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Real Brains, Real Work

by Adam Bruns

Therapeutics maker Kamada, based in Israel’s southern region, showcases why R&D and manufacturing work so well side by side in a nation with a tradition of innovation.

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Israel’s ‘Innovation Box’ builds on a longstanding heritage of superior innovation.

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Light Bulbs

The first in a series of profiles of young life sciences leaders.

China’s Zhengzhou Aerotropolis Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

On March 7, 2023, the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (ZAEZ), crowned “China’s Aerotropolis” by the People’s Daily in May 2019, celebrated its 10th anniversary.

Hubs and Snubs: A Federal Largesse Scorecard

This DOE illustration may remind some of the pioneering SimCity video game franchise, but the seven designated Hydrogen Hubs have real potential.

WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2007 JSW Steel Expanding BASF Expands In Shanghai Intel Plans $2.5 Billion Wafer Fab in China GSK Footprint Grows In Singapore Google Picks Quality-of-Life Leader by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Google is occupying a five-story office building in a Zurich complex formerly occupied by the Hurlimann […]

International Update

Which EU Nations Shine Brightest for Future FDI Attraction?

by Adam Bruns

Finland’s capital city of Helsinki

Photo by Jussi Hellstén courtesy of Visit Helsinki

A new scoreboard shows it’s all in the eye of the beholder.

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Divisible by 10

Dynamism drives a diverse collection of regional economies.

Trifecta

The odds of Louisville being a healthcare capital continue to grow more favorable.

Help Wanted

Manufacturing is on the way back in the U.S. Increasingly, it involves advanced techniques, equipment and processes, says a noted researcher of industrial issues in North America. But there is a catch to manufacturing’s comeback - an acute shortage of skilled workers poses a significant threat.

Want to Grow Fast? California Wants You

From American-born Tesla to Chinese ventures, GO-Biz rolls out the welcome mat and opens the bank to fund deals that lead to a sustainable future.

How to Gain an Edge in the Race for Talent

Employers and consultants gave candid advice at the World Forum for FDI.

Features

Integrated Circuits

by Adam Bruns

Amazon One, which made its debut at the air show portion of Seattle summer festival Seafair, is one of 40 aircraft that Amazon has agreed to lease through air cargo partners Atlas Air and ATSG.

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How Amazon is rewriting the book on global e-commerce networks.

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Whirlpool: RE Takes ‘Integrator’ Role

Whirlpool:RE Takes ‘Integrator’ Role b y J A C K L Y N E Consistent, quantifiable processes and savvy outsourcing are two of the keys in the dawning rise of Whirlpool’s Corporate Real Estate (CRE) unit into the role of “corporate integrator” — a value-adding effort that bagged a prestigious 1999 Best Practices […]

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Editor’s note: A former president of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world’s preeminent corporate real estate (CRE) association, Michael Bell (right) is a widely recognized industry leader. His Gartner Group (www.gartner.com) research focuses on workplace transformation and the virtual enterprise — specifically, the workplace impact of information technology (IT), including corporate strategy formulation, […]

A Region of Firsts

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

Telling the Distribution Center Story

It's a fact. Communities would rather have manufacturers and corporate headquarters than distribution centers.

Anderson Grows in Gilbert

The planned Sept. 26 opening of the Banner M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert could be the impetus for development of a major regional and national life sciences industry, city officials say. The city is also poised to become a major center of stem cell research.

Energy Report

Out of the Dark

by Adam Bruns

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

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Three Views into Renewables

Record installations at record low prices was the thrust of REN21’s Renewables 2017 Global Status Report, published in early June.

Hocking County Needs Hotel Rooms

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

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, March 2007 Lease System Manages Construction, Too by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Troy Dowling is a senior systems analyst with American Airlines and is Horizon administrator. A merican Airlines’ real estate portfolio encompasses more than 300 properties around the globe, including 165 in the U.S. This includes […]

The Assembly Line Effect

Some folks may be wondering why Michigan, Ohio and Indiana are winning a disproportionate share of automotive assembly plant investments these days.

New Premier Primes Quebec for Powerhouse Status

I s Bernard Landry, Quebec’s new Premier, controversial? Of course he is. A separatist? Definitely. But in his radio address heard around the world about Canada’s “uselessness” in terms of Quebec’s economic development, there was an underlying message that should be music to the ears of corporate investors. Landry (right), the […]

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Catching Some Rays in Chernobyl

by Adam Bruns

A Chinese solar power giant and its state-owned partner endeavor to make power from the sun at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

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IAMC Insider, Site Selection magazine, November 2003

Dear IAMC members and prospective members: IAMC is off to an incredible start. I don’t think any of those who sat in the initial brainstorming sessions that launched the organization thought we could accomplish as much as we have in just a little over 18 months. Our success is a credit to our initial […]

Want a Better Bottom Line?

Team Massachusetts can help.

Town & Gown Fuels Columbia’s Mission

When you are the host city to the state’s flagship university, employers tend to pay close attention to your labor pool.

You Can’t Cut Wood with a Hammer

Building successful Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is extremely difficult. The 2020s have been a bad decade for many SEZs.

Blockchain With A Texas Twang

Cryptocurrency made in America springs from a huge data center in Plano — even as a Chinese rival sets up shop just down the road.

Energy Report

Energy’s Profile Grows in the Public-Private Partnership Arena

by Adam Bruns

Among the priorities of the new US presidential administration is infrastructure. New data on global funding trends and a new study in Michigan shed some light on the way forward.

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Utah: Alter Your Perception

You probably know that Forbes ranked Utah as the “Best State for Business” for three years running.

Scaling New Heights

For San Bernardino County, the conditions for industrial growth have never been stronger.

Suppliers Key in Mastering Real Estate’s New Realities

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1998 At Your Service: Suppliers Key in Mastering Real Estate’s New Realities by Jack Lyne Corporate real estate is morphing again, driven by infrastructure integration and value-based management. Service providers are scrambling, but the leading edge is fundamental in finding solutions, IDRC’s Maryland World Congress underscored. Packard Bell was in deep real estate trouble, […]

Flexing Toward the Future with Xcel Energy

Putting Industry into Motion on the East Coast

Smart Plays

Denver is the choice for a sustainable city concept first planted in Japan to blossom in the United States.

Features

Ohio, Indiana Flex Muscle

by Ron Starner

Site selectors give nod to policy changes coming out of Columbus and Indy, as concerns about taxes and regulations dominate annual survey.

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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?

Home Field Advantage: Ballpark Figures From Two World Series Cities On the Rise

Only four of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball are named for their states and not their home cities. Two of them — the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks — will meet in this year’s World Series.

Small Towns On the Hunt

Snapshots from the megasite family photo album.

World Reports: Europe, China, Australia

From Site Selection magazine, May 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Europe Emphasizes Other Means to Power Alternative energy continues to draw more emphasis in Europe. Two recently announced projects take aim at harnessing power from the wind and sun and a third is studying the feasibility of building a power plant based […]

Our Mission: To Analyze, Interpret, Educate and Lead

D o you sometimes think that you receive too much information? In his excellent 1999 book, How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society, historian C. John Sommerville laments the loss of truly wise people in an era in which meaningless daily news consumes us, and in which we […]

Area Spotlights

Complete Autonomy

by Adam Bruns

The NBA’s Detroit Pistons will move to downtown Detroit and begin playing at the new Little Caesars Arena starting next season.

Rendering courtesy of HOK and Olympia Entertainment

Autonomous vehicle and mobility research projects breathe new life into yesterday’s manufacturing facilities.

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The Innovation Infrastructure You Can’t See

by Mark Arend

The Detroit River separates Windsor-Essex, Ontario, on the right, from Detroit, Michigan. This region is the busiest US-Canada trade corridor.

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Windsor-Essex, Ontario, is the only major Canadian metro south of the US border; more importantly, it’s a powerhouse industrial center.

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1999 Governor’s Cup

Separated by a statistical nose, Michigan nipped California, as 1999’s record-breaking business expansion clip again demonstrated who went where for maximum site selection value. Ali vs. Frazier. Affirmed vs. Alydar. Borg vs. Conners. Those kinds of classic confrontations sprang to mind as 1999’s feverish Site Selection Governor’s Cup race wound down. Just like last year, […]

WORLD REPORTS: July 2025

International logistics company DP World is establishing a new free trade zone at the Port of Caucedo in the Dominican Republic. The FTZ will encompass over 555 acres at the port, whose presence will increase current twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity from 2.5 million to 3.1 million.

R&D in the Rockies

Institutional know-how propels innovation in Colorado.

COVER STORY

n December 22, 2004, Dell Inc. and North Carolina officials were gathering at a podium in Winston-Salem to announce the company’s investment of more than $100 million in a new assembly plant. State transportation workers at that moment were on the ground at Alliance Science and Technology Park staking rights-of-way for the project, in preparation […]

Real Estate Services: Connectivity Drives a New Strategic Alliance

Connectivity Drives a New Strategic Alliance Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has signed a unique strategic alliance with American Fiber Systems (AFS), Rochester, N.Y., a leading provider of dark-fiber-optic communications networks — fiber-optic cable without electronics equipment attached. The alliance calls for Cushman & Wakefield to negotiate arrangements that allow for the interconnection of AFS’s dark […]

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The American Dream Reimagined

The American Dream Composite Index lays out a better blueprint for measuring economic development achievement.

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Technology InSITE: Regeneron Upgrades Technology During Huge Campus Expansion

Biotech firm Regeneron decided it needed a modern facility management system at a busy time for the Tarrytown, N.Y., company.

TREX CASE STUDY

Trex Company Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of high-performance composite decking and railing, cemented its long-term commitment to Arkansas on August 22, 2024 when it celebrated the topping out of its newest U.S. factory: a $400 million plant in Little Rock.

We Lost Out on Amazon, Apple and Alphabet … Now What?

Holiday gifts arrived early for a handful of cities around the country; for other cities it may seem like the economic development equivalent of coal in a Christmas stocking.

Living History

Expanding museums are doing their part to place veterans and their stories front and center.

Top Deals: Breakthrough Victories

Every picture tells a story. Every year corporations and communities come together to paint pictures of project success. And every spring Site Selection salutes the best corporate facility projects in the world, judged by investment, high-value and high-volume job creation, creativity in negotiations and incentives, regional economic impact, competition and speed to market.

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Shine On

by Adam Bruns

The Night of Sciences is an annual event in Jena showcasing the technologies and talents of the city’s world-leading optics and photonics cluster.

In the world of optics and photonics, the German federal state of Thuringia is a beacon for the ‘century of light’ ahead.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION – UNIVERSITIES AS ECONOMIC ENGINES

orporate site selectors have known for years that the presence of a major research university can be a determining factor in choosing a business location. The American Electronics Association calls university-related research and development the second most important site selection factor, behind access to capital, for a high-tech company. However, only recently […]

Good Prognosis

Korea’s economy is exhibiting encouraging signs as 2009 draws to a close. FDI announcements for the first nine months reached US$8 billion, up 8 percent from 2008.

Power Plays

States that exempt or abate property and sales taxes on computer and telecom equipment will soon make the short lists of data center site selectors.

International Plants Dot America’s Smaller Towns

It’s become evident that rural and remote are not synonymous.

From Farm to Table, Safety Rules in the New Food Supply Chain

Food safety in all its iterations is the most important issue facing food and beverage manufacturers.

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A Tough ACT to Follow

by Mark Arend

Are locations making progress in quantifying skills required by capital investors?

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Transit-Oriented Development: Federal Program Targets Local Efforts to Improve Transit Options

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced in August the availability of approximately $13.4 million in competitive grant funds...

Major Projects Snapshot

Looking at the biggest spenders in the most active industry sectors offers insight into the flow of worldwide commerce and investment.

WEYERHAEUSER CASE STUDY: Winning Project North Star

Winning in economic development requires great infrastructure, favorable taxes, low business costs, and a strong workforce. These factors are non-negotiable for companies that are locating a new facility or expanding an existing one.

PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, July 2007 IFC Launches Municipal Scorecard 2007 The World Bank and You An institution known for backing developing- world infrastructure projects has plenty of irons in corporate fires. by ADAM BRUNS, adam.bruns bounce@conway.com B eyond its internal governance battles and external reach into projects in every corner of […]

A Capital City for Capital Investment

Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur has a key role to play in the successful implementation of the 10th Malaysia Plan, the government’s blueprint for making the country an effective competitor for global capital investment in high-income industry sectors. The Plan identifies 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) with the potential to produce high incomes and generate sustainable competitiveness on a global scale.

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Perfect Storm:

by Adam Bruns

Robotic arm commonly used in advanced manufacturing can be adapted to perform multiple functions such as under-wing sanding or composite repair on military aircraft.

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The Real Reasons Behind Reshoring

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A River Crossing for the Ages

The relocation of 1,600 high-salaried jobs from Manhattan to Jersey City may change perceptions of the New Jersey business climate.

STATE OF THE STATES 2012

The status of the United States as a nation owes much if not most of its character to the livelihoods of its individual members. In 2011, for the first time in 10 years, states reported that they cut taxes more than they increased them, reports the National Council of State Legislatures.

Enterprise Zones Spark Debate

T he effectiveness of state enterprise zone programs, which offer tax abatements and other incentives for businesses to expand or move to economically blighted areas, remains a source of debate more than 20 years after states began creating them. Some state programs – like the Empire Zone program in New York, […]

Places to Soar

Still learning to fly? California knows how to make a nest for you, then kick you out.

Betting on a High-Tech Future

Casinos, floor shows and all-you-can-eat buffets make way for digital enterprises.

International Update

Unintended Consequences

Mexico reacts quickly to US elections.

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Starting Anew

The Silver Eagle Bus Co., whose manufacturing history traces to Belgium and Germany before a run of several decades in the U.S., has embarked on a new chapter in its twist-and-turn history as it ramps up production in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin.

St. Louis: Center of Business

St. Louis is a powerhouse of business activity in the state.

Desjardins Brings an Iconic Tower and a Neighborhood to Life

The financial giant has moved more than 1,300
employees into the Montréal Tower originally built
for the 1976 Olympic Games. More are on the way.

What Goes Around Comes Around; Carolinas Grow Finer; Whatever You Do, Don’t Compare These Numbers; Inside and Outside Indicators Stoke Optimism, Caveats

What Goes Around Comes Around; Carolinas Grow Finer; Whatever You Do, Don’t Compare These Numbers; Inside and Outside Indicators Stoke Optimism, Caveats

Robust In the Rockies

Colorado’s environment for doing business is as healthy as its growing populace.

No Speed Bumps

Mississippi tire production gains some serious traction.

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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.

Military Base Redevelopment: From Swords to Ploughshares, Site Selection Magazine, November 2003

W Potlatch Corp.’s new distribution center at CenterPoint Intermodal Center on the former Joliet (Ill.) Arsenal property will soon be joined by the company’s tissue converting plant next door. hen Potlatch Corp., a Spokane, Wash.-based manufacturer of wood and paper products, began looking for a site for a new distribution center to serve its expanded […]

SITE Visit

SITE Visit From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 Joint venture company EMAL is building the world’s largest aluminum smelter in a new industrial zone being developed between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Super Smelter The UAE makes way for a Middle East aluminum hub. by JOHN W. McCURRYjohn.mccurry bounce@conway.com B anking on future demand for […]

New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 4

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 New Facilities Index & Forecast 1985-94 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.

From the Outside In

How Greater Phoenix is using wearables to elevate health and safety

Mississippi Flying High

Unmanned aerial systems propel state to new heights.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, November 2007 While Some Refineries Refine Their Plans, Shell Moves Forward Checking It Twice Math Problems Dealing with a skills deficit and a taxation burden may be the key to U.S. competitiveness, say summiteers. T by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com he competitiveness of the U.S. economy […]

The Rivian Gambit

A stealthy entrepreneur wants a piece of the automotive action in Illinois.

Super Bowling

The International Bowling Campus opened with great fanfare one year ago.

Data Center Location Myths To Avoid

States and localities line up to lure data centers, and in doing so, are exploding some myths about what companies can demand.

All Inclusive

A South Carolina success shows why the devil’s in the details.

The Big Leap Forward

by Ron Starner

How Gov. Phil Bryant moved the Mississippi economy to unprecedented heights.

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Game Plan

Tennessee acts on a blueprint for future success in its automotive sector.

Where Credit Is Due

Selangor, Malaysia's most populous and developed state, has much to contribute to the national business climate.

Project Bulletin: November 21, 2023

To prepare to better serve local and global markets, DHL Express has completed a $400 million expansion at its nearly 20-year-old Central Asia Hub (CAH) in Hong Kong.

SOUTH – CENTRAL: High Hopes for Huge Lithium Reserves

The Smackover Formation in Arkansas is one part of a regional lithium play with promise for the EV and battery sectors.

Why High

N ew York City’s real estate market — or markets, if you consider Midtown and Downtown to be distinctive situations — is hot, any way you cut it. Too hot, for some, such as publisher John Wiley and Chase Manhattan Bank, which are moving across the Hudson River to new space in Hoboken and Jersey […]

Playing by New Rules

by Ron Starner

Thanks to strong leadership at the highest level, Mississippi enjoys its most competitive business position ever.

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Gift Bag of New R&D Data Features Microbusiness Insights

Given California’s R&D prowess, it was no surprise that early this month the city of Sunnyvale (home to Applied Materials’ forthcoming Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization Center, pictured) was announced as the expected location for the CHIPS for America Design and Collaboration Facility.Rendering courtesy of Applied Materials It’s that time of year. Not the […]

Running with the Pack

Growth at Birmingham’s Pack Health showcases the region’s biosciences impact during the Rise of the Rest investment tour.

Reaching a Higher Gear

Advanced transportation R&D propels California into a new state of mobility.

Shop Class Is Back

High school students are once again preparing for the workforce before graduation.

World Travelers

A glance inside the Rolls-Royce operations machine

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10 Things I Learned in Tampa

by Ron Starner

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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A Kingdom Updates Its Roadmap

The Arab Spring spared The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the level of protest seen in neighbours such as Bahrain.

Kulim Hi-Tech Park Lands Two Plum Projects

Economic indicators moving in the right direction like these bode well for multinationals opening or planning new facilities in this Southeast Asian country in the heart of the ASEAN region.

Asian Nations Continue to Lead in Robotics Innovation and Installations

Automation is always ready. Which parts of the world are most ready for it? Answers to that question and related questions can always be found in Frankfurt, Germany, home of the International Federal of Robotics (IFR). A survey of recent IFR data and business intelligence offers a clear picture of where advanced manufacturing is headed, […]

McKinley Conway Remembered

On May 29, 2011, a little shudder shot through the roots of economic development and corporate real estate. That was the day that H. McKinley “Mac” Conway passed away at his home in Shiloh, Fla. The founder and chairman of Conway Data Inc. and founder and publisher of Site Selection was 90 years old; and […]

Moving Cheese

Portion control has become a big business for cheese manufacturing company Bel Brands USA. Sales have more than doubled over the past four years and sales of the company’s Mini Babybel products have tripled during that time period. Bel Brands USA also has plants in Leitchfield, Ky., and Little Chute, Wis.

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Editor’s View: It Just Might Work

by Mark Arend

Analysis in this issue of the Trump win is guardedly optimistic

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South Australia Charts a Course to Statewide Connectivity

S outh Australia plans to introduce itself to the world as an “Information Economy” success story, and it has just under a year in which to put the necessary pieces in place. Adelaide, the Australian state’s capital city, will be the site of the 2002 WITSA World Congress, a biennial conference of the World Information […]

Building on a Breakthrough

Twenty years later, Nissan’s success is the gift that keeps giving.

Good Medicine

Life sciences, logistics among sectors showing vitality.

Be Well

LEED certification is soooo 2012. WELL certification, says one real estate developer, is what’s next, as employers aim to bring as much good energy to your health as they bring to your workplace.

How to Future-Proof Your Value Chain in Europe

A new report offers smart site selection guidance for companies amid a roiling regulatory climate in Europe.

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Change Is Refreshing. Predictability Is Too.

Illustration by Bob Gravlee

The latest edition of our annual 50-state guide updates you on economic development laws, leaders, policies, incentives and projects.

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Sky’s the Limit

Global Logistic Properties has grown up fast.

One More Step Off the Grid

In a Site Selection profile of Adobe Systems’ sustainability and energy efforts in January 2009, we learned that, in addition to its top-shelf

IAMC Insider: WHEN A GOOD PLAN COMES TOGETHER

The deliberations and dialogue were dynamic, constructive and positive in tone. There was mutual respect among those present. This factor underpins the large amount of work we achieved.

1999 Promotional Prospectives

1999 Proportional PerspectivesMichigan, Kentucky Bag No. 1s, but Shakeups Reshuffle Top 10s Albert Einstein, Time‘s “Man of the Century,” knew a thing or two about proportional perspectives. “When you are courting a nice girl,” he observed, “an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. […]

A New Class Brings the Number of American World War II Heritage Cities to 30

Documenting community industrial development in the United States has been a core mission of Site Selection since we launched publication 70 years ago this month.

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Trump in Context

Illustration by Bob Gravlee

Famed geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan
on what lies ahead.

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An Electric Lifeline for Manufacturers

FirstEnergy helps industrial customers take advantage of a huge gas play in the tri-state region.

New Economy Forces Are Key To Sustained Economic Growth

World business climates in late 2000 are, for the most part, fair. But some forces are at work that could change that in the New Year. Energy prices in Western markets, particularly the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, are exerting pressure on businesses that manufacture and transport goods. A scarcity of skilled labor is a […]

New Facilities 1995, page 5 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 U.S. Facilities 1995 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.

Michigan, FDI, North and South of the Border, and much more.

Agribusiness contributes more than $1.5 billion to the regional economy of western Michigan, and the new Michigan Hop Network hopes to assist hop farmers in adding to that total.

Transit-Oriented Development: Federal Program Targets Local Efforts to Improve Transit Options

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced in August the availability of approximately $13.4 million in competitive grant funds...