The recently assassinated former prime minister of Japan “was arguably
the most important politician in the history of Japan since the end of
World War II,” writes Andrew Crowder of Tractus in an exclusive
contribution. “Controversial and scandal-plagued, he made some avoidable
mistakes. But Abe’s administration had great influence on Japan’s
business expansion.”
Christina Cacioppo is the CEO and
co-founder of San Francisco–based Vanta, a security and
compliance platform that reached unicorn status with a $1.6
billion valuation in June, ranks 25th on the INC. 5000 list and
is one of 690 INC. 5000 firms in California.
Photo courtesy of
Vanta
Yes, it’s that time of year again, folks. Time to deliver Site Selection’s
exclusive analysis of location trends among the newly published list of INC.
5000 companies — something even INC. itself doesn’t do with so many good company
stories to tell. Below are the top states by number of INC. 5000
companies, with California the far-and-away leader over No. 2 Texas.
California’s highest-ranked company is No. 10 Tax Relief Advocates in
Irvine. Texas gets to put its brand on No. 4 eTrueNorth, a health services
company based in Mansfield with a growth rate of 424.28%.
See our analysis from fall 2021 and fall 2020 to compare numbers. Watch this space
over the next two weeks for further analysis of the INC. 5000 data by
city, metro area and industry sector, as well as per-capita performance
across state, city and metro categories. — Adam Bruns and
Daniel Boyer
The City of St. Petersburg, Florida, is releasing an RFP for the
development of the Historic Gas Plant District site, currently home to
Tropicana Field. The RFP for the 86-acre site calls for additional
emphasis on equitable redevelopment, a 17.3-acre carve out for a
baseball stadium, specific requirements for affordable and workforce
housing and new details that respond to current economic and societal
conditions and community sentiment. The RFP can be found here: www.stpete.org/Residents/Current%20Projects/docs/HGPD-CC.pdf.
Two important surveys of corporate decision-makers and of Site Selection
readers are out there in the field. First: The editors of Site Selection
periodically conduct a readership survey to ensure our content is as
relevant and timely as possible. The deadline for responses is end of
day Friday, September 9th. Your participation enters you into a drawing
for a $100 American Express gift card. Click on the following survey
link to take this survey: Site Selection Readership Survey
Next, this final reminder to corporate end users and site selection
consultants to fill out our annual Business Climate Survey, which is one
factor helping us determine the Business Climate Rankings to be
published in the November 2022 issue of Site Selection. Go here to fill
it out: https://forms.office.com/r/0aATZimz43
PROJECT WATCH
Idaho
A much-anticipated location decision was made last week by the only
U.S.-based manufacturer of memory chips, Micron Technology, Inc., as
company leaders announced plans to invest approximately $15 billion
through the end of the decade to construct a new fab in Boise, Idaho.
“This will be the first new memory manufacturing fab built in the U.S.
in 20 years, ensuring domestic supply of leading-edge memory required
for market segments like automotive and data center, fueled by
accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence and 5G,” the company
said, giving credit to the newly passed CHIPS and Science Act and to
support from state and local governments. “Co-locating the new
manufacturing fab with Micron’s R&D center at the company’s headquarters
will enhance operational efficiency, accelerate technology deployment
and improve time to market,” the company said. Micron plans to deepen
investment in Idaho’s K-12 STEM programs and partner with the College of
Western Idaho “to lead efforts in delivering key curricula, such as
Advanced Mechatronics Engineering Technology, to prepare students for
the Micron Technician Apprenticeship Program.” In addition, the company
will fund a child care center to be operated by the Treasure Valley
Family YMCA. Micron said the fab investment is “part of Micron’s
intention to invest more than $150 billion globally over the next decade
in manufacturing and R&D, including plans to invest $40 billion through
the end of this decade to build leading-edge memory manufacturing in
multiple phases in the U.S.”
Grupo Cuprum, the largest aluminum extruder in Latin America, announced
that it will invest $100 million in a new plant where three extrusion
units will be installed over the next three years, according to reports
in MexicoNOW and Reforma. “Cuprum is currently evaluating which of the
three industrial parks has the optimal conditions for energy supply,
with Santa Catarina and Apodaca as probable properties,” the Reforma
report stated. The first plant would start operations in mid-2023. The
company last expanded its profile extrusion plants in 2019, when it
invested $30 million in order to increase automotive sector sales.
Cuprum employs more than 6,000 in more than 40 countries. It got its
start in 1948 in Monterrey, Mexico, where it manufactured copper
profiles with a 170-ton press. Hence the company name, which in Spanish
means “copper.”
Map courtesy of University of Wisconsin Population Health
Institute
If you’re looking for deep statistics on such population
health and well-being factors as access to exercise,
excessive drinking, preventable hospital stays, high school
completion, children in poverty, air pollution and dozens
more compiled into a national index, then the 2022 County Health Rankings &
Roadmaps created by the University of Wisconsin
Population Health Institute with funding from the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation delivers. In addition to national
findings, you can drill down by state. And after a bit of
digging, we found you the source data broken out by every county
in the nation to plug into your own location
intelligence matrix.
This photo was shared earlier this week by Renault as it posted its
account of endurance runner Alexandre “Green Cap” Boucheix as he
participated in the UTMB ultra trail race through the Mont Blanc
mountains in Switzerland: 171 kilometers (106 miles) in length and
10,000 meters (32,808 ft.) of total climb for some of the world’s best
trail runners. “From 22 to 28 August, Chamonix became the new Mecca for
trail enthusiasts with more than 10,000 runners taking to the starting
line for one of eight races that make up the renowned UTMB — Ultra-Trail
du Mont-Blanc — the longest of which … draws in the world’s ultra-trail
elite,” said the company, whose Dacia vehicles served the needs of
athletes and support crews. “It saw 2,500 participants and one winner,
Spaniard Kilian Jornet, who took out his fourth victory in Chamonix with
a record time of 19:49:32.” Boucheix, who this year already has run more
than 6,800 km. (4,225.3 miles) and climbed over 166,000 meters (544,619
ft.), finished 18th while achieving a personal best of 22:55:34. He will
run two more ultras over the next two months.
