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by Gary Daughters
Coveted young workers are making demands.
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Attracting talent means tuning in to what millennials and Gen Z have to say.
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Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
Manufacturing and distribution plants aren’t the only operations being placed under the microscope of cost containment these days.
ig incentive packages have received a lot of media attention recently, and have been a major discussion topic around the water cooler in the economic development community. But, in the big picture, are incentives good or bad? The axiom, “Incentives never made a bad deal good, only a good deal better,” is absolutely correct. […]
On the outskirts of America’s first planned city, the master-planned Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub could write the region’s next exciting chapter.
EnerBlü's two-pronged investment in Kentucky gets its power from a university town and a company town, both of which seek to diversify their economies.
Columbus is changing from a steady performer to one of the country’s most dynamic metro areas. The Columbus Region has been called the test market of the United States because of its diverse economic profile — part university town, a national logistics hub, a center of retail brands such as the Limited Brands and Wendy’s, and the second home of Chase bank, which happens to be the region’s largest employer.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
There are so many options in Texas outside of the Golden Triangle.”
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
2007 GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT From Site Selection magazine, September 2007 The Infrastructure Dilemma Will the U.S. follow the world’s lead in turning to private-sector investment? by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com and ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com A ssessing the world’s infrastructure needs is a daunting task. Even more daunting for governments is developing formulas […]
s the world flat or round? I guess that depends on which book you are reading at the moment. Regardless of shape, one thing is certain: U.S. companies are facing difficult global supply chain challenges. Challenges are coming from tightening of our borders, rising energy costs, reliability of suppliers in an uncertain economy –and the […]
uto makers in North America continue to bemoan the burden of competition: “In view of further reductions in model lifecycles and continuing over-capacity, DaimlerChrysler does not expect any alleviation of the intensely competitive pressure in the automobile industry,” read a typically cold statement in 2005. John Engler, president of the National Association of Manufacturers and […]
W hy did Pfizer invest $600 million into a facility expansion in Ann Arbor, Mich.? Why did Citicorp Credit Service decide to add 2,100 jobs to its work force in Florence, Ky.? And why did Ford Motor Co. announce that it will invest $375 million into an expanded manufacturing plant in Norfolk, Va.? […]
Economic and cultural theorist Jeremy Rifkin published his seminal work "Entropy" 35 years ago. His ideas about the future, however, are not winding down at all.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
Laredo’s binational community enjoys robust collaboration between the private and public sectors.
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Gene Lindgren adores his adopted home of Laredo, Texas.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
A compelling session at IEDC's annual conference sheds light on projects, talent and the vision to develop both.
Thanks to an $850 million partnership between the Australian government and Norway-based Kongsberg Defence, a new long-range missile manufacturing facility is coming to the Newcastle Airport precinct by 2027.
The Secretary of the Interior and his boss want more energy development, and they want it now.
November2005 Different Threads, Same Fabric (cover) We’re All In This Together; Meet a Member Productivity Essentials: Trust, Talk and Savvy Outsourcing IAMC Corporate Members Mull Asset Disposition Options Request Information Different Threads, Same Fabric IAMC Members and Prospective Members, In the 21st century, when there is such a free flow of information, […]
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.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
This San Angelo mosaic in Firefighter’s Memorial City Park was created by city workers and firefighters using a retired firetruck as part of Art in Uncommon Places.
Photo courtesy of San Angelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
If asked where the most distinctive art in Texas is to be found, some might point to Marfa.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Kansas claims a second consecutive Cup and Texas an 11th in our annual tally of total and per capita project wins the previous year.
Economic developers are gearing up to compete in the $1.1-trillion clean economy marketplace.
PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 A Score for Songdo by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com Songdo City is a study in urban planning, sustainable development and how to finance a complex blend of commercial and residential properties. O n Nov. 19, Jonathan Thorpe, the Boston-based executive vice president of New York-based developer Gale […]
Fermi, Stargate, Google, Meta, Oracle, OpenAI, Softbank and Palantir set up shop in the ultimate tech mecca.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
Camfil USA is investing in Synergy Park in Kilgore, where steady infrastructure investment has occurred side by side with the warm, engaging atmosphere of Elder Lake at the park’s heart.
Photo courtesy of Kilgore EDC
With nearly 1.5 million people within 60 miles and quick access to the DFW metro area via I-20, Kilgore’s location in northeast Texas already has a lot going for it.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
W ith 591 projects, the transportation industry again dominated the rankings of top new and expanded U.S. manufacturing facilities by industry sector in 2002. The headlines were led by the new Hyundai plant in Alabama, and backed by just-as-major plant expansions, including three in the top 10 from Michigan. It marked the fourth consecutive year […]
CANADA: BEST TO INVEST From Site Selection magazine, September 2008 Catch a Lift Ingenuity is one natural resource helping Canadian economic development soar. The first train from the fast-growing Port of Prince Rupert to Chicago completed the trip in a record transit time of 92 hours, supported by CN’s recently completed $25-million infrastructure upgrades. “I […]
Experts urge customers to lock in rates as 2018 energy prices increase.
Chicago and the state perform at an elite level in winning capital deals.
Can the land of the wild, wild West become the next high-tech haven of choice? It can if more executives follow the example of Kent Holliday, the founder of Eleutian Technology in Cody, Wyo. The world's largest network of certified instructors who teach English as a second language, Eleutian recently made its home in the town.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
McPherson Cellars is one place where the “unusually friendly” people in Lubbock like to get together.
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Remember BRAC? People living in 136 communities across the nation who sure do.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
A corner of Northwest Ohio meets two nations’ energy demands with a growing critical mass of projects.
From career coaches to CTE, THE Magnolia State reaps a healthy ROI.
Sprawling corporate campuses in Upstate New York that were formerly associated with two industry icons will soon be home to an array of young high-tech companies.
Intelligence Reports
by Adam Bruns
Photo by austin360photography.com, courtesy of Marble Falls EDC
There are 44 small towns and counties across the 267,000 square miles of Texas who rallied together a few years ago as the Texas Economic Development Connection.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
The Nevada-based company is investing at its Colorado locations in Louisville and Colorado Springs.
BMW Manufacturing Company, South Carolina’s greatest economic success over the past two decades, continues to add chapters to its story with no end in sight. Since production began at the plant near Spartanburg in September 1994, it has been expanded four times, has produced more than 2 million vehicles and has provided more than US$5.8 billion in compensation to its employees.
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: AIRPORT COMMERCE From Site Selection magazine, January 2009 General Aviation … Look to the Skies The small airport may be your community’s most underdeveloped asset. by BARRY RONDINELLA editor bounce@conway.com I n these tough economic times it is wise for small and medium-sized communities to look to their community airport for […]
Cryptocurrency miners reveal the site selection process that led them to Montana.
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by Ron Starner
Employers and consultants gave candid advice at the World Forum for FDI.
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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
A newcomer to the winner’s circle and a 12-time repeat winner explain their strategies for corralling enough capital investment projects to claim the Cups.
Sometimes an event in the relentless flood of news uncorks a torrent of memories. That was the case in August when I heard International Paper was shutting down its containerboard and packaging plants in Savannah and its timber and lumber operation in nearby Riceboro, Georgia, eliminating around 1,100 jobs. A nearby pulp mill in Port Wentworth is not closing, but has been sold.
Site selectors offer their thoughts to companies and states navigating the dicey waters of economic development and social legislation.
Companies, communities and institutions have rallied around the life sciences in the Land of Enchantment.
by Adam Bruns
In Tupelo, it’s always manufacturing season.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Georgia’s pro-business climate builds investment momentum across the state.
Since 2010, the real estate investment and redevelopment unit of Hilco Global has been transforming industrial properties into repurposed centers of commerce.
IDRC and NACORE, the world’s two leading professional associations for corporate real estate executives, service providers and economic developers, are exploring possible integration. This unprecedented step would create one new association to represent the corporate asset management industry with a singular mission of creating value through the workplace. Since plans to converge both groups were […]
The Kansas City automotive corridor has grown even larger when Faurecia announced it would build a $60-million plant in Blue Springs.
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Mississippi added itself to the list of states producing electric vehicles (EVs) in February.
Read MoreCount on California for forward-looking energy solutions backed by real actions.
D alian, China; Tallinn, Estonia; Porto Alegre, Brazil. If these far-flung cities are not on your location radar screen right now, they may soon be. They are among 24 potential city winners identified in a recently released research report, Rising Urban Stars Uncovering Future Winners from Jones Lang LaSalle and LaSalle Investment Management. The […]
While policy wonks debate its worth, logistics companies are pouncing on the 'New Silk Road' opportunity.
Singapore gets $24-billion wafer fabrication facility; green Danish industrial park scoops 100MW AI data center; CDMO Vetter Pharma to build $566 billion facility in Germany; solar power company Sungrow announces major investment in Poland; the top 10 countries for best business environment.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Oklahoma will soon be home to the Americas’ first rare earth metal and manufacturing facility, giving it a head start in the U.S. as companies bring such operations stateside.
Read More"My administration has made it a priority to transform our state's previously hostile business climate," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tells Site Selection.
Businesses thrive and easily find needed resources thanks to a new alliance of advanced manufacturers.
According to a recent survey of CEOs and CTOs of innovation companies, less than a fifth of these companies say they are ahead of the curve .
For three decades, Florida looked to EFI to lead economic development. What went wrong?
Workforce credentials are the new currency of site location success.
Area Spotlights
by Adam Bruns
EEW workers at South Jersey Port Corporation’s terminal in Paulsboro unload a test monopile for offshore wind.
Photo courtesy of EEW
How Growth and Sustainability Can Coincide in New Jersey
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 Industry Comparisons for New Manufacturing Plants 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.
Automotive manufacturing drives economic growth in the Palmetto State.
Illinois’ entertainment industry saw a boom following the inception of its film and TV production tax incentive program in 2008.
Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce moves fast with reforms so that new FDI will move faster to his homeland.
A letter from IAMC Chair Jennifer Roth, and a look into how long-term corporate real estate strategies guard against short-term corrections.
Area Spotlights
by Gary Daughters
Merchants Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis is to reopen in 2022
Courtesy St. Louis Regional Freightway
St. Louis is building a better platform for transport & logistics.
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Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
A $365 million expansion is set for India-based Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. steel plant in the state of Karnataka’s central village of Bevinahalli.
The growing trend toward organic food and the increasing need to understand where food comes from isn’t just for humans anymore.
It’s not a one-way street entirely, but it seems more companies relocate their headquarters out of Illinois than into Illinois.
Area Spotlights
by Gary Daughters
GE Wind’s Haliade-X was tested at LM Wind in New Orleans.
Image courtesy of GE Wind
The nation’s first offshore wind farm may have been built off the coast of New England, but it came to fruition with a healthy measure of Cajun ingenuity.
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Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, November 2007 Interest High in No-Interest Option Islamic finance achieves a higher profile in the industrial world. by ADAM BRUNS,adam.bruns bounce@conway.com T hrough the second quarter of 2007, the global issuance of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, had reached a record level of US$24.5 billion, and showed no signs […]
Mixed-use retail will succeed in the current marketplace to the extent that the development ties in with the community around it and connects to parks, amenities, neighborhoods and other desirable features of the town.
Frankfurt tries to out-pitch Paris to displace London as the epicenter of European finance.
Smart Cities: Switzerland and U.S. West Coast Display Superior Smarts.
Northeast states grapple with perceptions, and reality, concerning tax structure.
by Adam Bruns
One week in January 2022 told you all you need to know about the attractiveness of Mississippi for logistics, distribution and e-commerce fulfillment operations.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
The most powerful utility economic development teams are backed by corporations that don’t just move power around. They wield it.
The headlines about public-employees unions obscure another labor topic: The UAW’s new push to organize at foreign-owned automotive plants.
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.
Could speed to market and speed to crisis have a few things in common? They very well might, when it comes to addressing targeted medical needs around the world.
Whether by road, rail, air or waterway, Texas leads all challengers in delivering products to market.
by Ron Starner
Shipbuilders for the Navy and Coast Guard embark on large expansion projects.
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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
The Hudson Valley region of downstate New York is quietly becoming home to a significant cluster of renewable-energy manufacturing operations.
Indiana’s tourist hot spots and genuine people make the state a must for travelers.
When Editor in Chief Mark Arend arrived at the office recently, he found review copies of three new books about localism on his desk.
Innovative new program aims to give entrepreneurs a leg up.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The project records appearing every week in the Site Selection Project Bulletin are pulled from the Conway Projects Database, a proprietary resource with tens of thousands of records of corporate end-user facility investments across all industry sectors and all world geographies. Want to look for our projects yourself? Look here. Critical Expansions A […]
Investment Profile
by Ron Starner
Kolbe Farms by InTown Homes, a Frank Liu company, in Spring Branch Management District.
Courtesy of Spring Branch Management District
Spring Branch bears fruit with a rich harvest of expanding companies.
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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
A re-engineered approach to business development with a return-on-investment focus is already bearing fruit in Ohio Governor John Kasich’s new administration
China-based solar module manufacturer Seraphim Energy Group announced last week that it would be investing $829 million in the Huadu district within China’s Guangdong province.
TVA’s designated data center sites have plenty to lure corporate interest, but the story was the hook that caught a big fish named Google.
Editor in Chief Mark Arend talks with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó about surging FDI and the evolution from "Made in Hungary" to "Invented in Hungary."
Illinois is poised to become a global AI leader with top-end data centers and an entire quantum ecosystem.
Investment Profile
by Adam Bruns
Projects are afoot to improve quality of life and boost Colombian competitiveness along the Canal del Dique, first constructed in the 1600s.
Photo courtesy of Government of Colombia Adaptation Fund
Colombia’s nearshoring strategy is one of many routes to helping companies and communities reach their sustainability goals.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
The southward migration of regional headquarters operations from Northern U.S. states will continue unless government officials in the Northeast and Midwest get serious about cost containment
An increasingly dense submarine web supports the web we’re on all the time.
Institutional developments reach beyond their walls to catalyze urban communities.
Manufacturing sector doubles capital investment, generating tens of thousands of new job openings requiring skilled workers.
Investment Profile
by Ron Starner
Patricia Bedford, Suga’s Cakery
Entrepreneurial spirit, diverse workforce fuel business success in Pflugerville.
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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
A mattress firm's HQ joins a movie studio in anchoring a new town center in Greater Atlanta.
Greater Fort Lauderdale alters perceptions of business executives around the world. Payoff comes in headquarters, plants and other expansions including a British tobacco company.
Entrepreneurs share their stories from the front lines of the pandemic and recession.
Site Selection’s annual consultant survey shows changes and unchanging truths.
Investment Profile
by Ron Starner
Ceres Site B at Ceres Research and Industrial Complex in Warren County.
Photo courtesy of MDA
How do you put a price tag on speed to market?
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Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.
Cooperation at every level is the secret to success.
A growing supplier to several key industries almost moved across the state line. Here’s why it didn’t.
NOVEMBER 2006 Infineon Inaugurates $1B Malaysian Fab (cover) Hong Kong Air Cargo Hub Gets ‘SuperSized’ N.C.-Based Textile Firm Opens Factory In China; Let Europe Eat Cake Brewer Puts Latin Projects on Tap; Survey Says London Is Still Hard to Beat Give Us Your Opinion! WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Infineon Inaugurates $1B […]
Michigan recently rolled out multiple initiatives to attract and retain top talent statewide.
Rather than tell you why you should consider Kentucky for your next business expansion, Kentucky would rather just show you.
Investment Profile
by Gary Daughters
Outlook Company’s new studio in East Baltimore.
Courtesy of Outlook Company /Jo Stallings
With his massive, tatted arms, hulking torso and all-around swagger, Trevor Pryce might at first seem less the studio captain he is today than the NFL lineman he was for 14 seasons.
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Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
G etting e-noticed involves far more than simply replicating your organization’s brochures online. Economic development agencies in Europe ? that might previously have sat back and let their regions’ charms speak for themselves ? are increasingly adopting a far more polished approach. This might not necessarily involve investment in all-singing, all-dancing flash-enabled Web sites, but […]
Frac sand is quarried in Wisconsin, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, making the Mississippi River an important mode of transport by barge. The Port of Natchez has announced a US$34-million expansion for trans-loading and storing sand and resin-coated sand. Blain Sand and Gravel and Fores Frac Sand are investing $7 million and $27 million, respectively, to add new processing and handling facilities and upgrade the rail at the port, creating 60 jobs. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is now home to GNS Frac’s new $10-million sand drying and sorting facility at the Inland Rivers Marine Terminal in Port Allen, La.
From southern California to North Carolina, Interstate 40 is flush with projects.
E merging industry clusters in such high-tech fields as life sciences and software engineering are driving demand for a new breed of business park. But more than futuristic laboratory and office space is required to catch the attention of industry players seeking suitable locations in which to research and develop tomorrow’s systems and services. The […]
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Mississippi is central to the nation’s advances in space exploration and aerospace technology.
Read MoreTalecris Biotherapeutics, which nearly merged with Australian vaccine maker CSL last year, is moving forward with its huge manufacturing expansion near Clayton, N.C.,
Finding workforce gold in the Golden Triangle of the UK and in Arkansas.
Site Selection is proud to publish our fifth annual State of the States report in this, our 60th anniversary issue.
A German agricultural science leader plants its flag in the US Midwest.
When businesses are ready to grow quickly, Missouri’s Certified Sites Program is there to help them find the perfect site for their expansion or relocation needs.
Investment Profile
by Adam Bruns
Tech talent in Greater New Orleans knows how to balance screen time with real-world time in beautiful places like this one in St. Tammany Parish, known for its quality of life.
Photo courtesy of St. Tammany Corp.
High-tech lifestyle, quality of life and life sciences converge in Southeast Louisiana.
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Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Gov. Murphy leads New Jersey to strong rebound following pandemic, recession.
Pioneering workforce development programs aim to be right on time for tomorrow’s technologies.
How Greater Philadelphia is positioning itself to become the next global energy hub.
Toyota Motor Company announces facility upgrades in Kentucky and Indiana; Metrobloks plans new data center campus in Missouri; Valeo to deliver new manufacturing capabilities to Texas.
A chat with AstraZeneca's head of real estate and asset strategies offers a glimpse into the company's global growth strategy and focus on quality workplaces.
Features
by Gary Daughters
The cast of “Grease” at Alma, Georgia’s Beacon Theatre
Courtesy of Bacon County Development Authority
When it comes to rural economic development, Georgia’s the word.
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Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine
Workers with higher levels of education tend to earn more than those with less education, but that is not always the case.
In the midst of a global growth strategy, a German pharmaceutical company plans to make a major investment in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Analysis used to arrive at Site Selection’s Global Best to Invest rankings produced another benefit — an opportunity to shed light on investment in European metros that don’t often make headlines.
Top U.S. companies look to harness the talent held by the country’s armed forces.