In a conversation with Gary Daughters, the governor addresses such
various topics as the EV industry, how he recruits business,
non-disclosure agreements, and the aftermath of both tornadoes and a
coal country deal gone sour.
The Brookings Institution’s Mark Muro recently analyzed the potential impact
of a new federal economic development initiative, the National Science
Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program.
If Lay’s potato chips aren’t your favorite, then chances are Doritos
might be. PepsiCo India is taking no chances, as it announced last
Friday this expansion at its largest greenfield food manufacturing plant
that just opened last September to produce Lay’s. Part of the expansion
at the facility located on 29 acres in Kosi Kalan, Mathura in Uttar
Pradesh will be a line to make the Doritos nacho chip brand. The
announcement was the third to take place at an investor summit in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and was attended by Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. “The progressive ecosystem and industrial climate in
Uttar Pradesh has yielded some fantastic opportunities for PepsiCo
India,” said Ahmed ElSheikh, president, PepsiCo India. “Thanks to the
industry-friendly policies and ease of doing business in the state, we
achieved a major milestone of setting up our greenfield foods plant in
Kosi in less than two years. The state-of-the-art facility is fueling
the economic ecosystem and creating job opportunities in UP.”
Chips are one thing. Chocolate is another. On the final day of May,
Cargill officially opened its House of Chocolate in Mouscron, located
just across the border in the greater metro area of Lille, France. The
complex, built adjacent to Cargill’s chocolate production plant,
includes a “chocolate experience center” a small-batch pilot plant and
creative workspace for the company’s European R&D team of 40 chocolate
engineers. “At the House of Chocolate, customers can collaborate with
our experts and leverage our resources to create products inspired by
the latest trends,” said Inge Demeyere, managing director for Cargill
Chocolate Europe. “It is a place designed to bring ideas to life and
quickly move them to the market.” The company said Belgium has been a
focal point of Cargill’s global chocolate business for many years due to
its unique position in the chocolate world globally and the strong
reputation of Belgian chocolate. Cargill’s Cocoa & Chocolate business
has operated in the country since 2002. If you’re thinking of taking a
Willy Wonka-style tour of the new site, however, you will be
disappointed: “Please note that House of Chocolate is exclusively for
registered food professionals and is not open to the public,” says the
facility’s website.
Photo courtesy of the American Battle
Monuments Commission
Today marks the 78th anniversary of D-Day. The Normandy
American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in
Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent
Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, as the
first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. Located at the
gateway to the D-Day beaches, the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy
operated by Bayeux Museums presents all of the military operations that
took place on Norman soil over the summer months of 1944.
