COVER STORY
One More Time!
A near repeat of last year’s Top States in capital investment projects has Ohio finishing first for the fourth consecutive time and its main challengers, Texas and Michigan, once again in striking distance.
FEATURES
Top Metros of 2009
Made in Manhattan
A buyer’s market boosts New York to the top spot for corporate projects among the nation’s largest metros.
Top Micropolitans
Built for Speed
Motorsports companies throttle up expansion pace in Statesville-Mooresville, the Top Micropolitan Area of the Year.
Top Industries
Energy Squared
Leading categories define the power to produce.
Airport Cities
Time Engineers
Open skies, coalition building and FedEx help Memphis craft a solution for tomorrow.
Top U.S. Giants Of 2009
Lists of largest U.S. projects ranked by investment, job creation and square footage
Aerospace
Outsourcing That’s Out of This World
As spaceflight shifts to commercial providers, aerospace clusters will thrive. One state plans to be at liftoff.
Transportation-Equipment
Starting Anew
A bus builder volunteers for Tennessee
INVESTMENT PROFILES
Southwest Louisiana
Building an Empire of Energy
In Southwest Louisiana, huge investments fuel job-creating projects designed to energize a nation and promote global trade.
SPECIAL AD SECTIONS
Maritime Industries
Ready and Not Waiting
How ports are preparing to welcome the recovery
Data Centers
Data center site selection for large corporations wanting their own facilities comes down to several basic factors
INTERNATIONAL
World Reports
DuPont Boosts PV Research Capabilities; Nestlé Opens Biscuit R&D Center
Biopharmaceuticals
New Friends and Different Space
Will fractured and reassembled research produce the next ‘rich seams’ of innovation?
Florida
Ignition
Florida bids farewell to one program and prepares to embark on a new one.
South Central States
More Where That Came From
Energy industry expertise reigns supreme in the south central United States.
Northeast States
Could Gas Play Ignite a Region?
EQT executives call the Marcellus Shale the most important economic development for Southwest Pennsylvania ‘since the invention of the blast furnace.’
Indiana
Power Ties
An industry-led partnership is behind progress the vehicular power industry is making in cleaning up its act.
New Mexico
Talent Incubator
New Mexico serves as a lab for new companies in multiple high-tech fields, even as it attracts investments from other states.
Mississippi River Corridor
Pipeline to Tomorrow
Mississippi and Memphis prove a potent duo in attracting a German firm’s first North American plant.
Southern California
Eco Evolution
Green jobs are up amid hints of a recovery.