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Brief updates on inventory by drone; SK’s double-down in Georgia; big offers for Tesla’s Cybertruck factory; how USMCA could alter automotive industry geography; and the launch of the Great Lakes shipping season

Editor in Chief Mark Arend talks with Regionomics Founder Dr. Bill LaFayette about the knowledge economy, incentives, workforce development and Ohio manufacturing in the COVID-19 era.

Distiller says a new plant in Polk County is anything but on the rocks.

Brief news reports document European automotive firms’ gradual reopening of production; a French aerospace manufacturer’s pivot to masks; guidance for a new era of supply chain management; and the world’s greenest cities (hint: No. 1, sang Billy Joel, is a city that waits for you).

Fortune 500 companies, national urban policy experts, Amazon Air, university innovation leaders, aerospace suppliers and everyone involved with new Major League Soccer team FC Cincinnati all seem to agree: The tri-state Greater Cincinnati region has something special going on.

Trade flows already were reduced by trade battles and barriers. Will COVID-19 Kill Globalization? John Manzella tells you what you need to know.

Bobby Pereira, director of Latin America for Conway, Inc., gives growing countries in the region — Colombia, Chile and Costa Rica among them — the respect they’re due.

Aerotropolis expert John Kasarda walks us through a region that accounts for more than $80 billion in business investments and is receiving $50 billion more from the Thai government and the private sector to make it even more business-friendly.

In They’ll Have the Fish, a new aquaculture operation aims to help Puerto Rico achieve food sovereignty one site at a time.

Even as the world experiences the economic impact of a pandemic, our annual rankings cast the spotlight on the countries leading their regions in project activity and economic development.

Can site certification programs do better at measuring talent alongside geotechnical and infrastructure aspects? A few experts and some data weigh in.

In the next installment in our COVID-19 series, location consultant John Boyd offers 10 Site Selection and Economic Development Takeaways from the COVID-19 Crisis.

Yes, cement plants are a big reason why the machinery, equipment and construction sector led all industries in number of projects tallied around the world in 2019 by the Conway Analytics database.

In the next installment in our COVID-19 series, Tractus Asia’s John Evans and James Meisenheimer examine U.S. life sciences firms’ supply chain overdependence on Asian locations. Reshoring beckons, but there are other things to consider too. Read their exclusive contribution COVID-19: Suffocating the global medical supply chain, while breathing life into its future.

David Cuda, Colliers International senior vice president and director of corporate solutions for South Carolina, shares insights on state and metro markets.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has engulfed the world, Site Selection editors and Conway staff are gleaning business intelligence, provocative insights, valuable data and practical guidance from across our global network.

Cash-strapped Illinois goes big on infrastructure.

A look at where in the world — and how often — the highest-value companies are making highly valued facility investments.

An increasingly dense submarine web supports the web we're on all the time.

Companies, institutions and state government address California's housing crisis. One solution in particular could mean new manufacturing investment and jobs in California and eight other U.S. locations yet to be chosen.

Washington leads the way, led by Jefferson, King and Benton counties. Meanwhile, companies and a new research hub are growing in Bellingham.

Editor in Chief Mark Arend finds out why an importer with substantial logistics requirements picked a northeastern Georgia county for its distribution center site.

Editor in Chief Mark Arend looks into the more than $700 million in projects at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Alaska, and explores the location options for New York's airport city.

A Conversation with Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli