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September 10, 2013

Malaysia Rising

Malaysia offers an ideal ecosystem for the medical devices industry at a watershed moment for Southeast Asia.

August 21, 2013

The Right Chemistry

The industrial cradle of Central Germany provides the lifeblood of manufacturing - the critical ingredients of chemistry and plastics - that keeps factories around the world humming.

August 13, 2013

Seal of Approval

Rapidly escalating demand for new data centers puts added pressure on site selectors to find qualified locations.

August 6, 2013

No Assembly Required

Dozens of projects engaged with moving goods have recently made good moves to Greater Toledo.

July 30, 2013

State of Reinvention

The state that invented the Model T Ford, HP printer and Gerber baby food is now reinventing itself.

July 23, 2013

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.

July 17, 2013

‘Our Clients Prefer a Malaysia Location’

For well over a decade, Malaysia has championed the attraction of global IT companies and the cultivating of domestic high-tech enterprises through its MSC Malaysia ICT initiative, which is administered by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Sdn Bhd. MDeC works to empower companies and communities with ICT services and resources and facilitates the country’s goal of becoming a knowledge-based economy.

July 11, 2013

The Taxman Leaveth

Few things get companies as excited as waving goodbye to corporate taxes.

July 11, 2013

E&E Sector Hears a Higher Calling

For four decades, the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector has been Malaysia's industrial bread and butter - a foundational sector that has only grown in importance as this Southeast Asian nation marches toward its goal of becoming a high-income economy by 2020. Along the way, Malaysia's government has cultivated the sector in such a way that it keeps pace with investing companies' higher-value E&E activities, including R&D and integrated circuit design and development, keeping them in Malaysia, as most of the 24 member companies of the Malaysian American Electronics Industry (MAEI) association can attest.

June 10, 2013

My Hometown

If you're not familiar with Chambersburg, New Castle or Sayre, Pa., or have somehow missed the turns for Indiana, Sunbury, East Stroudsburg or Meadville, you might need to readjust your navigation settings.

June 5, 2013

Unfinished Business

Elected four times to serve as governor from 1983 to 1999, Branstad left office 14 years ago as Iowa's longest-serving chief executive.

May 29, 2013

View from The Top

Northwest Georgia's industrial development reputation aims to be as multifaceted as its landscape, and as rich as its history. But if one thread continues to run through the region, it's thread itself.

May 23, 2013

Accelerated Production

Powering one of America's most important automotive manufacturing regions is just one of the many tasks of Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative.

May 13, 2013

‘Breath of Fresh Air’

With a work force ranked among the nation's best, the No. 1 public school system in the U.S., world-class academic and research institutions and a competitive business environment, Maryland is an ideal place for companies to grow and thrive.

May 7, 2013

Asia-Pacific’s ‘Significant Location’ For Oil & Gas Services

Baker Hughes' Asia Pacific division stretches from India to New Zealand, so the Houston-based global oil and gas services giant (58,000 employees and revenues in excess of $20 billion) had lots of options with respect to a regional headquarters location.

April 10, 2013

Many Happy Landings

Private Jet Charter, a London-based company that arranges upscale chartered flights for clients around the world, could have chosen virtually any major market in the U.S. for its North American headquarters.

April 1, 2013

One Big Greenhouse

Iroko Pharmaceuticals was little more than a seed five years ago. But it planted itself in two of the most fertile growth media for life sciences: Greater Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

March 28, 2013

Powering Florida

When Cheney Brothers Inc. needed room to expand, Florida Power & Light Company delivered not just the electricity but also the deal-sealing resources that made sure the company kept its food distribution business growing in its home base of Florida.

March 13, 2013

Utah: Alter Your Perception

You probably know that Forbes ranked Utah as the “Best State for Business” for three years running.

March 11, 2013

Tunisia, European Know-How at a Competitive Cost

This market of 10 million will not be deterred. Two years after its revolution, which sparked the Arab Spring, Tunisia is emerging as an island of economic stability, and even one of relative political stability.

March 5, 2013

A Robust Turnaround

A few years ago, folks in Southwest Louisiana talked about the long road toward economic recovery following devastating hurricanes, an historic oil spill and a global financial crisis that would severely test the mettle of an entire region

January 14, 2013

Moving the Chains

The ground game of the Ohio State Buckeyes during the 1960s and 1970s was often referred to as “three yards and a cloud of dust.” It was an affectionate way of saying that the offense might not be pretty, but more often than not it gets the job done.

January 10, 2013

Changzhou National Hi-Tech District:

Industrial investors are finding the space, work force and business cost advantages they require in the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND), just 160 kilometers west of Shanghai — China’s glittering commercial and financial center.