< PreviousSP ECIAL AD VER TISING SECTION AD V ANCED MANUF A CTURING194 JANUARY 2019 SIT E SE L E C TI O NCompetitive, successful companies looking to expand their brand know there is one place in Southern California that consistently beats the rest — the City of Moreno Valley. With a population of 212,000, and 2.3 million in a 20-mile trade radius, Moreno Valley is only an hour away from Los Angeles — including the busy ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles — Orange and San Diego counties and less than three hours to Nevada, Arizona and Mexico. Moreno Valley’s strong growth has seen the creation of 17,000 jobs in the last 5 years. At 4,500 businesses strong, Moreno Valley is home to regional headquarters and major facilities for Fortune 500 and international companies including ALDI Foods, Skechers USA, Floor & Décor, Harbor Freight Tools, Lowe’s Home Improve-ment, Solaris Paper, O’Reilly Automotive, Ross Dress For Less, Sherwin Williams and Walgreens. Karma Automotive manufactures their luxury hybrid automobile, Karma Revero, in Moreno Valley.Residential construction is booming — more than 7,000 single and multi-family units are under construction or in development.Three colleges (University of California, Riverside, Cal Baptist Uni-versity and Moreno Valley College) attract more than 40,000 students. In total, 44 universities and community colleges educate more than 225,655 undergraduates within 50 miles of Moreno Valley. Riverside University Health System Medical Center (headquarters for Riverside County’s hospital system, based here in Moreno Valley) and Kaiser Permanente are both expanding their facilities to meet strong regional demand.Moreno Valley’s March Inland Port Airport is ideal for air cargo and private corporate flights, while passengers may choose from five inter-national airports within an hour’s drive.Moreno Valley offers a host of incentive programs, including electric rate discounts through its City-owned electric utility, ranging from 7% to 26.5%. Businesses may receive an additional two to four percent for hiring locally. The City also developed the “Hire MoVal” program, which offers business license fee waivers and access to small business develop-ment resources. Together, the City of Moreno Valley and the County of Riverside run the popu-lar Employment Resource Center, offering busi-nesses free workforce recruitments, employee training, business consulting, workshops and job postings. Moreno Valley’s ideal location, business friendly atmosphere and motivated workforce are why so many Fortune 500 companies have made it their home. Contact us to find out what we can offer you.—————————————————————————---------------———————————————————————————For more information about the City of Moreno Valley email edteam@morenovalleybusiness.com or call 951.413.3460 or visit us on the web at www.morenovalleybusiness.comHottest Market in Southern CaliforniaLuxury hybrid automobile, the Karma Revero, is manufactured in Moreno Valley, California.AD V ANCED MANUF A CTURING SP ECIAL AD VER TISING SECTION SIT E SE L E C TI O N JANUARY 2019 195Komatsu Mining Corp. has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art head-quarters, training and manufacturing campus along the Lake Michigan harbor in Milwaukee. The company’s decision to expand in Wisconsin demonstrates the appeal of the state’s advanced manufacturing environment and overall business climate. The company’s growth also shows how acquisition by a global company often leads to additional local investment.Planned to be completed in 2022, Komat-su’s massive 54-acre project at the former Solvay Coke site will be known as the South Harbor Campus. It represents a major boost for efforts to redevelop Milwaukee’s waterside district, and in a nod to the company’s history, the new campus will be located near its original machine shop.The initial job count for the campus will be roughly 1,000, including 400 new hires and the company’s 600 current employees. The to-tal employment figure could increase to 1,300 workers over the next decade, according to Komatsu. The new corporate and manufacturing hub will keep the company, formerly known as Joy Global, firmly planted in the city it has called home for 134 years. Komatsu Mining is part of the global Komatsu Ltd. family of companies, which acquired Milwaukee-based Joy Global in 2017 and renamed it Komatsu Mining Corp. The company produces industry-lead-ing equipment and service brands like P&H, Joy and Montabert for mining and related industries.The latest in growing roster of high-profile developmentsThe ambitious project is the latest in a series of investment attraction successes for Wisconsin’s manufactur-ing sector. In recent years, the state has inked deals with Foxconn Tech-nology Group for its Racine County complex, as well as with gummy candy maker HARIBO for its Kenosha County operation. The Wisconsin Economic Devel-opment Corporation worked closely with Komatsu to create an incentive package that will provide the company with up to $59.5 million in state income tax credits over the next 12 years. Komatsu will earn those credits based upon the number of jobs created and retained; the amount of capital investment made; and the amount spent on purchasing equipment, goods and services from Wisconsin-based companies during that period.“This is a win for the city, the state, our employees, customers and the community,” says John Koetz, president of surface mining at Komatsu. “Together we are investing in Milwaukee’s future as a manufacturing strong-hold and valued employer. We are preserving existing jobs, laying the groundwork for new employment opportunities, investing in the workforce of tomorrow and helping attract talent to the area. Milwaukee is a great place for manufacturing. We are proud of our history here and excited to start building our future.”Facility to house all aspects of company operationsPlans for the new campus call for about 170,000 square feet of office space, a 20,000-square-foot museum and training building, and 410,000 square feet of man-ufacturing space. It will consolidate two of Komatsu’s current Milwaukee-area facilities into a central location, and current estimates call for the project to be completed in 2020.The plans include advanced machine, heat treat and fabrication shops; state-of-the-art technology, research and development and robotics labs; an office complex and data solutions center; a global training and conference center; and a City of Milwaukee public riverwalk adjacent to the campus.Sustainable design a part of overall designThe campus will feature extensive solar panels, wind spires and other sustainable building systems to achieve “near zero emissions,” according to Komatsu. Since the company renewed its labor contract with the local United Steelworkers union earlier in 2018, it has increased hiring and transferred more manufacturing operations from China to Milwaukee. Komatsu also has announced that its Milwaukee plant will produce the P&H 4800XPC, which is the largest mining shovel Komatsu has ever made and was designed by engineers in Milwaukee. “The new campus provides us opportunity for advancement in state-of-the-art facilities that expand our capabilities on a global scale,” says Jeff Dawes, president and CEO of Komatsu Mining.————————————————————————————————————More information about Wisconsin’s business development resources can be found at InWisconsin.com.Komatsu Mining plans a $285 million campus in Wisconsin, highlighting the state’s appeal for advanced manufacturingKomatsu Mining Corp. has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art headquarters, training and manufacturing campus in Milwaukee. The massive 54-acre project is planned to be completed in 2022.SP ECIAL AD VER TISING SECTION AD V ANCED MANUF A CTURING196 JANUARY 2019 SIT E SE L E C TI O NThis fast-growing Florida city is an ideal location for advanced manufacturing with plenty of room for expansion and a low cost of doing business.If you’re planning to relocate or expand your advanced manufac-turing business, Cape Coral is the ideal location. The waterfront city boasts a low cost of doing business, no state income tax and plenty of room for expansion. The Cape Coral metro area was named this year as one of the Top 10 fastest-growing in the nation—for both population and job expansion. Located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida, the 120-square-mile city with more than 183,000 residents maintains a small-town feel set amidst 400 miles of canals.Cape Coral’s thriving advanced manufac-turing environment includes the production of solar-energy components, electronics, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuti-cals, optical instruments and ecological technologies, among others.Large WorkforceCape Coral-based S4J Manufacturing Services got its start in precision machining in 1965 and has become one of the nation’s top three manufacturers of Luer lock connectors, mini quick connects and adapters for the biomedical field. The company has grown steadily since relocating to Cape Coral in 1999, with more than 1,000 customers worldwide.“The beautiful thing about being a manufacturer in Cape Coral is that there’s a huge pool of potential employees who live in the Cape,” says S4J Manufacturing CEO Doug Guyre.Room to ExpandEcological Laboratories is on the forefront of sustainability, creating toxin-free solutions for improving water and soil quality, and boosting agricultural yields. Responding to growing demands, Ecological Labs recently undertook the sixth expansion of its Cape Coral research, manufacturing and distribu-tion facility to 78,000 square feet.“We are truly protecting our environment by offering solutions that benefit everyone. We are doing our part to better the world,” says Ecological Laboratories Inventory Control Coordinator Matthew Richter.Find out more about the city’s demographics, available sites and incentives for relocating your advanced manufacturing operation to Cape Coral.——————————————---------------————————————————————————————For more information about the City of Cape Coral visit us online at www.bizcapecoral.comCape Coral: A Magnet for Advanced ManufacturingAt Craters and Freighters of SW Florida, workers custom pack and ship items from fine artwork to super-sized eq uipment.Albert Aro operates precision machines to produce biomedical components at S4J Manufacturing Services.SP ECIAL AD VER TISING SECTION AD V ANCED MANUF A CTURING198 JANUARY 2019 SIT E SE L E C TI O NWhy sacrifice three hours of your day? That’s the commute from the place where people want to live to the place where companies have chosen to cluster. But what if it were different for your company. Flip the script, why can’t you experience life in the same place where you earn the right to have those experiences. Get off work and drive for 90 minutes in traffic or play the back nine at Blackstone. Spend 90 minutes with your family or with the radio. Love where you live, work where you live. A cluster starts with one, are you going to lead or follow? One of many, or the one that leads the many. Untapped is cliché but real. The labor force is clamoring for a new place, a close place. They want their three hours back. You are not listening. Why cluster in a hyper-saturated area with a depleted labor pool and a textbook example of sprawl. We have the workforce, the sites and, most importantly, the lifestyle you crave.Why Peoria?Stunning natural beauty, talented workforce, activity-centered lifestyle, premier development sites and a business forward city leadership — Make the SMART choice. Why Arizona?Peoria is a low-cost option for both business and workforce attraction when compared to Austin, Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles. With a high quality of life, many development opportunities, and targeted workforce development initiatives, Peoria is a great place to live and work for families, professionals and business owners alike. Our economic development team is ready to help you make your move to one of Arizona’s premier cities. If you are a site selection consultant, commercial broker, business owner or other key decision maker and would like information regarding Peoria’s development opportunities please visit www.peoriaed.com/invest to find out about some of Peoria’s premier development opportunities.Peoria AZ is the SMART Choicefor Business Location S I T E S E L E C T I O N JANUARY 2019 1992019 Sydney World Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 www.worldforumforfdi.comHuzhou International Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 www.internationalfdisummit.comInternational Economic Development Council . . . . . . .92 www.iedconline.org/LeadershipSummitUNITED ST A TESALAB AMAHudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . .95 http://hudsonalpha.org/innovateALASKATed Stevens Anchorage International Airport . . . . . . . .96 www.anchorageairport.comARIZONACity of Goodyear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 www.developgoodyearaz.comCity of Peoria Economic Development / Invest PeoriaAZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198 www.peoriaed.com/investPhoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority . . . . . . . . . . .35 www .choosegatewayairport .comARKANSASArkansas Department of Economic Development . . . .99 www.arkansasedc.com/ParagouldC ALIFORNIACity of Moreno Valley - FTZ 244 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194 www.morenovalleybusiness.comGreater Irvine Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 www.irvinechambereconomicdevelopment.comSan Bernardino County Economic Development Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16 www.sbcountyadvantage.comTeam California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 www.teamca.orgCOLORADOGrand Junction Economic Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 www.riverfrontcolorado.comDELA W AREDelaware Prosperity Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 www.deprosperitypartnership.comDISTRICT OF COLUMBIAInternational Economic Development Council . . . . . . .92 www.iedconline.org/LeadershipSummitFLORID ACity of Cape Coral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 www.bizcapecoral.comEnterprise Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-52 www.enterpriseflorida.comFlorida’s Capital Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-55 www.OEVforbusiness.orgKissimmee Gateway Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 www.kissimmeeairport.comGEORGIAMEAG Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 www.meagpower.comID AHOCity of Burley / Burley Development Authority . . . . . .110 www.burleyidaho.orgIdaho Power Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 www.idahopower.com/econdevILLINOISCity of WOOD DALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 www.landinwd.comQuad Cities Chambers | Quad Cities First . . . . . . . . . . .197 www.quadcitiesfirst.comINDIANAHoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative . . . . . . . . .115 www.hoosiersites.comI O WAIowa Economic Development Authority . . . . . . . . . . . .117 www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/ CertifiedSitesQuad Cities Chambers | Quad Cities First . . . . . . . . . . .197 www.quadcitiesfirst.comKANSASGoTopeka Economic Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 www.gotopeka.comJunction City Area Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . .41 www.jcgced.comLeavenworth County Development Corporation . . . . . . .6 www.LVCountyED.orgKENTUCKYKentucky Cabinet for Economic Development . . . . . .121 www.thinkkentucky.comLOUISIANAGreater New Orleans, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 http://tech.gnoinc.orgLivingston Economic Development Council . . . . . . . . .122 www.ledc.netLouisiana Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 http://LouisianaWorksWithYou.comOne Acadiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 www.southlouisiana.orgSouthwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 www.allianceswla.orgMAINEBGR-Bangor International Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 www.flybangor.comMAR YLANDCecil County Office of Economic Development . . . . . .127 www.cecilbusiness.orgMaryland Marketing Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33, 39 www.maryland.gov/finance www.openmaryland.gov/cyberMerritt Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 www.partnerwithmerritt.comRockville Economic Development, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 www.rockvilleredi.orgMICHIGANBay Future, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 www.bayfuture.comConsumers Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC www.consumersenergy.com/econdevDetroit Region Aerotropolis Development Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 www.detroitaero.orgDTE Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 www.dteenergy.com/econdevMichigan Economic Development Corporation . . . . . .185 www.michiganbusiness.orgShiawassee Economic Development Partnership . . .186 www.sedpweb.orgThe Right Place, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 www.rightplace.orgMINNESO T ACity of Elk River Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . .130 www.elkrivermn.govIndex to AdvertisersFor LOCATION INFORMATION or assistance in conducting a Confidential Site Search please email karen.medernach@conway.com or visit us at www.siteselection.com.PAGEPAGEPAGE200 JANUARY 2019 SI T E S E L E C T IO NMISSISSIPPIMississippi Development Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 192-193 www.mississippi.org/workforceMississippi Power Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 www.mississippipowered.comNEBRASKANebraska Public Power District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 http://sites.nppd.comYork County Development Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 www.yorkdevco.comNEV AD ACity of Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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