Winner & Giver: Peace wins Krafsur Award

Awards range from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the Nobel Prize to a Hair Club for Men’s vice presidency. A major yardstick for any award, though, is who wins it. Clearly, that standard elevates the Krafsur Award. The award’s consistently high quality was again evident at the New England World Congress of the International […]

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A Master Class in Manufacturing

InTech closes the skills gaps by delivering the training that workers in advanced manufacturing need.

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New Facilities 1991 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1992 New Plant & Equipment Expenditures 1958-91 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1992 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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Book Your Room Now, Lock in the Fun at TrustBelt 2019 in Louisville

In addition to TrustBelt’s high-quality programming content and unparalleled networking opportunities, this year’s Forum will give attendees the opportunity to experience some of the most unique and memorable venues in Louisville.

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Keep Georgia In Mind

Seven reasons to enjoy life in the Peach State.

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Atlanta: Southeast Tech Hub

Being recognized as the No. 1 tech hub in the U.S. by Business Facilities Magazine is a fitting feather in the cap for the city of Atlanta.

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UK Remains Top European FDI Destination

Most projects are from the US, France and India.

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Can ‘Airport Cities’ Close the Deal?

Airport Cities are developing rapidly into office locations for non-aviation related companies.

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Liftoff in Rio South Texas

Rising opportunities in a region with border connections

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How Maryland Keeps Things Moving

An ‘unmatched’ business climate and bold investments bolster transportation and logistics.

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Cashing in Their Chips

How Micron chose Virginia for a $3-billion semiconductor project after a global search.

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IAMC Insider: LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

A letter from the Chair, IAMC International Forum takeaways, new staff members and IAMC’s new social media spotlight — “I am IAMC.”

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Kentucky’s Distribution and Logistics Industry Slated to Take Off

After a year rife with disruption and unprecedented challenges, America’s businesses are gearing up for a rebound.

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QUEBEC: A New Corporate Campus Supports Multibillion-Dollar Satellite Network

Telesat’s new campus in Gatineau, part of the nation’s capital region, will have a national impact.

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CAPITAL GAINS

Meeting small business needs remains a top priority in Kentucky.

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Coming Up Roses in Southeast Missouri

Cape Girardeau came to be known as The City of Roses when a popular 9-mile stretch of road through town was once lined with dozens of rose bushes.

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CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Coming Soon… Publication aims to give credit where credit is due. F or more than 50 years, Site Selection has been reporting on industrial real estate and infrastructure projects around the world, from automotive assembly to alternative fuel production, distribution centers to desalination plants […]

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EDITORIAL PROFILE: MALAYSIA

EDITORIAL PROFILE: MALAYSIA From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    Full Steam Ahead Why Malaysia’s high-end electronics industry is becoming even more high-end. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com I nvestment in key industrial sectors in Malaysia remained robust in 2007. In the manufacturing and services sectors, investments worth US$39 billion were approved by the Malaysian Industrial […]

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In Search of ICT Professionals

Few doubt that the information and communication technologies economy will dominate in coming years and the presence of ICT clusters will continue to support metropolitan areas in Europe.

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Expect the Unexpected in Kansas

From presidential history to outer space, the Sunflower State never disappoints.

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The Race to Zero

California banks on the fortunes of an autonomous, zero-emission, all-electric vehicle future.

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Where Innovation Transforms Every Day

High-tech lifestyle, quality of life and life sciences converge in Southeast Louisiana.

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The One That Didn’t Get Away

It’s not a one-way street entirely, but it seems more companies relocate their headquarters out of Illinois than into Illinois.

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Asia: Powering Progress

Unlocking Opportunities in India’s Renewable Energy Revolution

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St. George Catches Up With the Times

Or is it the other way around?

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All In Good Time

In 1995, Sanford Orkin, former president of Atlanta-based Orkin Pest Control and son of its founder, purchased 922 acres (373 hectares) of land near Athens, Ga., home to the flagship campus of his beloved University of Georgia, for $7 million. Since then the “Orkin tract” has experienced several close misses with major prospects, including an initial prospect in 2000, a never-built Daimler vehicle plant in 2002 and a Novartis vaccine plant that chose Holly Springs, N.C., over the site in 2006.

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Tariff Pause Shines Spotlight on Southeast Asia’s Solar Industry

In June, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation declaring a supply chain emergency and allowing the U.S. Department of Commerce to help shore up domestic solar power equipment

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Engineered fabrics; EMAL expands; Nokia Siemens Networks; Romania Lands EADS Plant; Concrete Wind Towers in Brazil

World Reports: Engineered fabrics; EMAL expands; Nokia Siemens Networks; Romania Lands EADS Plant; Concrete Wind Towers in Brazil

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Everything’s Better with Lime

Mexican restaurants in America give you free chips and salsa before you even order. In Mexico they give you limes. Mexico’s way is better.

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Who’s Winning — and Losing — Corporate Headquarters

Some fascinating analysis of corporate relocation activity appeared in my inbox just as we were completing work on this issue.

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Where the Tech Jobs Are

The Brookings Institution's December 2011 MetroMonitor report includes Detroit and Grand Rapids in its list of the 20 metros with the strongest economic recoveries, crediting growth in manufacturing activity, particularly associated with production of autos, auto parts and related durable goods.

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‘A Place Where You Can Connect’

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has been in office only a few short weeks, and already his economic development program is on quite a roll.

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Growth Cultures

Paris-based pharmaceutical company Ipsen is moving forward with two major expansion plans with Biomeasure, its U.S.-based subsidiary. Ipsen is expanding in Milford, Mass., and is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Brisbane, Calif., to Bridgewater, N.J.

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Real Solutions for Closing the Skills Gap

At a time when talent is at a premium, how can companies in smaller communities hope to attract a young, educated workforce?

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Drilling Down on Main Streets

We comb through the data from Cushman & Wakefield’s report on the world’s priciest retail avenues. This year a European shopping district beat out New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue for the first time as Via Montenapoleone in Milan, Italy, was declared the world’s most expensive retail street.Photo by Andrei Domanin: Getty Images If you associate […]

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Right Place, Right Time

The South Carolina Ports Authority Makes All the Right Moves

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Drive South … of the Border

Mexico states its FDI case $1 billion at a time. But the industry’s birthplace still has something to say too.

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The Power to Change

Salt River Project is turning the Arizona desert into an oasis of high-end data centers.

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Better Buildings, Better Cities

Corporate actors take center stage in efforts to brighten the future as well as they brighten workspace.

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The Dynamic Duo: Chemicals and Plastics

Creating plastics from chicken feathers, and other manufacturing marvels.

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Workforce Programs Aim to Keep Local Talent Local

LaunchED and other initiatives take root in Birmingham.

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IDRC Abstracts, March 2001

A bstracts of major presentations of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world’s preeminent corporate real estate association. “Digital Darwinism: Strategies for Evolving, Adapting, Surviving and Thriving in an e-Business World,” Florida World Congress, Nov. 6, 2000:         The companies that evolve the quickest and adapt to the new e-business landscape […]

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Global Perennial

How Bloom Energy's garden grows

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PETROLEUM REFINING & CHEMICALS: Where Legacy Means Tomorrow

No one does oil and gas better than Texas. A long track record of world-leading production proves it.

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How the West Was One

Over the last 20 years of American economic history, if you asked site consultants which region was the number one investment destination they’d probably have said “the Southeast.”

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Here We Go

The Mid-Atlantic is seeing an uptick in location-related activity, much of it with existing buildings rather than greenfield development.

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Digital Derby

North Carolina is one of several states carving out a share of the US$5-billion U.S. computer and video game sector.

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Out of the Dark

A project in Sierra Leone could be a beacon for many more to follow in Africa.

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Jack’s Final Chapter

Jack Lyne was an extraordinary writer who perfected his craft by agonizing over every word he wrote. He became the leading editorial voice of a generation of reporters covering the practice of corporate site selection.

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Lead Us Not Into Recession

A president is chosen. World markets hold their breath, waiting to see what policies he will adopt that will have an impact not only domestically but in every corner of the world. It’s big news — and it’s not Barack Obama.

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Index Mines Social Media and Jaguar Accelerates U.K. Expansion Plans

World Reports: Index Mines Social Media and Jaguar Accelerates U.K. Expansion Plans

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Texas Close ’em

Incentives help seal the deals.

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Tex-Flex: Where Workplace Flexibility & Prosperity Coexist

Samsung, which continues to grow in Austin, Texas (pictured), offers its global office workforce a variety of remote work and “work from anywhere” options.

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Supply Chain Central

When companies are looking to right-shore operations, manage costs and bring balance to a tangled global supply chain, there’s no more central place than Kansas.

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Ontario Vintner: ‘Biodynamic’ Is Better

Better Vines. Better Wines. Better World. So reads the description of the biodynamic farming methods in place at Southbrook Vineyard

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Getting Things Done – Together

“It’s amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares who gets the credit.”

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Going Up

Skyscraper is not a commonly used term in Switzerland. Few buildings earn that moniker in a country that has mostly eschewed anything high-rise other than the Alps.

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The Math Adds Up Here

In the Madison Region, computer and life science skills form the foundation of a globally competitive cluster in biotech and healthcare IT.

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Cameron County’s Economic Mosaic

Take a closer look at Cameron County’s big picture.

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A Region of Firsts

Greater Philadelphia leverages its historic position as a global leader in life sciences.

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Business Parks: Beijing’s Science Cities

I BM and Cisco Systems call Beijing home. Now the plan for the Beijing Science and Technology Park Construction Company Ltd. is to recruit even more big names from the West to establish operations around China’s capital city.         The lure? Brand new, high-tech corporate campuses that are virtual “Science Cities” — […]

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A Good Mix

A beneficial tax climate helps grow Washington’s diverse economy.

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Amazon HQ2: What About the Suburbs?

As millennials phase into parenthood, significant evidence exists that suggests a millennial mass exodus to the suburbs -- and with good reason.

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Brexit and Trade: The View from Canada

Last month's surprising vote to leave the European Union kicked off a market maelstrom — which is settling a little now.

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IAMC INSIDER

Dear IAMC Members and Prospective Members,       Just as we often ask ourselves on the job, I find myself asking this question at the end of my tenure as chair of IAMC: “Where did the time go?”       But I know the answer. It went into a year and a half […]

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A Place Transformed

How Gov. Jerry Brown cultivated a complete turnaround of the California business climate

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10 Things I Learned in Tampa

Look beyond the Florida city's warm water and palm trees and you’ll find a growing hub of young talent and ambitious leaders.

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Keep on Truckin’

Werner Enterprises invests for the long haul in Nebraska.

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No Lines, No Waiting

The introduction of the mobile phone may have done more than any other single technical innovation to improve prosperity, business and innovation in Africa.

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