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FROM MAY 2004 “Chip-maker's second 300-millimeter wafer fab in three years helps Texas toast global competition for world's most coveted high-tech factory.” COVER STORY TI's Texas Two-Step MAY COVER STORY TI's Texas Two-Step COMPETITIVENESS AWARD ‘ WINdiana ’ – Hoosiers Claim 2003 Honors 2003 TOP DEALS The Tex-Mex Effect 2003 TOP GROUPS  On Solid Ground QUESTION & INSIGHT: JAMES SCOTT PETERSON Enhancing Canada WORLD REPORTS Europe Emphasizes Other Means to Power; Peugeot Expands China JV Plant; Aussie-U.S. Trade Agreement SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS • Trade Bait: Locating in a Foreign-Trade Zone • Sale/Leaseback Transactions • Service Providers Showcase

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS USEC Picks Ohio for $1.5B Nuke-Energy Plant; Airlines and Airports; Outsourcing Meets Insourcing IAMC INSIDER IAMC Charts Path to Success; Rectifying the Situation on North Carolina, Denmark; IAMC Railroad Members ... ; more. WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION High-Stakes Tag TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX Software Upgrade Reflects User Demands EDITOR'S VIEW It's OK to Outsource EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE Automakers Pushing East in Europe CANADA 2004 – A Special Section AREA SPOTLIGHTS Alabama: Planned Precision Australia: ‘No Worries’ Caribbean: Diverse Trinidad Leverages Location Colorado: High On High-Tech France: Foreign Investment Reforms Kentucky: Name Recognition New England Regional Review Ohio Fights Back Southern California: Stanching the Flow INDUSTRY REVIEW Life Sciences: Connecticut Connects On Yale Research