Investment Profile

In Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, scientists are developing breakthrough technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of neurological disorders.

“You can’t be plain vanilla and win.”

That Southwest Louisiana is vitally important to America’s energy needs is without question.

Dr. Jorg Bagdahn surrounds himself daily with the keenest minds in photovoltaic research and development. He’s hoping that model replicates itself in similar choices by executives at world-leading solar energy manufacturing companies.

Among the companies to have found both advantages in the Pelepas Free Zone at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) are Flextronics, JST Connectors, Schenker Logistics, CIBA Vision and many others. MNCs with locations at PTP, in the Iskandar Development Region in Malaysia’s southernmost point, seek a southeast Asian base from which to serve the region cost-effectively and efficiently.

A region with thousands of college graduates, many in the life sciences sector, now has the work force for the jobs requiring technical skills.

Officials of the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone recently visited Hawaii, Los Angeles and Seattle to promote the FEZ and Busan’s new “eco-friendly logistics business model.”