Snapshot

November 27, 2024: Go Play Outside

Participation in snow activities increased by 10% in New Mexico between 2022 and 2023.Photo by Evan Green courtesy of New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division Step out onto the planet.Draw a circle 100 feet round. Inside the circle are 300 thingsnobody understands and,maybe, nobody’s ever seen. How many can you find? — Lew Welch, “Hermit Poems,” […]

Read More

Related Articles

Chi-Suite

Major corporations are flocking to Illinois, known for being ones of the best places for corporate headquarters to do business.

TOP UTILITIES 2006

f you think your company faces tough times these days, imagine being an electric utility. Confronted with record demand for energy, rising fuel prices and global competition, North American power companies must build new business models if they are to thrive. Consider the latest test for the U.S. power grid, a series of three interconnected […]

New Facilities 1992 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1993 Top 20 Facilities 1988-92 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1993 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

Top Global Projects of 2001

From Site Selection magazine, March 2002 GLOBAL LOCATION ACTIVITY The 2001 Governor’s Cup • and the winner is … • New Corporate Facilities and Expansions • 2001’s Biggest U.S. Corporate Facilities • Top Metros • Top Industries • Global Location Activity Canada, Far East Lead Top Global Projects in 2001 […]

‘Thoughtful Development’

Forget what you know about commercial sprawl in the Atlanta area. It’s a whole new ballgame along the South Fulton Parkway.

Special Advertising Sections

TALENT ATTRACTORS : Storm Metaphor Rises Again

by Adam Bruns

Illustration by GettyImages.com

THIS TIME IT’S ABOUT TALENT. In 2007, the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.” The influential report addressed concerns over exporting […]

Read More

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Special Advertising Sections

RAIL PARKS & INLAND PORTS : Touchpoints for the American Economy

Supply chain infrastructure company Savage is developing a new multi-commodity, rail-connected transload terminal called Savage Las Vegas, NV Transload in Jean, Nevada, that will be served by Union Pacific Railroad, the same railroad connecting to 11 miles of rail line in Tooele County, Utah, that Savage Tooele Railroad Company is building to connect to tenants of the Lakeview Business Park in Grantsville, Utah.
Photo courtesy of Savage

The following appears by permission of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA, at www.aslrra.org). In September the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), representing the nation’s 600 Class II and III freight railroads, and five of its member railroads presented at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) hearing, “Growth in the […]

Read More

Related Articles

Incubating Ideas

Can a former automotive assembly plant drive technology transfer and economic development transformation throughout an entire state and region?

Michigan Leads the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Made in Michigan. Made to last.

FIRST and LAST

The two most important miles in global logistics location decisions.

How Mississippi Accelerates Workforce Development

From career coaches to CTE, THE Magnolia State reaps a healthy ROI.

Talent Supply Keeps Growing, Enterprises Well Staffed

Growing firms in Overland Park, Lenexa and Wichita highlight the abundance of professional services talent to be found in Kansas.

Area Spotlights

Wyoming : A Winning Tax Climate, And Expansions in Laramie

by Mark Arend

A neighborhood cityscape in Laramie, Wyoming
Photo: Getty Images

Home to the nation’s best business tax climate for the fifth year in a row, the state sees multiple projects land in Laramie.

Read More

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

A Heartland Recipe for Wellness

A governor with an ambitious agenda is proving that Iowans are even more resilient than he thought. Battling recession, floods and misperceptions, Gov. Terry Branstad is ahead of schedule in reaching his four main goals.

The World’s Workshop

What if, instead of designing business incubators, accelerators and other science-inflected names for workspace, your whole city was that workshop, custom-designed for exploration, discovery and serendipitous interaction?

New England’s IT Hub That Punches Above Its Weight

If only there were a metro in the Northeast that had the economic, transportation, higher education and cultural assets of New York and Boston, but without the congestion...

When the Land Is Loud

When the Land Is Loud: A gust of oil development sweeps across North Dakota, where people know what land is really worth.

WORLD REPORTS

JULY 2006 Bulgaria Gains As EU Accession Nears (cover) Singapore Attracts New High-Tech, Logistics Investment Cargill Expanding In Africa and Europe ThyssenKrupp Plans $2.4B Brazil Steel Mill Give Us Your Opinion! WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Bulgaria Gains As EU Accession Nears I n the run-up to Bulgaria’s accession to the European […]

Area Spotlights

Montana: Livingston, I Presume

by Adam Bruns

Filmmakers are drawn to Montana’s compelling quality of light and quality of life.
Photo by Laura Lyne

Film production projects keep discovering the Big Sky State, including a new complex in the same town where Edison made the first Montana film 127 years ago.

Read More

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

On the Beaten Path

They don’t make much noise about it, because they don’t want to.

Riverside County Offers ‘Powerhouse’ Ecosystem Driven by Diversity of Endeavors and Cultures

You can’t be an empire without leaders. The Inland Empire region of Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, continues to demonstrate leadership in a number of areas — and attract global industry leaders because of it.

Playing by New Rules

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

The Push for Win No. 11

Decade of dominance fueled by dedicated and determined leadership.

Machine Makers & Metal Shapers Love Oregon

Big expansion projects are occurring around Oregon.

Area Spotlights

NEW INTERSTATE CORRIDORS

by Adam Bruns

This 1967 photo takes in the view along a 23-mile section of the Adirondack Northway (I-87) between Lake George and Pottersville, New York, adjudged America’s Most Scenic New Highway of 1966 by Parade Magazine.
Photo courtesy of the Federal Highway Administration

Every clogged highway today was once pristine. Where the next wave of priority Interstate corridors are forming.

Read More

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

How To Fix a State

Governor Mitch Daniels leaves office in early 2013, leaving behind a job description that should be of keen interest to new governors taking office that want their states on a firmer fiscal footing. His formula works.

‘Independence’ Day

P&G chooses a busy corner in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle for a next-gen manufacturing complex.

Power Points

A rural Indiana energy cooperative is a formidable competitor for your next investment.

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.

2024 Global Groundwork Index: REPEAT Investors

Ohio and Indianapolis once again top the Global Groundwork Index rankings, while the UK leads the way abroad.

Departments

IAMC Insider: LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

A Letter from the Chair; the return of the member profile; and snapshots of FDI involving IAMC member organizations.

Read More

Related Articles

Site Selection August 1997 Issue

China’s Site Selection Challenges: How One Company Hopped the Wall, pg. 679 When Disaster Strikes . . . How to Manage a Successful Comeback , pg. 684 Global Logistics Boosts Competitive Advantage , pg. 695 Whither Plastics? Plant Location Criteria as Diverse as Products , pg. 784 Links to Information Referenced in August Site Selection […]

Billions and Billions

Even if they are not permanent jobs, 6,500 direct and indirect jobs will boost any area’s economic prospects. Chevron Australia’s Wheatstone Project, a major LNG plant investment on Australia’s northwest coast, will have that effect and will result in revenues to the government of about AU$20 billion (US$19 billion) and $17 billion (US$16 billion) to Australian businesses over the next 30 years.

Findlay On the Move

Northwest Ohio’s perennial juggernaut shows how it’s done, again.

Shovel-Ready Is a Requirement.

Is your site environment- and wellness-ready too?

Montana: Livingston, I Presume

Film production projects keep discovering the Big Sky State, including a new complex in the same town where Edison made the first Montana film 127 years ago.

Project Bulletin

Project Bulletin, Nov. 25, 2024: Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Johnstown, Ohio; Warren, Arkansas

Alexis Elmore reports on the construction of North America’s largest Asian food manufacturing site; Cologix’s latest data center announcement in Johnstown, Ohio; and Weyerhaeuser’s plans for a new engineered wood products facility in Warren, Arkansas.

Read More

Related Articles

THE FUTURE BEGINS HERE

Universities in Mississippi open doors for research and educational experiences across a range of focus areas.

2020: When Your Data Center Becomes Your Real HQ

Report reinforces how your digital footprint is more important than your physical one.

Consortium Bets on a Solar Sector Surge

A high-tech cluster adds solar device innovation to its roster. Development of new solar energy technologies figures to be a major driver in the economy of Upstate New York in the coming years.

E

Those funding new Internet ventures–and those in corporate real estate to whom they are targeted–are wise to sit back for a while and let the dust settle. Consider the past 18 months. In mid-1998, perhaps a few dozen Internet operations were in place working on “Web-enabling” various real estate processes, having secured a round or […]

High-Priced Infrastructure Proposals Set the Stage for Big-Dollar Projects

Shovel-Ready Sites: High-Priced Infrastructure Proposals Set the Stage for Big-Dollar Projects

Area Spotlights

Dakotas: By Air & By Land

by Alexis Elmore

Project ULTRA enters into Task Order 2 at GrandSKY in North Dakota to test UAS flight capabilities in the National Airspace System.
Rendering courtesy of GrandSKY

A pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle program takes on in North Dakota, while an earthmoving equipment company expands in South Dakota.

Read More

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Good Problems to Have

The challenges facing the leaders of three fast-growing Texas cities

Where Top Talent Goes To Work

Malaysia's increasingly value-added electronics industry is a key driver of national economic prosperity.

Pulp Nonfiction

Louisiana has added more than two dozen facility locations in the forestry, wood, pulp and paper products and biomass sectors over the past two years.

New World Bank ‘Business Ready’ Rankings Offer a More Transparent Version of ‘Doing Business’

Singapore tops more than one ranking of business environments, including the new Business Ready rankings from the World Bank.Photo of Clarke Quay courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board Time was when the World Bank Doing Business rankings were a standby resource, whether we were examining the rise of India or putting together a composite index for […]

How SkyBridge Will Complement Sky Harbor

An air cargo and customs facility in a Phoenix suburb will redefine cross-border trade in the US Southwest.

Area Spotlights

Got Milk? New York Does.

by Lindsay Lopp

Images courtesy of Greater Rochester Enterprise.

The state’s invaluable milk supply secures major project wins.

Read More

Lindsay Lopp
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Bridges To the World

Florida is nothing if not globally connected. It’s about to get more so.

North American Reports, Site Selection Magazine, May 2003

“‘T'” is for Texas,” goes the ancient country twanger. But “T” is for a lot of other things, too – Tundra and prime-time truck turf, for example – in explaining Toyota’s decision to locate its 2,000-employee, US$800-million plant in San Antonio, Texas. The assembly operation will annually […]

Project Finance: Wish List to Punch List

Ten months from groundbreaking to financing completion: In the best of times, one might look askance at such a delay. In today’s economy it counts as a solid success.

2016 Top Investment Promotion Agencies

The Best to Invest Top IPA Awards recognize the professionalism and preparedness demonstrated by the leadership and staff of the winning IPAs.

Competitiveness Award: Who’s Afraid of Virginia?

A top-10 finish in Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup facilities race helped the Commonwealth of Virginia secure its first-ever Competitiveness Award

Area Spotlights

Mississippi: Taking Care of Your Needs

by Alexis Elmore

Liebherr’s Tupelo campus could bring over $200 million and up to 300 jobs to a logistics site handling everything from cranes (the 440 HC-L model is shown) to earthmoving machinery.
Image courtesy of Liebherr Group

Liebherr Group lands in Tupelo, and a new medical cannabis program launches at the University of Mississippi.

Read More

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

SITE SELECTION/NAI GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDEX

To view the chart below as a printable PDF file, click here. Here we consider the overall economy; real estate market conditions; labor market conditions; and transportation and logistics, to determine which markets offer the greatest opportunity. With growing global demand for goods and cross-border commerce on the rise, we remain bullish about the industrial […]

Change Is Refreshing. Predictability Is Too.

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

Green Light

When a province is creating more than half the new jobs for its nation, chances are it’s a leader in competitiveness.

Top Deals: 1999’s Very Honorable Mentions

America Online, Prince William County, Va.: The online king of clicks that swallowed Time-Warner searched nationwide before siting this $520 million, 200-employee technology center in this Northern Virginia county, which also bagged Covad Communications’ 1,000-employee technical center. Ameritrade, Fort Worth, Texas: Also part of the clicks-to-bricks brigade, Ameritrade will meet burgeoning online demand with this […]

Next Generation

Monsanto Co. on April 23 announced plans to bring together its St. Louis-based R&D team on one campus when it completes a more than $400-million expansion at its Chesterfield Village Research Center.

Area Spotlights

NEBRASKA: ImagiNE That!

by Gary Daughters

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (maroon jacket) helped cut the ribbon on 3M’s expansion in Valley, Nebraska.
Photo courtesy of 3M

ImagiNE Nebraska, the state’s newest incentive program, is paying dividends. Just ask 3M and Mutual of Omaha.

Read More

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Site Selection’s Annual State Legislative Update

S wept up by the urge to bring capital investment back to their own shores, many U.S. state legislatures in 2004 have pursued laws to either discourage or ban use of offshore facilities and workers by companies engaged in state contracts. Many of those measures languish in committee. But while that raft of measures looks […]

Site Selection December 1997/January 1998 Issue

Highlights from December 1997/January 1998 COVER STORY Nokia Wirelessly Takes On The World Now, Nokia is the No. 2 world player in the burgeoning mobile phone market, breathing down mighty Motorola’s neck. pg. 1124 Real Estate’s Cream of the Crop: 1997 IDRC Best Practices pg. 1101 Managing Cultural Differences: Challenges For Americans Doing Business In […]

New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 3

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 New & Expanded Corporate Facilities 1991-93 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.

Rebuilding The Construction Workforce In A Post-Pandemic Boom

While many were looking forward to the beginning of the new decade, 2020 turned out to be one of the most challenging years in recent memory for the construction industry.

MOU Aims to Demystify Bio Sector, Create Jobs and Economic Growth

The Oregon Bioscience Association and Onward Eugene, the Eugene area’s business acceleration agency, finalized a Memo of Understanding in December to jointly develop a targeted industry growth initiative that aims to create more high wage jobs in the region.

International Update

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS : November 2024

by Alexis Elmore

Meta’s 22nd U.S. data center will be its first in South Carolina.
Photo courtesy of Meta

Meta comes to South Carolina; Linde joins Dow’s clean hydrogen project in
Alberta; Eli Lilly doubles down in Indiana; Arzyz Metals invests $650 million in Mexico; GM invests in battery cell prototype development in Michigan; Austal grows in Alabama.

Read More

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Why Amazon’s Building Binge Has Just Begun

Amazon, which began 2020 as a mere juggernaut, enters 2021 a monolith.

5 Things to Know About Louisiana

The state’s new leader of economic development is here to ‘blow it up.’

IAMC INSIDER

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, […]

Site Selection Debuts Leading Occupancy Costs Index

The Johnson Controls USA Office Costs Index [See Tables One, Two, Three and Chart A for data] The Johnson Controls USA Office Occupancy Costs Index is based on a detailed model of a medium grade air-conditioned office building, which operates reasonably efficiently with no unusually high service standards or demands. The building is 160,000 rentable […]

Bounce-Back Central

Matching recent project location data with a new ranking of the most resilient states from the Great Recession tells us a few things.

Snapshot

New World Bank ‘Business Ready’ Rankings Offer a More Transparent Version of ‘Doing Business’

Singapore tops more than one ranking of business environments, including the new Business Ready rankings from the World Bank.Photo of Clarke Quay courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board Time was when the World Bank Doing Business rankings were a standby resource, whether we were examining the rise of India or putting together a composite index for […]

Read More

Related Articles

The Math Adds Up Here

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

New Facilities 1995, page 4 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 New Facilities Index 1987-1996 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.

Maryland’s New Frontier

Darryl Sampey, a veteran of Maryland’s life sciences community, co-founded BioFactura, a biopharmaceutical startup, in 2004. Twenty-plus later, he views the newly expanded business as a “poster child” for a homegrown Maryland biotech company.

New Milken study: The U.S. must act to remain a biomedical leader.

U.S. policy makers need to take a series of actions to keep the nation in its perch as the global leader in the biomedical industry. That’s the conclusion of a recent report by the Milken Institute.

Fertile Fields

Companies large and small are betting big on an expected economic resurgence in a Florida region known more for its muck than its money.

International Update

The Steel Behind India’s Economic Surge

by Gary Daughters

Tata unveils India’s biggest blast furnace.
Photo courtesy of Tata Steel

The steel behind India’s economic surge.

Read More

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

ED Agencies Up Ante in Battle for Tech Jobs

N EW YORK — Don’t be fooled by the NASDAQ. High-technology, digitally driven companies are still the crown jewel of economic development, according to a study by KPMG LLP’s Strategic Relocation and Expansion Services practice. The survey of state and local economic development agencies revealed that an overwhelming 97 percent of […]

Believing Who You Are

When it comes to rural economic development, Georgia’s the word.

Gov. Rauner: ‘It’s Time To Get Us on the List’

The Quad Cities’ Mississippi River divide is just part of the local landscape, except to Illinois-side economic developers and the capital investors they seek. The latter have a stark choice in which state to operate.

Map To the Stars — California’s High-Performing Cities

California’s higher education institutions transform new ideas into new jobs, nurturing prosperity in the state’s best-performing cities.

The Century Mark: It’s a Start

Batson-Cook Construction, founded in 1915, provides commercial general contracting, preconstruction, construction management, and design-build services to a wide range of clients throughout the southeastern United States.

Area Spotlights

U.S. Southwest: Boomtown Central

by Ron Starner

Mountain biking is a popular activity in Tucson.
Photo courtesy of VisitTucson

These five fast-rising boomtowns are making a splash in the desert.

Read More

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Building Upon Billions

South Carolina spent 2022 raking in new investment.

Take a Closer Look at Small Towns

L ocation searches frequently focus on the larger metropolitan areas, and for good reason. Data sources are more readily available for these locations, and they represent the largest labor markets, airports, developed properties and other resources. However, there is a whole other layer of locations the small towns — that represent communities with populations of […]

Skyline of Neighborhoods

Judging by the appetite for mixed-use in the Big Apple, there’s no such thing as too many cranes.

Logistics Simplified:

Putting Industry into Motion on the East Coast

Baltimore Incubating Bio Park Duo, Site Selection Magazine, March 2004

E ast side, west side, biotech research parks are going up all around the town in Baltimore. Two major bio parks are in the works that figure to enhance Maryland’s already strong presence in the field. Maryland’s biotech industry has been ranked as the third most concentrated among U.S. states and includes more than 300 […]

Area Spotlights

New Doors Open to KANSAS CITY

by Gary Daughters

The new Kansas City International Airport (MCI) serves a bi-state population base of 2.2 million and a growing employer base as well.
Image courtesy of Kansas City Aviation Dept.

The new Kansas City International Airport terminal means just as much to Kansas as it does to its neighbor. Plus a look at Panasonic’s megaproject and logistics industry momentum.

Read More

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Ready to Rise, Once Recognized

Southeast: Ready to Rise, Once Recognized

How Texas Hooks ‘Em

Elon Musk and Tesla join the march to the Lone Star State.

Poised to Prosper

Higher education infrastructure and a new incentives regime nurture a new generation of R&D in Portugal.

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.

Will the Appalachian Basin Be the World’s Next Energy Hub?

According to the Appalachian Regional Commission, over 40 percent of the retired coal-fired capacity can be found in Appalachia.

Project Bulletin

Project Bulletin, Nov. 18, 2024: Waco, Texas; Visp, Switzerland; Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Alexis Elmore reports on Mexico-based Electrolit’s establishment of its first U.S. operations; a Lonza expansion in Lisp, Switzerland; and the arrival of a new Nokia manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Read More

Related Articles

Blue Hen Blockbuster

Thanks to its friendly and straightforward laws, Delaware is known as the place to domicile your company, as well as the place to declare it bankrupt.

All Things to Most People

The team members who work for the 2018 Top Utilities in Economic Development wear a lot of hats, and that’s just fine.

How Kansas Built an Economic Development Dynasty

Fiscal responsibility and a new incentive program played vital roles.

Telling the Arkansas Story

Amplifying the voices of successful Arkansas companies.

COVER STORY — GOVERNOR’S CUP

NEW PLANT SCOREBOARD From Site Selection magazine, March 2005 C H A R T New Corporate Facilities and Expansions 2002-2004 PDF Format, 536 KB C H A R T 20 Giants: 2004’s Biggest U.S Corporate Facilities PDF Format, 58 KB TOP OF PAGE Top of Page | Cover | Letter to Editor | Site Selection […]

STATISTICAL PROFILE: Mighty Numbers

Mississippi by the numbers.

Read More

Related Articles

Depth and Diversity

The mid-Atlantic states flex considerable economic muscle

Headquarters For the World

The founder of AutoNation, Extended Stay America and Waste Management Inc. enjoys his daily commute. He likes the view from his South Florida office even better.

Watching Where Your Money Goes

Watching Where YourMoney Goes Lowest-Cost EU Labor in Portugal, Greece, Ireland Europe’s lowest hourly labor costs are in Portugal (US$6.25), Greece ($9.83) and Ireland ($14.13), while Germany, Austria and Belgium are Europe’s highest-cost labor locations, reports Eurostat (www.europa.eu), the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Hourly rates vary as much as $20 among the 14 […]

Facebook’s Multiplier Effect

Projects requiring hundreds of workers per site are increasingly common in The Land of Enchantment.

Analysis: China, Not the U.S., Will Lead Electric Vehicle Markets

Advances in internal combustion engines will blunt the impact of rising electric-vehicle market share in the world’s major economies, and the U.S. will not be the top EV market, according to a recent report.

International Update

Microchip, Quantum Projects Are Among Germany’s Notable Wins

by Mark Arend

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the opening of the IBM Quantum Center in Ehningen, Germany, in October.
Photo courtesy of IBM

Foreign direct investment in Germany grew by 37.5% in 2023 to the equivalent of $38 billion.

Read More

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

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, […]

Technology Is Changing the Game In The European Property Market

A n increasing number of executives in the property market across Europe are convinced high tech will reconfigure relationships in the entire real estate community, from users and providers to contractors and owners. The recession, many feel, will even accelerate the use of technology to help companies downsize, and real estate may be among the […]

Great Works in the Works

Interested in investing in or benefiting from new South American infrastructure? Here’s the lowdown on the first half of what will be $23 billion in projects aiming for completion by 2027.

Round Rock — Primed for Growth

Strategic focus fortifies the city’s emerging life sciences sector.

A Winning Bid For Innovation

Even as Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman pushes legislation to advance business innovation and work-force recruitment, his state is showing signs of harvesting the kind of talented entrepreneurs he envisions.

International Update

Committed to the Caribbean

by Alexis Elmore

Jamaica is adding hundreds of new jobs to its growing BPO sector.
Photo: Getty Images

Teleperformance is one of many BPO firms growing in Jamaica, where a major bakery investment is also rising. Plus a major silicone and sealant manufacturer chooses to grow its home base in Puerto Rico.

Read More

Alexis Elmore
Associate Editor of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

Inside the World’s Robotic Race

Automation sweeps through the world’s industries, with no plan to slow down.

EDITORS’S VIEW

uch is being made lately of the notion of the flat world, thanks in part to Thomas Friedman’s best-seller, The World Is Flat (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005). Few of us haven’t read a few chapters of that book on flights here and there. But he’s reporting on, or giving a lexicon to, phenomena we […]

Now Arriving

If the Mac’s coming back, could the Empire State be its destination?

Idaho’s Growth Spurt

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says he had two primary goals when he came into office in 2007: Grow the state’s economy and streamline state government.

Have Years of Darwinism in Rural America Paid Off During COVID-19?

That’s the question posed by Lacy Beasley as she examines retail adaptation in communities across the nation.

Features

MEDICAL DEVICES & TECHNOLOGY: Japanese Project Helps Grow A North Carolina Cluster

by Mark Arend

A Japanese priestess performed the Ji Chin Sai ceremony, a time-honored practice to bless the land and pray for the safety and success of the construction.

The first North American investment from Japan’s Nipro Medical Corporation
helps fuel a cluster in eastern North Carolina.

Read More

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

View Author Profile

Related Articles

The Governors Cups: Double Take

Texas and Nebraska have won the 2013 Site Selection Governor’s Cup. This year marks the inauguration of a second Governor’s Cup, recognizing the state with the most qualifying new and expanded facilities per capita.

Sharjah: The Emirate To Watch in 2015

Rising real estate values and new investment at a key container terminal add momentum to Sharjah's ascent.

‘The Man Who Built Charlotte’

Banker Hugh McColl rallied a city to greatness.

Base Load

To industry observers and participants alike, it is becoming increasingly clear that the U.S. military is taking an aggressive role in turning to renewable energy sources for a variety of reasons. And that bodes well for the solar industry.

Kettering University Provides an Experienced Talent Pipeline

A guaranteed pool of highly skilled workers, years ahead of their peers.

Snapshot

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 […]

Read More

Related Articles

There’s No Lone Ranger in Energy

Energy is an issue that is critical across the nation, superseding competitive issues of cities and regions. As states — and as a nation — we may rise and fall on the way we innovate and build this essential part of our economic development foundation.

How to Bring New Projects Online Fast

M illions of dollars of sales can be earned by timely delivery of an e-business facility–or lost if the effort gets mired in delay. Herein lies the importance finance and operations management place on accelerating the start date for billing of services. Although lowest facility delivery cost may feel increasing pressure in 2001, management’s overriding […]

The True Price

The Ontario Ministry of Energy's cost/benefit insights on going green.

Drafting a Blueprint For Progress

Partners statewide are helping to drive the future of economic development throughout the Bluegrass State.

Feels Like Home to Me

The towns of Dyersburg, Newbern and Trimble in Dyer County, Tenn., have produced a lot of goods in their history, from Sylvania flash bulbs in the 1970s to utility transformers from Ermco today.

PHOTO GALLERY: MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI

Kayaking the Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland.
Photo courtesy of MDA

Mighty Mississippi takes a perfect picture.

Read More

Related Articles

Spanish Acquisition

Could Wisconsin’s plans for high-speed rail and its proximity to U.S. wind corridors have lured two Spain-based firms to Milwaukee

Everything You Need

Three company leaders explain why San Bernardino County is a healthy place to grow.

LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD

Oregon Governor Kate Brown looks back on an era of change and progress.

The Letter and the Law

INCENTIVES From Site Selection magazine, September 2009 The Letter and the Law Tax treatment of government grants has win-win potential. by BARBARA S. de MARIGNY editor bounce@conway.com Barbara S. de Marigny is a partner in the Tax Practice Group for Houston-based law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. For more information, visit www.gardere.com. “C ongratulations. Our […]

IAMC Insider: Delivering CRE Value in More Ways and More Places

Russell Burton Past Chair, IAMC Board of Directors Professional associations such as IAMC can play many roles for their members, including bringing them together at conferences, delivering information through their websites, sponsoring publications, conducting research, recognizing professional excellence, influencing industry standards, brokering information sharing and bringing in inspirational speakers. But arguably one of the most […]