Posted: Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 8:49am

Gov. Perdue attends Systemax opening in Jackson County

By The Associated Press

JEFFERSON - Systemax Inc. has opened a distribution center in Jackson County that will create about 400 jobs.

Gov. Sonny Perdue joined county officials Monday to celebrate the grand opening of the facility.

Systemax, an electronics retailer, is opening a distribution center, a TigerDirect retail store and a business sales office in Jefferson.

The company has already started recruiting employees through the Georgia Department of Labor and has begun operations.

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