CARIBBEAN: Latest Investment by Amgen Reinforces Puerto Rico Life Sciences Leadership
Puerto Rico and Costa Rica continue to land major investment wins.
Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Adam Bruns is editor in chief and head of publications for Site Selection magazine, where he served as managing editor from February 2002 until fall 2023. In the course of reporting hundreds of stories for Site Selection, Adam has visited companies and communities around the globe. A St. Louis native who grew up in the Kansas City suburbs, Adam is a 1986 alumnus of Knox College, and resided in Chicago; Midcoast Maine; Savannah, Georgia; and Lexington, Kentucky, before settling in Greater Atlanta with his wife and daughter.
e-mail: Adam.Bruns@conway.com
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Cognite, a leading industrial data operations platform incorporating the power of data and AI, has had a busy 2025 as the company aligns operations with AI growth and innovation policies of various nations and regions. The company opened a center of excellence in Bengaluru, India, in March 2025.
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