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A Less Taxing Environment

The Keystone State may have unlocked the key to sustainable economic recovery: reducing the overall tax bill and freeing business from the burden of over-regulation.

The Golf Shot Heard ‘Round the World

How Frisco beat out 200-plus cities to land a crown jewel of sports

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No Matter the Industry, Washington has the Workers You Need

Washington State’s Centers of Excellence secure a skilled workforce for in-demand industries.

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Mass Exodus or Switzerland on Steroids?

Corporate location and foreign direct investment
experts weigh in on Great Britain’s recent Brexit
referendum.

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West Virginia Builds Life Sciences Cluster

When Mylan Pharmaceuticals merged with Pfizer’s Upjohn division to form Viatris in 2021,

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Site Selection Snapshot – July 11, 2024

SkillsUSA Competitors Make News by Making Things Photos courtesy of SkillsUSA A presidential debate and a Copa America match were taking place at the same time and mere yards away in downtown Atlanta in June, with results that some would rather forget. But the memorable achievements […]

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Features

The South Carolina Model

Creating jobs in rural America has always been a challenge for state economic development organizations.

A Good Swift Kick

One month after calling the position of the United States in the clean energy industry “beset by uncertainty” and “less positive” than in many other countries, The Pew Charitable Trusts issued a report this week based on Bloomberg New Energy Finance data declaring that U.S. companies enjoyed a $1.63-billion sales advantage over their Chinese counterparts in clean energy goods and services in 2011.

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New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 6

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 Top U.S. Facilities 1993 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1994 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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Southwest Louisiana: Welcome to America’s Power Plant

The energy infrastructure of Southwest Louisiana’s five ports fuels industrial growth.

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Ohio Claims the Top Two Emerging Hubs for Biotech Research

CBRE’s U.S. Life Sciences Research Talent 2023 report named not one but two Ohio cities among the top emerging hubs for researchers. Out of the nine clusters ranked, Columbus and Cincinnati, No.1 and No.2, were the only cities included from the same state. Both represent robust research institution networks that have received significant support through […]

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World Reports

The UBI Index, based in Stockholm, Sweden, released its Global Top 25 ranking of University Business Incubators with a US-based incubator at the top of the list.

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International Update

Sector Update: Oil & Gas Services

Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Machinery and Equipment sector gained new momentum in August with the opening of the expansion of Halliburton’s Malaysia Manufacturing and Technology Centre in Senai, in the southern state of Johor Bahru.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: ECONOMIC INCENTIVES PROGRAMS

ob retention efforts are important on different levels, not the least of which is that job loss is devastating for both individuals and communities. While it may be too early to evaluate the effectiveness of certain job retention programs, the states’ efforts have provided policies that may affect positive change. To put the issue in […]

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Georgia Holds On To First Place

The right foundation for new capital investment includes a workforce with the skills in demand by industry and making state government as non-intrusive as possible, says Governor Nathan Deal.

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Investment promotion agencies — the national, municipal and regional organizations working to connect businesses with their communities — have never been more important.

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Where Industries Climb the Value Chain

Nanjing has the resources for businesses to transform, keeping them ahead of the competition.

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How Economic Developers Evaluate Project Impacts

U nderstanding how cities view and evaluate projects is critical to developing more cooperative and insightful relationships between your company and the communities in which you do — and would like to do — business. This article presents an overview of how public officials view and evaluate the community impacts associated with economic development projects. […]

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Life Sciences

Under the Microscope

“Site Selection for Life Sciences Companies,” a report released this month by business intelligence firm Venture Valuation and KPMG, uses an agglomeration of other reports and proprietary data to analyze key decision factors relevant to the leading life sciences clusters in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK.

Tech Companies New & Old Land in Chicago

In the Downtown Chicago Loop, start your morning at one of a dozen airy boutique cafés and watch the kayakers on the Riverwalk from behind the window. Turn 90 degrees and choose which billion-dollar startup you want to explore that day.

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Maine Won’t Wait for Clean Energy Projects

Maine expands its network of clean energy companies and resources.

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Top Ten Deals of 2001

T here’s a reason why Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ford and General Motors all call the Southeastern U.S. home for some of the country’s largest automotive assembly plants. It’s because the South knows how to get the blockbuster economic development deals done. Last year, the South accounted for three of […]

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ADVANCED MANUFACTURING: A NATION We Now Get to Build

Findings and state rankings from the Hamilton Index of Advanced-Technology Performance are showcased, with particular attention to manufacturing.

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Where Dreamers Become Doers

Who’s achieving the American Dream and who’s not? A unique survey sheds light on both.

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Life Sciences

Back Into Town

The typical university research park is 119 acres, has seven buildings open and is located in a suburban jurisdiction with a population of 500,000 or less.

Report Recommends Steps for EV Success

In March, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation(WEDC) issued the following summary of a report from SRI International on the Badger State’s EV industry.

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Locations of the Future

Site Selection’s recent Locations of the Future survey respondents project the future.

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Looking for Innovation Locations? Take a Dive Into the Patent Data.

Necessity may be the mother of invention. To lure and cultivate corporate investment, a territory’s knack for invention and innovation is a competitive necessity.

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Coming Home

Joe Jacoboni experienced what many Americans have experienced when seeking technical help on the telephone: utter frustration and unresolved problems.

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Smart Cities: Switzerland and U.S. West Coast Display Superior Smarts

Smart Cities: Switzerland and U.S. West Coast Display Superior Smarts.

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Making History

by Adam Bruns

Amazon is pursuing its usual pre-holidays hiring ramp-up, even as it ramps up the number of e-fulfillment centers that will welcome most of those employees.

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Surprise.

Early this summer a group of site consultants from across the country came to visit Northwest Ohio.

State of the States 2025

Among the economic development themes to emerge across the 50 state legislatures and governor’s offices...

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Food Producers Plant Roots In the Lone Star State

As authentic as Texas BBQ, the Lone Star State takes its food and beverage industry seriously.

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Hocking County Needs Hotel Rooms

A new business park is on the wish list, too.

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The Pelepas Free Zone: More Than Just Cost Advantages

Among the companies to have found both advantages in the Pelepas Free Zone at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) are Flextronics, JST Connectors, Schenker Logistics, CIBA Vision and many others. MNCs with locations at PTP, in the Iskandar Development Region in Malaysia’s southernmost point, seek a southeast Asian base from which to serve the region cost-effectively and efficiently.

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Andy Bessette: Former Olympian Brings Team Game to IDRC Presidency

Leading the world’s preeminent corporate real estate (CRE) association might seem an Olympian task. In fact, that’s how 1980 U.S. Olympic team member Andy Bessette (right) views his upcoming stint as president of the International Development Research Council (IDRC). “Team,” though, is the key word in the parallels between IDRC and the Olympics, where hammer […]

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Europe’s New IT Hub

Two of Europe’s most significant IT capital investment projects just landed in the same region — the federal German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

State of Service

Revering its heroes, Ohio bolsters a legacy built on national defense.

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Logistics Industry Review, Site Selection magazine, September 2003

here is a new wave striking at the shores of company distribution and transport networks. It’s called optimization, and its permutations range from consolidated and re-purposed warehouses to entire economic zones that one logistics expert calls by such terms as “technopolis” and, yes, even “multifunctionopolis.” Those terms were coined by Franco […]

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WHY ARKANSAS

Corporate executives and site consultants have a new reason to consider Arkansas as a business destination: Arkansas has emerged as one of the most popular relocation spots for workers and their families.

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Philadelphia’s Transformative Waterfront Campus

The Navy Yard in Philadelphia has a new lease on life, and the life sciences are a big reason why.

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Next Mission: Transmission

Development of renewable energy resources is increasingly critical to meeting demand for non-carbon-based energy

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Departments

Tenth Anniversary of The WORLD FORUM for Foreign Direct Investment 2013 Forum Fever

As August holidaymakers return from vacation, fully energised and ready for the next busy months, preparations for the Tenth Anniversary edition of The WORLD FORUM for Foreign Direct Investment 2013 are being cranked up another notch in the London and Shanghai offices of Red Hot Locations.

CLIENT SERVICE AWARDS: Appearance Matters — Site Selection Magazine, January 2006

CLIENT SERVICE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2006 Appearance Matters by MARK AREND “With the added pressures of new governance legislation and rules like Sarbanes-Oxley, it is clear that clients need an unprecedented degree of rigor, process orientation and transparency.” ? Equis Corp. M aking the client look good to his or her superiors […]

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New Friends and Different Space

Will fractured and reassembled research produce the next ‘rich seams’ of innovation?

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The Anatomy of a No. 1 Ranking

Here’s how Washington delivers the ‘Best State’ in the nation.

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Bioplastics Surge

Bioplastics, while still comprising a tiny percentage of overall global plastics production, are growing at a rapid clip. Demand is growing because major consumer brands such as Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola are focusing on sustainability in packaging.

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Logistics Investment Takes Many Shapes

In a Top State for Goods Movement

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Area Spotlights

Visible Difference

“Push the infrastructure,” said Scott Condra, president of Jacoby Development, during a panel discussion at Brownfields 2013 in Atlanta this summer.

MAN United in Advocating for Reforms to Nigeria’s Business Environment

The president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria sees promise on the horizon, once obstacles in the foreground are overcome.

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The Elephant Re-Awakens!

Prime Minister Modi’s new government has its work cut out for it to stem the flow of outward capital investment. But early indications point to the re-emergence of a key global economy.

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Europe’s Renewable Energy Success

Nations strive to attain the EU goal of 32% of energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030.

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Drooling with Dignity

My day began at 4:30 am, the unhappy hour at which I had to wake to catch a train from Mumbai to Pune.

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Working From Our Strengths

Boston’s already a global business gateway. Other cities are carving their own paths to prosperity.

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Life Sciences

HealthPlan Services Expands Its Footprint

Read any publication, scan any website — there are few topics hotter than health-care services right now.

From Virtual To Reality

Saxony-Anhalt’s digital engineers build the future.

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Project Bulletin, May 12, 2025: Prince George, Virginia; Warren, Ohio and Beech Island, South Carolina; Querétaro, Mexico

LEGO prepares for future operations in Virginia; Kimberly-Clark enhances U.S. portfolio; ODATA welcomes QR03's first data center facility in Mexico.

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Oregon’s Well-Rounded Workforce

WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD THE TALENT OF TOMORROW

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Hiring Harmony

Some tech companies are eschewing Silicon Valley for the quality of life a few miles north. Newly hired software engineers are already busy crafting code for the “Industrial Internet” in GE’s new Global Software Center in San Ramon, Calif. When GE announced its plans for the center late last year, it planned to hire 400 software professionals. The project is going so well that the iconic company is considering doubling that number in the coming years.

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The Rich Get Richer

According to JLL’s newest Life Sciences Outlook, the favorites are still winning the race despite rising costs.

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Investment Profile

Open to Alternatives

Business customers are used to partnering with Ameren and its economic development team to optimize operations.

Competitive Cities Report Narrows Location Options

Which Asia-Pacific cities deserve a spot on site selectors’ short lists of potential international headquarters locations?

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Lighting Up the Landscape

A burgeoning industrial cluster has the potential to brighten Michigan’s economy.

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Some Wounds Heal with Digital Help

The health tech sector is changing medical care in Colorado and beyond.

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A Robust Turnaround

A few years ago, folks in Southwest Louisiana talked about the long road toward economic recovery following devastating hurricanes, an historic oil spill and a global financial crisis that would severely test the mettle of an entire region

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Milestones Instead of Millstones

Stop us if you've heard this one before: A megaproject has surfaced in Nigeria.

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International Update

Can the UK Buck the EU Trend?: The United Kingdom and one of its key metros demonstrate economic resiliency.

The United Kingdom is enjoying a significant uptick in its core economic indicators that give it a first glimmer of hope for an economic turn-around.

Energy Report

Blemish Remover

Tommy Strömberg, COO and EVP Products for Innotech Solar, used to work for REC Silicon, where about six years ago one of his colleagues had an idea.

Real Estate Services, Site Selection Magazine, July 2002

Grubb & Ellis Growth in Services and Affiliates Inspires Investment Real estate investment firm Kojaian Ventures, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has agreed to stake $15.2 million on the growing fortunes of real estate services firm Grubb & Ellis, a measure that would grant Kojaian the voting power of a majority stockholder. The investment will […]

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‘Nimble in Every Way’

Governor Matt Mead discusses his state’s low population and low-tax advantages.

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Two Plus Two Equals More

No pun intended, but Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) on I-85 near Greenville is on a roll

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New Ingredients

Food processing has long been an industrial staple in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania

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Australian for Infrastructure

Australia's Lend Lease participated last week in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new Healthcare Center in Kernersville, N.C., part of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point metro area.

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Energy Report

The Lives of Buildings

It wasn’t enough to help prevent partial federal government shutdown, but it was impressive nonetheless.

New Jersey’s Foreign Accent

Companies from France and Ireland add further ballast to an already strong bioscience ecosystem.

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Heavy Duty

Wisconsin-based Manitowoc Cranes announced in February that it would establish its first Latin American manufacturing beachhead in Brazil.

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4 Things to Know About Tax Incentive Evaluations

Regular assessments improve programs’ performance.

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Into the Stratosphere

Citing a highly skilled workforce, the cost of doing business and the number of aerospace companies already located in the state, a report released in December 2013 by PricewaterhouseCoopers proclaimed Florida number one in aviation manufacturing attractiveness.

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How Canada Fared in 2000

S ite Selection?s Top 10 New and Expanded Plants for Canada shows an average business investment in the top five projects of more than US$950 million. An overview of projects for last year shows a substantial investment in call centers in Canada. The second most frequent Canadian industry investment, according to Site Selection?s New Plant […]

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Area Spotlights

Still Ahead

Milken Institute’s fifth edition of its biannual State Technology and Science Index, issued this spring, revealed that competition at the top was getting more fierce. But that didn’t keep Massachusetts from ranking No. 1 for the fifth time in five tries over the past decade — this time by a wider margin.

IDRC Abstracts

From Site Selection magazine, March 2002 IDRC ABSTRACTS Following are abstracts of major presentations of the International Development Research Council, which this year is merging with NACORE to form CoreNet Global — the world’s pre-eminent corporate real estate association. “Corporate Energy Strategies: Corporate Real Estate and Economic Development Perspectives,” Texas World Congress, Oct. 22, 2001: […]

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How To Land Projects in California

Municipalities find ways around Golden State barriers to attracting capital investment.

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China’s Dynamic Airport Economic Zone

China: China’s Dynamic Airport Economic Zone

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Putting a Charge into an Old Facility

Meeting the electrical power needs of expanding Midwest companies is work that sometimes leads to expansion projects of its own.

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Editor’s View: OLYMPIC-LEVEL EXCELLENCE

MEMORIALS TO TOMORROW

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Energy Report

Going the Distance

Apparently, even with the government’s shades drawn, the sun still rises.

Software Upgrade Reflects User Demands, Site Selection Magazine, May 2004

A myriad of property management software is available today to handle account and reporting needs of industrial sites. One product that has been around awhile and continues to draw favorable reviews for its latest version is Skyline II. SS&C, a Windsor, Conn.-based software developer for a variety of applications, is the creator of Skyline. […]

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Fishers Test Kitchen Chefs Announced

Three food concepts led by chef-entrepreneurs announced for Fishers Test Kitchen, located at Sun King Fishers Innovation Brewery at The Yard at Fishers District.

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Whole Lotta Building Going On

This year’s tallies of the top industries of 2018 show machinery, equipment & construction leading the way. For most countries, that’s a good sign.

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A Robust Turnaround

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2024 GOVERNOR’S CUPS RANKINGS: Winning Streaks

Texas wins for the 13th year in a row and South Dakota repeats as the per-capita champ. Editor Emeritus Mark Arend talks to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (now U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security) and new South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden about their states’ success. “Freedom” is a common thread.

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New Worlds Discover Columbus

by Adam Bruns

Ten years ago Site Selection assessed the economic development status of the U.S. Southeast by choosing to take a closer look at every community named “Greenville” across the region.

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The Connected

Forty percent of the world’s mobile traffic goes through the networks of Sweden-based telecommunications and network company Ericsson, and the company supports customers’ networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions.

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Crude Solutions

North America's energy hubs show there's more than one kind of pipeline.

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Editor’s View: How States Lure the Big Fish

Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Laura Kelly of Kansas are covered extensively in this issue as the winners of the 2021 Governors’ Cups the former for total qualified capital investment projects

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METALS: Built on Collaboration

Steelmaking, aluminum fabrication and other metal factories supply the materials that serve as the foundation for manufacturers in Kentucky and around the country.

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Full Disclosure

Companies and institutions like to hold onto IP for all it's worth. But could they be squeezing the life out of innovation?

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Investment Profile

Shovel Ready Sites: Short Cuts to Success

The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) now administers the state’s Shovel Ready Program, working with communities around the state to ensure that its inventory of economic-development-ready sites is current and accurate.

Places for Discovery: Institutions With Energy’s Future On Their Minds Saturate TVA Territory

Institutions With Energy’s Future On Their Minds Saturate TVA Territory

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What Happens in Vegas… Is Changing the World of Mobility

They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But that is certainly not the case with autonomous vehicles.

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Semiconductor Industry Review: Microprocessor Makers Seek Solid State, Site Selection Magazine, September 2003

T he global business scene is full of paradoxes. Here’s one: The market’s getting bigger, and the world is getting smaller. In the semiconductor industry, this yin-yang trend plays out in its own fashion. First, the wafers are getting bigger while the chips that come from them are getting smaller. Second, the plants that make […]

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Collaboration Across Boundaries Is Key To Wins for Twin Cities and Clinton, Iowa

As the cold winds of winter approached Iowa in late 2020, specialty fibers made residents of Clinton, Iowa, glow with warmth.

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Top Utilities Provide Exclusive Insights Into the Pressing Need for More Power

Power provision is vying with workforce as the most pressing issue for industrial companies nationwide amid a glut of major industrial facility projects (data centers, semiconductor fabs, EV/battery supply chain, etc.). How is your utility’s economic development team working with operations and external stakeholders to address these concerns?

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Area Spotlights

‘One City’

Geographically speaking, you can’t get more Mid-Atlantic than the nation’s capital.

Caribbean Community Deepens ASEAN, Nordic Ties

The Caribbean region is strengthening its ties to markets around the world, most recently with Singapore and Norway.

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The Green Machine

How California is using renewable energy and other sustainable practices to grow its economy.

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Innovation Central

Innovation districts across the state are inspiring the next generation of new ideas and technologies.

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Get In the District

In November, the International District Heating Association (IDEA) released a new planning guide for community energy, or thermal networks, customized for the Canadian market.

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From Fort to Fortunes

MassDevelopment leads revitalization of Devens.

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Area Spotlights

Renewal Row

Travel the highways, turnpikes and rivers of Pennsylvania and you’ll find your share of restoration stories.

As Real as It Gets

Long viewed as a system parallel to that of traditional employers, the film and TV production economy has become the new normal for many leading regions.

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On Track

Logistics infrastructure makes San Bernardino County a manufacturer’s dream.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 6

From Site Selection magazine, February 1990 New Facilities 1989 | Site Selection Online ©1990 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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New Facilities 1995 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 New & Expanded Facilities 1993-95 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1996 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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International Companies Ramp Up Regional Investment

What do 3,343 foreign-owned companies from all over the world have in common?

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Investment Profile

‘Firing On All Cylinders’

Located in the western end of Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe, the City of Hamilton has emerged as one of the premier destinations in Canada and all of North America for new investment — all within the course of a decade.

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