Investor Watch: April 09, 2024

CENTRAL AMERICA

From 2014 to 2022, medical device exports in the country grew from $1.68 billion to $5.87 billion.

INVESTMENT PROFILE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

The largest and wealthiest county in Maryland, Montgomery County anchors the BioHealth Capital Region.

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Learn more about Cenovus Energy’s $1.5 billion investment in Dublin; a multi-billion-dollar chip fabrication and R&D project from SK hynix in the home town of tonight’s NCAA men’s basketball championship finalist Purdue University; and the $740 million plant in Vietnam from the textile branch of industrial group Hyosung Corporation.

Alltech has been headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, since 1980.

Archive photo courtesy of Alltech

Last week Kentucky-based global animal feed and nutrition company Alltech released the 13th annual edition of its global Agri-Food Outlook report, which includes data from 142 countries and more than 27,000 feed mills. Among its findings: The top feed-producing countries are far and away No. 1 China and No. 2 the United States, followed by Brazil, India. Together, those four countries account for nearly half of the world’s feed production. Most sectors saw decreases, with the only increases coming in poultry feed and pet feed production.

Site Selection in 2018 took Alltech’s report as the basis for “Where the Domesticated Things Are,” an in-depth look at which locations are feeding the world and a conversation with Alltech COO and Executive Vice President Mike Castle about the company’s own location portfolio. 2011 marked the first time Site Selection talked with Alltech leadership (in this case its director of global manufacturing) about the company’s locations and its wide variety of business and philanthropic endeavors.

Graph courtesy of Kearney

Last week Kearney unveiled the findings of its 2024 FDI Confidence Index. As seen last year, watch for exclusive insights from Kearney experts in the 2024 Global Best to Invest rankings in the May issue of Site Selection.

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During a camper van tour around the highlands of Scotland over Easter weekend, Site Selection Regional Sales Manager for Europe Brendan Doherty used his drone to make this stunning image of Dunvegan on Isle of Skye. The village, home to fewer than 400 residents at last official count, is known for Dunvegan Castle & Gardens, the ancestral seat of the Clan MacLeod dating back to the 13th century.