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That news and more is found in the World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots report from the Frankfurt-based International Federation of Robotics.

A letter from IAMC Chair Jennifer Roth, and a look into how long-term corporate real estate strategies guard against short-term corrections.

Gary Daughters updates us on multiple vehicle industry investments in the Charlotte region; a new innovation center in Waterloo, Ontario; VW in Mexico; Virgin Hyperloop in West Virginia; ApiJect Systems in the Research Triangle; and the finalists for the U.S. Space Command HQ (Huntsville landed the prize in mid-January).

For the uninitiated, that stands for higher education R&D. We drop in on the western provinces’ major research universities to find out what’s going on that’s of interest to global corporations.

Wisk finds the Canterbury region ideal for testing its electric air taxi.

Four redevelopment and renewal projects highlight the resilience of a region.

CBRE’S Colin Yasukochi talks with Senior Editor Gary Daughters about tech talent hubs to watch.

From her vantage point in Northern Ireland, Conway Data’s Laura Martin shares snapshots of progress across Europe as nations strive to attain the EU goal of 32% of energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030.

Senior Editor Gary Daughters explores the facility expansion explosion by Amazon, which last year on-boarded an average of 2,800 employees a day between July and October.

FCR pivots to diversity, remote work and a host of new locations in one fell swoop.

EMSI’s Drew Repp shares a snapshot from the firm’s recently published Talent Attraction Index.

From Hollywood to Amsterdam to Albuquerque, Netflix is creating new jobs at nearly the pace it’s creating new films and shows.

René Buck and Kees Verweij of Amsterdam-based BCI Global walk us through the impact of expanding Eurasian rail services on location strategy in China and Europe.

See which states lead the way in talent cultivation, training and attraction across seven U.S. regions.

Our annual survey of site selection consultants, conducted in late November, reveals how the global outbreak of coronavirus significantly altered company location decision-making.

Building our readers’ knowledge and capabilities is the purpose of State of the States 2021, Site Selection’s painstakingly assembled annual compendium of data that matter to global corporate location decision-makers. In this year’s edition, demographic, workforce and legislative updates are supplemented by information about state-level pandemic response and recovery.

It’s an annual tradition. Grab your hot chocolate and a blanket, and gather ‘round the Zoom call for a headquarters site selection story almost too good to be true.

In announcing the Trump administration’s new National Space Policy last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., noted that the global space economy exceeded $423 billion in 2019. In 2020, Mississippi is getting its share, just as it has for years.

The World Bank Group’s Doing Business 2020 study finds a number of improvements across 16 Caribbean country economies.

South Korea’s Navien and the United Kingdom’s GSK are among the bevy of foreign companies expanding in the Commonwealth.

The pandemic altered REI’s HQ vision. Facebook leaders tell us why the still-growing social media giant was ready and willing to move into REI’s just-constructed campus.

Ron Starner talks to CEOs, company founders, institutional leaders and top elected officials as he explores 10 things we should know about Sarasota County, Florida.

A region known for its semiconductor fabrication leadership could reap the rewards if federal incentives come to pass.

Just as e-commerce and streamed meetings are driving data center capacity expansion, so too are the world’s 2.7 billion video gamers.