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September 2010

Cover Story

Power Points

The world’s largest stand-alone Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) power project connected to the energy grid in Shanghai on July 18

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Features

Losing Weight

Composites are gaining increased use in a myriad of industrial sectors including automotives, aeronautics and wind energy. The trend is spurring new projects, new partnerships and new supply chains.

Energy Project Superlatives

The world’s largest stand-alone Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) power project went live July 18 in Shanghai, China.

Investment Profiles

Saxony-Anhalt Rises to Top of Location Studies

American and international companies increasingly say they prefer a Saxony-Anhalt business location in east central Germany when setting up shop in Europe, according to three influential studies released recently.

Shapoorji Expands SP Infocity Portfolio

Shapoorji Pallonji, a leading construction and realty force in India, is adding a network of IT parks in the Subcontinent to its international portfolio of signature properties. Some SP Infocity parks have special economic zone (SEZ) status to meet growing demand from global players in the IT/ITeS sector.

Unifying Force

Ameren’s economic development team bridges two states to help employers and communities prosper.

‘Radical Change’ Marks National Growth Plan

Nothing short of a "radical change in our approach to economic development" is required to achieve the new Malaysian government’s growth objectives, the primary one being to turn the nation into a high-income economy.

The Right Blend

Kansas and its capital city, Topeka, are showing up on some lists that plenty of bigger cities and states wish they were on.

Home Away From Home

A new, master-planned business city fast-tracks MNCs’ new Indian operations.

Incubating Ideas

Can a former automotive assembly plant drive technology transfer and economic development transformation throughout an entire state and region?

International

Grabbing a Tiger by the Tail

By most accounts, China in this the “Year of the Tiger” has eclipsed Japan to become the world’s second largest economy.

Zones of Transformation

From the elegant Far Eastern restaurant of the expansive recreation center of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA),

Departments

Area Spotlights

Defense Mechanisms

Companies that develop bio-pharmaceuticals, manufacture laboratory testing instruments and distribute pharmaceuticals and healthcare products are finding what they need to succeed in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Suddenly Solar

The Upper Midwest is not the first region of the U.S. that comes to mind when looking at the burgeoning solar-energy sector, but significant projects are happening across the region.

Game On

Massachusetts is well-known for its high-tech industries, with biotech and IT among the more visible sectors.

Power Play

Move over, banking. The Charlotte region’s energy sector is on a roll, coalescing into an economic force with a critical mass large enough to attract new players of all sizes.

On the Right Tract?

Keystone Research Center in June released “Making Smarter State Investments,” a 34-page report that cuts to the chase when it comes to chasing down the street addresses of state incentive dollars.

Right at Home

Sharp just made its 2-millionth solar panel in Memphis. CT&T is going to make electric cars in Spartanburg County, S.C.

Strategy Shift

2010 has been anything but ordinary for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. She has gained international attention with the state’s controversial immigration law.

Connections^2

It could be innovation in pipelines. It could be trucking, airport and shipping lines. It could be foreign trade zones and borderlines, and credit lines as well.

Perception and Reality


Basket case or horn of plenty? California is both — it depends on whom you ask. The Golden State’s business-climate burdens are well documented in the business press — including in these pages, where interviews with corporate executives