That’s just part one of a feature that also looks at new air taxi services coming to Frankfurt, Germany; and how smaller air hubs can leverage their own unique assets.
Shiseido Company has announced plans to build a new $359-million production site in Kurume City, Japan, a city on Kyushu Island in Fukuoka Prefecture known for its azaleas, its yakitori shops and sake breweries, and Daihonzan Naritasan temple, home to a 62-m. (203-ft.) statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy. The new facility will be complete in 2021 and produce skin-care products for Japan and international markets. Tokyo-based Shiseido manufactures cosmetics, personal care and health care products, and employs more than 38,000 worldwide.
Canopy Growth will launch a new $40-million production facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The new facility will create 130 new jobs and process 5,000 kilos of cannabis annually. The new facility is expected to be operational within six months. Canopy Growth is one of the large Canadian cannabis and hemp companies, growing rapidly due to the change in legal status and growing demand for cannabis-related products.
Based on 2018 data, The Solar Foundation’s latest National Solar Jobs Census documents the second consecutive decline in solar jobs — a finding partly attributable to tariff and policy concerns, as well as a hangover from the project rush in 2015-2016 in anticipation of the expiration of a 30% federal investment tax credit. (That credit still exists today.) Overall, solar employment since 2010 has grown from just over 93,000 to more than 242,000 jobs in all 50 states. “With a backlog of utility-scale projects and new policy incentives in key states, the outlook for solar jobs is expected to improve in 2019,” says the Foundation, with a survey projecting that solar jobs will increase 7% in 2019.
Map courtesy of The Solar Foundation
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