PBS Aerospace to open North American headquarters and manufacturing campus in Roswell with up to $20 million investment

PBS Aerospace announced at a Roswell news event that it will invest up to $20,000,000 to establish its North American headquarters, manufacturing and research-and-development facility in Roswell, Georgia.

Mayor Kurt Wilson announced the project, saying, "we are thrilled to welcome PBS Aerospace Manufacturing to our community as they establish their North American headquarters right here in Roswell, Georgia." The company plans to renovate an existing building at 1350 North Meadow and build a new facility at the Tech Village Northside campus, with an initial partial move into the facility expected in April and full operations beginning in September 2025.

Nut graf: City and state officials said the project is meant to strengthen Georgia’s aerospace industry cluster and create high-paying manufacturing jobs locally. Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson said the announcement fits a broader strategy to retain and grow aerospace talent in the state: "This truly is why we do economic development. This is why states care. This is why communities care because there is no better way to give a person hope and to give people opportunity than to give them the opportunity for a new job."

PBS Aerospace executives described the company’s product line and planned U.S. manufacturing. Tomasz Kudski, managing director of PBS Aerospace (as introduced at the event), said, "Today, the announcement and the decision has been made to bring the full manufacturing, bring the research and development to the entire company into United States and to City Of Roswell." Aaron Durham, identified as PBS Aerospace North American CEO, described planned production at the Roswell facility: "we're going to make thousands of these here in Roswell," referring to small turbojet engines the company supplies to commercial and defense markets.

City officials and private-sector partners said the project will include a domestic supplier base and generate jobs both at PBS and among regional suppliers. Mayor Wilson said the company’s arrival will support Roswell’s efforts to attract advanced-air-mobility, aerospace and AI firms; the mayor described the expected jobs as "approximately a hundred high skilled jobs with an average median salary of a hundred and $50,000 a year." Officials said PBS has discussed research partnerships with Georgia Tech.

The announcement credited a prior trade mission to the Czech Republic and a months-long local recruitment effort. Mayor Wilson and other speakers named a series of local and state partners involved in recruitment and permitting, and said the company received help finding space and securing permits. At the event, PBS executives and state officials repeatedly tied the project to defense and advanced-aviation demand for small turbine engines.

Officials provided the following specifics at the event: an investment up to $20,000,000; renovation of an existing building at 1350 North Meadow; construction of a new facility at Tech Village Northside; a phased move beginning in April with full operations by September 2025; and a hiring target of about 100 positions with an average median salary stated as $150,000. Funding sources and any state or local incentives were not specified during the remarks.

The announcement drew remarks from business and economic development partners, including Peter Shorikoff of SEER Worldwide and Steve Stroud of Roswell Inc., who described the project as the result of a multi‑year recruitment effort. The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s commissioner, Pat Wilson, described the state’s broader aerospace ecosystem and academic talent base as a reason PBS located in Georgia.

Ending: City officials said they expect the Roswell location to begin operations in 2025 and to expand the local aerospace supply chain. No formal incentives, contract awards, or regulatory approvals were announced on the record during the event; those items were not specified in the remarks.