerospace has operated a sales office out Buckhead for about a decade, but a combined and concerted effort by state leaders and city officials, coupled with a fraught geopolitical environment, pushed the company toward what will be a U.S. headquarters and factory.
PBS is set to invest up to $20 million and create up to 150 jobs in its first American manufacturing facility, which will make its TJ40 and TJ80 turbojet engines for short-range missiles and drones.
While it evaluated other relevant offers around the South, some including aggressive financial incentives, the “team effort” from Georgia helped seal the deal, said Tomas Koutsky, the Czech-based director of PBS…
