 Contact: Mark Arend (770) 325-3438 mark.arend@siteselection.com 6625 The Corners Parkway, Suite 200 Site Selection Names Top Competitive States of 2014 Atlanta, May 5, 2015: Site Selection magazine has named North Carolina the Top Competitive State for 2014, a recognition based on a 10-part index of investment-attraction criteria, most of which are based on project data resident in Site Selection’s proprietary New Plant database. States are awards points according to their performance in each category. North Carolina, with 409 points, narrowly beat Louisiana’s 408.5, and the rest of the top five were not far behind: Texas finished third with 406, South Carolina was fourth (405.5) and Tennessee placed fifth (404). “Seven of the top ten states are in the Southeast, which points to that region’s sustained competitiveness over the past decade,” says Mark Arend, Site Selection’s Editor in Chief. “Three are in the Midwest, including two of the three new right-to-work states in that region â Michigan and Indiana. A correlation is possible but not provable by our estimation, but the Midwest’s reemerging competitiveness will be fascinating to watch.” Site Selection magazine, published by Conway, Inc. since 1954, delivers expansion planning information to 48,000 subscribers, many of them employed by fast-growing firms. Site Selection is also available via online (www.siteselection.com). Site Selection’s family of e-newsletters includes the weekly Site Selection Dispatch; The Site Selection Energy Report and Site Selection Life Sciences Report (monthlies); Site Selection International and the Site Selection Aerospace Report (bimonthlies); and The FDI Report from Conway Events. Conway, Inc., is an international publishing, consulting, association management and events company headquartered in Atlanta. The firm manages the Industrial Asset Management Council, the Global FDI Association and organizes the annual World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment. Conway, also owns and manages Conway Events, a London-based events firm focused on foreign direct investment and global corporate location trends; Berlin, Germany-based Conway Advisory, managed by Terrain Global, a site selection consulting firm specializing in foreign direct investment; and New York-based Conway PR & Marketing, an international public relations and marketing agency specializing in economic development, inward investment trade and macro-tourism. ### TOP 10 COMPETITIVE STATES OF 2014 TOP 5 STATES IN 7 US REGIONS |
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