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January 2008

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Once and Future Leverage Now That’s Italian-American Monsanto Grows More Than Corn in Iowa Boxes and Vessels Expand, Terminals Multiply School Proximity Key to Record Investment by UPS in Toronto   A Soft and Fluffy Landing A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE: Box Elder County will be the […]

PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   A Score for Songdo by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com Songdo City is a study in urban planning, sustainable development and how to finance a complex blend of commercial and residential properties. O n Nov. 19, Jonathan Thorpe, the Boston-based executive vice president of New York-based developer Gale […]

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS

CORPORATE REAL ESTATE AWARDS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Coming Soon… Publication aims to give credit where credit is due. F or more than 50 years, Site Selection has been reporting on industrial real estate and infrastructure projects around the world, from automotive assembly to alternative fuel production, distribution centers to desalination plants […]

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: EMERGING LOGISTICS HUBS

usinesses have been intently focusing on their supply chain for almost 10 years now. Combined with globalization of production, this has created a demand for logistics locations that allow efficient receipt and distribution of products. These trends impact all distribution functions, whether a stand-alone distribution Mark Sweeney, senior principal, McCallum Sweeney facility or a manufacturer […]

SUPER SITES

SUPER SITES From Site Selection magazine, January 2008 Ready If You Are A Super Site in Van Wert, Ohio. Industrial megasites try to maximize infrastructure and flexibility all at once. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com B ig jobs can happen without big parcels. But having large land ready for action never hurts.    Among super sites taken […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, January 2008    Software Expedites Tax Time for High-Tech Manufacturer by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W hile its name may brew visions of hops and grains, CoorsTek is in fact a high-tech ceramics manufacturer with facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Once part of the Adolph Coors […]

WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   Global Robot Sales Decline in 2006 Switzerland-based Stäubli is a major industrial robot manufacturer. Here, Stäubli’s RXPaint robot applies a high-tech coating on automotive injection molded parts at a plant in Germany. by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  T he use of industrial robots around the […]

COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE

COVER STORY – THE GREEN IMPERATIVE From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   I   n coming years, it may not be that far-fetched to observe a range of products from traditional manufacturing industries supporting the job-creating potential of their former service providers in environmental services, energy management and green building.    Such is the powerful, […]

EDITOR’S VIEW

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, January 2008   by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com The World That Works W hat does former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich have in common with yours truly? If you guessed we’re both from Georgia, you’re correct. But more importantly, we made remarkably similar points in separate sessions at […]

IAMC INSIDER

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