Wind Belt Blows Dollars Into Area Economies

by Adam Bruns

Anyone who’s ever stood in a Kansas field knows the power of the wind that sweeps unimpeded across most of the state.

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Bright Outlook

The broad move from a finance-led economy to an innovation-led economy has required industries and metropolitan areas to adapt. Financial and professional service firms are now competing with tech firms for the best graduates.

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Locating in Canada: There’s a Lot to Like

You’d expect the president of the Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) to be an unabashed supporter of business investment into America’s neighbor and No. 1 trading partner — and an articulate voice explaining the country’s many location advantages. And David Amos is. Amos, who is also director of economic development for the city of […]

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Cities of Commerce

Joseph Parilla and Alan Berube at The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program recently marked the anniversary with the debut of their “New North American Trade Map” concept and their report “Metro North America: Cities and Metros as Hubs of Advanced Industries and Integrated Goods Trade.”

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MEGASITES

Mark Arend shares compelling insights on megasite development and strategy from his conversations with site selection experts at JLL and Wadley, Donovan, Gutshaw Consulting.

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Tribal Economic Development: An Oklahoma Story

Native tribes contribute more than $15 billion.

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This Is Not the Same Old Kansas Anymore

by Ron Starner

Operating by a new playbook, the Framework for Growth, Kansas excels.

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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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King of the Hill

No beef about it, Texas is tops for farms and ranches.

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Unemployment is at 12 percent in California. gavin newsom

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Tenant Energy Plans Are All About ROI

Sustainability programs come and go, but following the ULI's new program could help yours stick around a little longer.

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Project Bulletin, June 23, 2025: Melbourne, Australia; Shunan, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan; Houston, Texas

NEXTDC plans billion-dollar digital campus in Australia; Chemicals manufacturer expands production capacity in Japan; Foxconn sets sights on a new facility in Houston.

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Project Bulletin, May 19, 2025: Holly Springs, North Carolina; Kouvola, Kymenlaakso, Finland; Normal, Illinois

Genentech marks milestone in North Carolina; TikTok tackles data privacy from Finland; Rivian makes space for suppliers in Illinois.

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Kansas’ Record-Breaking Year

by Savannah King

Governor Laura Kelly announced the state’s second record-breaking year in a row.

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The Numbers Don’t Lie: Where Data Center Projects are Going Today and Tomorrow

Of 400 major data center facility investments t since January 1, 2018, precisely 198 have taken place in the United States.

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Connecting Skills To Opportunities

Drew Repp of Emsi Burning Glass shares insights into how Nevada SkillsMatch uses data to achieve results that go beyond job titles and degrees.

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A ‘Sansdemic’ Is On the Horizon

To cultivate talent, communities first need people.

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IAMC Insider: LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

A Letter from the Chair; award winners; a Q&A with AI expert Zack Kass.

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Time = Money

While policy wonks debate its worth, logistics companies are pouncing on the 'New Silk Road' opportunity.

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The Numbers Add Up In Kansas

by Ron Starner

In key state rankings and cost of living, the Sunflower State shines brightest.

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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Ford & Fisker Bring the Muscle to TrustBelt

Who doesn’t like a good muscle car? When you think of fast cars, two names that first come to mind are Ford and Fisker.

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NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY REVIEW

hat do you do in an industry that was estimated in 2003 to have global over-capacity equivalent to 40 OEM assembly plants? Compete, that’s what. That’s what NAFTA’s 10-year-old partners have been doing for automotive investment, whether against each other or, increasingly, banding together against the rest of the world. Sometimes the […]

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Heavens Above

A galaxy of discovery awaits those who visit Kansas.

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REGIONAL PROFILES: TEXAS’ 10 REGIONS

From Amarillo to the Rio Grande and from El Paso to Longview, Texas boasts 10 vast regions, each one uniquely positioned to serve the needs of expanding businesses.

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Waistline Watch

New obesity rankings tell you if your state is one of the biggest losers.

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Investment Profile

Building a Hydrogen Hub For the Net-Zero Economy

by Ron Starner

Hydrogen fuel-powered bus

Photos courtesy of Edmonton Global

Edmonton Metropolitan Region, Alberta: Air Products, Dow, Shell are investing billions into clean-energy projects in the Edmonton region.

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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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All Those Ones and Zeroes Add Up to BILLIONS

It might surprise you to learn that traditional data center leaders Virginia and Texas have been challenged since 2016 began.

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INDUSTRY CONSENSUS ON SUSTAINABILITY LOOKS FRAGILE

Pressed by a sense of urgency among scientists and the wider public, and by governments and investors who must fulfil promises made at COP (Conference of the Parties) summits

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In The (Free Economic) Zone? Probably.

Much of South Korea is a free economic zone, if going right to China isn’t in the cards.

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The Best of Best Practices

Site Selection presents the Best Practices Award winners selected by the International Development Research Council Pssssst! Wanna fix some problems in your company?s real estate program? Once upon a time, you might have told someone from finance or operations to come up with a plan, or hired an outside consultant, and then imposed a solution […]

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The Ultimate Ground Game

How Ohio followed a fundamental plan to build a true macropolitan economy.

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International Update

A Community College On the Cutting Edge

by Adam Bruns

Innovative programs in esports and employment training for the neurodiverse community are just part of an extensive educational and industry training menu at NorQuest College in Greater Edmonton.

Photo courtesy of NorQuest

During the course of a year immersed in career and technical education topics, two of the stories I’ve pursued stand out.

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How Corporate Location Decision-Makers Choose Smart Cities for Facility Investment

Smart cities harness technology to improve their urban efficiency.

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Need a Site? Illinois Has Cash

Gov. Pritzker unveils $40 million grant program to develop megasites.

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The Lives of Buildings

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

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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 […]

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Brain Trust

Site Selection in early February hosted a roundtable conference call with a select group of corporate real estate and facilities pros from some of the most powerful biopharma organizations in the world, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Right On Time

by Savannah King

E-commerce workforce demands are being met through innovative, digital logistics certifications.

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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.

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IDRC Best Practices: Australia Post; Leadership

APRIL/MAY 1998 IDRC?s Best Practices Award: Australia Post — Leadership by Jack Lyne When market-driven pressures transfigured Australia?s national mail system, its real estate arm took a decidedly proactive turn. In two short years, the group has forcefully made the case for cost-effective strategic space utilization. Australia Post Property Division?s designation as 1997?s winner of […]

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Where to Reshore Away from Both Shores

From 2010 to 2020, more than 1 million jobs were reshored back to the United States, according to Reshoring Initiative 2020 Data Report from the Reshoring Initiative.

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How Ohio Streamlined the Way it Serves Businesses

Husted: 'The more friction you take out of the process, the more businesses will prosper.'

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Where to Find the Green in Germany

Where will corporate occupiers find the greenest buildings once they land within Germany’s borders?

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As Skills Gap Widens, Employers Just Add Water

by Ron Starner

Head south to Tampa Bay, say execs at growing financial services firms.

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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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NY Loves Knowledge

And companies adore the state’s infrastructure for talent, R&D and expertise. Overlay a map of the Empire State’s vast reserves of higher education and institutional firepower with a map of corporate and industrial R&D, and chances are you’ll see two things: a legacy of innovation, and an interwoven network ripe with opportunities for more.

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A Powerhouse of Progress

How the capital region of Ohio put together a record-setting decade.

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Crypto Cowboys

Wyoming is leading the drive in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

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A University Research Consortium Has a Blueprint for R&D Success

Has a Blueprint for R&D Success

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CENTRAL AMERICA: Semiconductor Supply Chain Progress Doesn’t Pause

The region that welcomed the new U.S. Secretary of State on his first trip abroad is making headway in the semiconductor supply chain, among other areas.

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Renewable Workforce

by Savannah King

Clean energy investments encourage new energy workforce programs across the U.S.

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STEM EDUCATION: Public, Private Sectors Invest Billions in STEM Program Funding

Here’s how some places are addressing the critical shortage of STEM workers.

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Jamaica Plans an Air & Sea Logistics Hub

The Government of Jamaica has unveiled ambitious plans that will build the Caribbean into a Global Logistics Hub for the Americas and position it as a regional trading mecca similar to Singapore, Dubai and Rotterdam.

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THE WORLD LOVES SC CARS & TIRES

Automotive manufacturing drives economic growth in the Palmetto State.

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Tipping the Scales?

Recent reports on obesity, diabetes and lifelong exercise offer looming clouds of concern and a few bright rays of encouragement.

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Improving the Soil

A revolutionary agricultural technology rejuvenates crops around the globe from its home base in Hattiesburg.

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Resources for AI, Cybersecurity Careers

by Mark Arend

Artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity are the branches of computer science seeing the most activity in 2021,

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Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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What Will It Take to Win CHIPS Act Funding?

One region in Upstate New York appears to have figured it out.

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Montgomery County, Maryland: Where Leading-Edge Life Sciences Happens

The largest and wealthiest county in Maryland, Montgomery County anchors the BioHealth Capital Region.

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FDI, Africa, China, and much more!

The United States maintained its strong showing in the 2014 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Ranking, holding the top position in the index for the second straight year.

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WELCOME TO THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING

Development highlights from Illinois’ 10 regions.

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The 3-D Education

CME students solve problems in the real world, not just on paper.

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Workers are An Automotive Projects Magnet

by Gary Daughters

Why Ford chose Tennessee for its biggest single EV investment.

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Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Forward Thinking

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston’s new sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, La., has hit a sweet spot in terms of sustainability.

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NMTCs Bring New Fuel for Growth to Low-Income Urban and Rural Areas

NMTCs Bring New Fuel for Growth to Low-Income Urban and Rural Areas Rodgers Wade Manufacturing of Paris, Texas (whose replica Eiffel Tower is pictured here), is one of hundreds of manufacturers whose expansions have benefited from NMTC financing. Photo: Getty Images Last week $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits […]

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Oregon Revisited

Oregon’s tourism industry gets a boost after the pandemic slow-down.

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Safe & Sound

Georgia cybersecurity assets secure national standing.

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The Magnet for Manufacturing

The Pittsburgh region comes full circle, adding depth and breadth to its rich history as America’s factory.

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A New Generation Of Farmers

by Gary Daughters

Western Growers is cultivating an AgTech workforce.

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Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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How Kentucky Built a Record-Setting Machine

Cooperation at every level is the secret to success.

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AGRIBUSINESS: Something Old Made New Again

Is the zeitgeist right for agrihoods? Gary Daughters looks into the increasingly popular neighborhood concept and talks to one of its champions.

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Secrets to Picking Advanced Manufacturing Winners

Reports offer tips on advanced manufacturing locations with advantages that may not be apparent at first.

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IAMC INSIDER

MARCH 2009 So, What Is Your Board Up To? (cover) People & Projects Request Information

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‘No Two Days Are the Same’

Just because your state has the No. 1-ranked business climate, it doesn’t mean you’re going to escape the consequences of COVID-19 and its corresponding economic earthquake.

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AEROSPACE INDUSTRY MAKES PROGRESS

by Mark Arend

In Workforce Development & Diversity Prioritization

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Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Big Tech Schools Us

by Adam Bruns

Skills training from tech giants like Amazon is much more than mere window dressing. It’s a door to everyone’s future.

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Mapping the Course of Job Creation

New Orleans Welcomes a Tech Superstar; Kratos Makes a Move into Oklahoma; and Help for Houston

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Corridors OF POWER: An Economic Development Atlas

The Top Utilities of 2019 help companies and communities map out the journey to success.

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New Facilities 1988 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1989 New Facilities 1988 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1989 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 Heights

Technology is pushing wind turbines higher and putting them into all sorts of new locations, including on top of skyscrapers, data centers and big-box retailers.

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WORLD REPORTS: May 2025

The dozen happiest countries; a data center JV in London; AstraZeneca R&D in Beijing; Hitachi Energy in Finland; Maruti Suzuki in Gujarat, India; Kingspan Group in Ukraine.

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Turning Analytics into Action: The ‘Digital Journey’ of Novelis

by Adam Bruns

For its 2021 report “The Resilience of Manufacturing: Strengthening people operations and bridging the talent gap amid crisis

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Night Walks

Property management teams tend to focus on operations when
the building is occupied and experiencing normal conditions.
After all, that’s when staff members are most likely to be on
site, and when they’re likely to be getting tenant feedback
on comfort issues. But for the majority of the year – likely
between 5,000 and 6,200 out of 8,760 hours – buildings are
unoccupied.

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Not To Be Outdone

Move over, automotive industry. You’ve got company. The entire Southeast is home to a thriving aviation industry, and Mississippi is no exception.

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Global Ties Spur Prosperity

North Dakota’s economy is pulsating, thanks in large part to the Bakken shale oil boom, which has made the state the fourth largest oil-producing state.

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Top Metros: Strength in Diversity

Frank Sinatra once famously crooned, “My kind of town, Chicago is.” These days he would be joined by a chorus of business and industry executives who have chosen to invest in the Windy City.

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Back For More

Back For More: Space Coast leaders and aerospace workers give thanks for a boost from Boeing.

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Investment Profile

Toast of The Town

by Ron Starner

The Pecan District in downtown Pflugerville

Images courtesy of Presidium

Pecan District brings major redevelopment to downtown Pflugerville.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Johnson & Johnson Site in New Jersey Home to Largest Solar Array in the State

With the flip of a switch on September 23, the largest solar panel array in New Jersey came to life on the Titusville campus of Janssen, a division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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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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Brain Trust

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World Reports: Amgen’s Spring to Ireland — Site Selection Magazine, March 2006

From Site Selection magazine, March 2006 WORLD REPORTS Amgen’s Spring to Ireland Global Site Search Took Two Years by John W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Amgen‘s US$1 billion-plus manufacturing project in Cork, Ireland, is the latest piece in the company’s global expansion puzzle to ramp up its drug delivery pipeline. It follows a five-year period which […]

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Industrial Strength

Add the importance of the Mexican market itself to companies' lists of reasons to open operations in Mexico.

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Features

Room to Move

by Adam Bruns

Already busy with multiple facility investments in such locations as Chicago, Spain, Mexico and Sweden (this photo is from its facility in Fontana, California), Danish transport and logistics concern DSV just announced an all-encompassing Green Logistics program in order to reduce emissions for its customers.

Photo courtesy of DSV

How a Congested Supply Chain Plays Out in Project Location Trends

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Talent Factories

The 12 public universities in Illinois form the backbone of a higher education roster that knows few peers.

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Clean Numbers

A trio of studies attempts to put some flesh on the bones of clean-energy claims in North Carolina.

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Tipping Point

Sasol breaks ground for its nearly $9-billion investment in Southwest Louisiana, and continues to break new ground in workforce development.

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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.

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Governor Laura Kelly

In word and deed, Gov. Kelly delivers a pro-business message.

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Atlanta: Southeast Tech Hub

by Savannah King

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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Spreading the Wealth:

150 Projects Aim to Transform the Northeast Corridor

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Water Works

‘Community Fit’ seals a bottling plant deal.

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Québec Makes an EV Play

Northvolt investment affirms aggressive battery strategy.

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Decades in the Making

The Monterrey region’s rich educational resources did not appear overnight, and they are growing.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SHOVEL-READY SITES

hovel-ready” is a term that we are hearing a lot in the national media these days. The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires that any project that receives an investment from the federal stimulus package be “shovel-ready.” For those of us in the business of helping companies choose a location for their facility investments, […]

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Manufacturing Momentum

by Savannah King

Georgia’s pro-business climate builds investment momentum across the state.

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Bring it On

Businesses are flocking to Texas. Governor Greg Abbott still wants more.

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How Does Your Garden State Grow?

Fresh incentives create fertile economic development soil in New Jersey.

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As Skills Gap Widens, Employers Just Add Water

Head south to Tampa Bay, say execs at growing financial services firms.

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Bridges

Toledo is a city that prides itself on its global ethnic and cultural diversity, and the entrepreneurial and industrial links that accompany that heritage.

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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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Welcome to Transaction Alley

by Ron Starner

Top innovators in digital payments choose to call Georgia home.

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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Searching for Friday in Sydney

I've lost Friday. It was there when I left home on Thursday.

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Best in Class

Munich, London and Paris top EU rankings. Ukraine could be an outlier with the inside track.

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2022 Top Deals

This year for the first time we rank the top 20 North American deals based on job creation and capex. In this online edition, we also present the top 20 deals abroad.

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Scrubbing Clean Energy Data

Industry project investment data from sectors and professional practices attached to clean tech and clean power are central to the sophisticated index behind Site Selection’s annual Sustainability Rankings, which last year saluted top performers such as Sweden, North Carolina and Austin, Texas.

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The Formula Changes

A mid-December search of the comprehensive industrial facilities database maintained by the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corp. (PRIDCO) showed approximately 57 pharmaceutical-related plants

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Georgia is Making Old Things New Again

by Ron Starner

Recycling waste into energy is becoming big business in the Peach State.

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Pacific Northwest: The Fab Four Of the Pacific Northwest

A brewery in Bend blends area culture with a hot-selling brand.

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Keep It Simple

The tools you can use abound with options, but they can’t do your thinking for you.

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Scripted Construction

A pharmacy services provider continues to grow its corporate campus.

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Congestion Capitals

Congestion can really get you down. No, we’re not talking about the sniffles going around. More like the cargo and people who aren’t.

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Outsourcing That’s Out of This World

Aerospace companies are key beneficiaries of the federal government’s transition from the NASA-run Space Shuttle program to the next generation in space travel.

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Ready, Set, Georgia!

by Ron Starner

State tourism office led industry in gaining market share during worldwide pandemic.

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Flexible Assets

A Vital Resource When Disaster Strikes

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Transformation, From A to Zed

Two announcements on Monday and Thursday of this week signaled a fundamental strategic and physical shift for biopharma giant AstraZeneca, including the establishment of a new corporate headquarters in a new UK location; the shift of small molecule and biologics R&D to three strategic centers around the world; and an eventual overall headcount reduction of 5,050 between now and the end of 2016.

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Top Groups: Staying the Course

While other community agencies retrenched in 2009,
the winning organizations redoubled their economic development efforts and grabbed the prize.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: BIOTECH LOCATION STRATEGIES

orcester, Mass., has RNA expert Craig Mello, this year’s Nobel laureate in medicine. Phoenix, Ariz., has Jeffrey Trent, a noted genomics researcher. San Jose, Calif., has Guy Miller, an expert in treating “orphan” diseases and entrepreneur. Houston recently wooed Stephen Wong, a noted inventor and expert in molecular imaging, from Boston, Mass. For many regions […]

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Hong Kong: Business Still Dances Inside the Dragon’s Jaws

Highlights from Site Selection ? October/November 1997 C O V E R S T O R Y Hong Kong: Business Still Dances Inside the Dragon’s Jaws by Jack Lyne Forget the hype and hysteria. Hong Kong’s turnover hasn’t dulled its legendary business buzz. Hong Kong is awash with conviction a month after becoming a […]

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Finding the Talent Needle In the Biotech Haystack

by Ron Starner

States turn to innovative funding to replenish pipeline of workers in life sciences.

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Hub and Spokane

Life sciences and the science of good living offer a heady blend in Washington.

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Project Bulletin: August 15, 2023

Only two weeks after announcing its intention to build a fifth U.S.-based vertically integrated photovoltaic solar module plant somewhere in the country (and one day after this Site Selection Snapshot highlighting a clean energy manufacturing surge), First Solar, Inc. on August 10 announced it had selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for what is believed to be the single largest capital investment in the area’s history.

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That’s The Spirit

A recent investment by Spirit AeroSystems at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston is paving the way for a local aerospace cluster that could soon number in the thousands of workers. No other location had GTP’s blend of logistics and work-force attributes, says a Spirit executive central to the location decision.

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