Editor’s View: Where to Work: This Time It’s Personal

This Time It’s Personal

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Sector Update: Oil & Gas Services

Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Machinery and Equipment sector gained new momentum in August with the opening of the expansion of Halliburton’s Malaysia Manufacturing and Technology Centre in Senai, in the southern state of Johor Bahru.

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Driver Not Needed

How Torc Robotics engineered a leading position in self-driving vehicle tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Renewable Promises

Hydro-Québec’s clean hydropower and plans to grow its influence on both sides of the border hold vast potential for economic development in all of Atlantica, and New England in particular.

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Small Molecules, Big World:

A Conversation with Cambrex CEO Thomas Loewald

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Play Ball

Follow-through is one way Hoosier Energy helps companies stay on top of their game.

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Labor Lures Call Centers to Newfoundland & Labrador

Newfoundland & Labrador’s call center industry, though small in comparison to larger provinces, is growing. In fact, it’s grown by 20 percent since January 1999. The Atlantic province’s cost-competitive operating environment is one of the major lures attracting that growth, but another is equally important: labor. Newfoundland & Labrador’s per-capita labor pool, for instance, is […]

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25 Year Tribute: Where Were You in 1984?

Jack interviewed Robert McNamara in Washington

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Blue-Chip Solution

Retailers top — but don't monopolize — the list of largest corporate solar power users.

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Consider the Alamo

The Alamo, made famous in 1836 for its part in the Texas Revolution, is a central part of the Lone Star State’s history.

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Feeding the Institutional Roots of Life Sciences Clusters

Joanne Pizzo, co-founder of Planning Plus, offers insights into eds & meds connectivity, and 10 timely strategies for colleges looking to leverage their real estate.

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Boston Bounty

The BIO International Convention held in Boston June 18-21 — at least the exhibition part of it — seemed to be about economic development pitches by states and nations as much as it was about science. The 34 country and 26 state pavilions all served as recruiting beachheads, manned by personnel trying to lure companies to their respective areas.

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What Makes a Business Climate Good?

Two of the issues critically important to site selectors — work force and incentives — came into sharp relief in December, thanks to a Michigan governor and a New York Times reporter.

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Sunny Side Up:

Former Steel Plant To Make Solar Energy Equipment

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Asked & Answered: Five Questions About Artificial Intelligence

When the topic turns to the potential impact of artificial intelligence, workforce development analysts consistently liken AI’s rapid and evolving emergence to such era-defining phenomena as the industrial and digital revolutions. AI, experts believe, will reshape the global workplace and redefine how companies compete.

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Take Me to the Pilot

Ford takes first steps toward solar energy use at manufacturing sites.

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Looking Wicked Good

Direct investment by more than 100 foreign companies in his state has caught the attention of Maine Governor Paul LePage. They employ more than 30,000 workers, and many of these companies are expanding.

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Hong Kong: Business Still Dances Inside the Dragon’s Jaws

Highlights from Site Selection ? October/November 1997 C O V E R      S T O R Y Hong Kong: Business Still Dances Inside the Dragon’s Jaws by Jack Lyne Forget the hype and hysteria. Hong Kong’s turnover hasn’t dulled its legendary business buzz. Hong Kong is awash with conviction a month after becoming a […]

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PLASTICS AND CHEMICALS

he U.S. and Canadian plastics industry was generally flat in 2003. Resin sales and production each fell by half a percent, according to figures from the American Plastics Council (APC).       End-use manufacturers continue their drift to East Asia and other low-cost regions with their suppliers often tagging along. This continues a trend […]

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Riding the Timber Tide

The sports world wouldn’t be the same without Pennsylvania’s vast forests of timber.

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How Mississippi Accelerates Workforce Development

From career coaches to CTE, THE Magnolia State reaps a healthy ROI.

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Unconventional Wisdom: Still Open for Business

The jury is out on whether boycotts and bluster truly impact a state’s business climate.

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Stopping Hackers Is Job One in Kansas

Three of the country’s top cybersecurity schools call the Sunflower State home.

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Best in Class

Munich, London and Paris top EU rankings. Ukraine could be an outlier with the inside track.

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Seizing an Opportunity

Two years after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) created the Opportunity Zones program for investors, two innovative OZ projects are sprouting up in San Bernardino County in inland Southern California. A medical office building in the city of San Bernardino and an affordable apartment community in the city of Ontario are the direct […]

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A Vision of the New Workplace Revisited

Introduction: Origins of this PaperIn April 1993, the International Development Research Council?s journal, Industrial Development, published an article entitled “A Vision of the New Workplace.” (Industrial Development ran in Site Selection magazine for several years.) The authors were Francis Duffy from London-based DEGW, an architect who has spent most of his career studying and acting […]

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Home Country Hub

Big investments by big companies come on the heels of KORUS approval, but aren’t necessarily U.S.-focused.

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New World Bank ‘Business Ready’ Rankings Offer a More Transparent Version of ‘Doing Business’

Singapore tops more than one ranking of business environments, including the new Business Ready rankings from the World Bank.Photo of Clarke Quay courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board Time was when the World Bank Doing Business rankings were a standby resource, whether we were examining the rise of India or putting together a composite index for […]

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High Rate of Conversion

Fronius converts momentum into new sites in Indiana, Ontario and beyond.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 3

From Site Selection magazine, February 1990 New Facilities 1989 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1990 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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Where Dreamers Become Doers

Who’s achieving the American Dream and who’s not? A unique survey sheds light on both.

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Silicon Valley Still On Top, Amsterdam On the Rise

Startup Genome says these leading startup hubs have a major role to play in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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Why Investors Pick New York: Talent

New York is the ideal location for innovative companies that are forward-thinking and poised to grow quickly.

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A One Track Mind

Governor Terry McAuliffe is determined to be ‘Job Creator in Chief’ for the Commonwealth.

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Grants Boost Rural Participation In The Digital-Focused Economy

Governor Laura Kelly announced in March 2021 the Broadband Acceleration Grant Program, which will improve access to highspeed internet for homes and businesses in communities statewide.

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The Midwest Makeover

When two multinational firms announced recently that they would invest a combined US$3.1 billion to build nitrogen fertilizer production units in Iowa, the news only confirmed what many economists had begun to see throughout the Midwest.

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License Reform Removes Barriers for Employment

Last summer, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson began removing barriers to employment by signing a bill that expanded licensing reciprocity in the state. House Bill 2046 allows workers licensed in others states to be licensed in Missouri and work in the state. Before the bill’s signing, Missouri only allowed license reciprocity if the license was awarded in […]

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How New Mexico Became a Top 10 Film State

With major investments, Netflix, NBCUniversal and others find the Land of Enchantment is more than just a slogan.

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How To Fix a State

Governor Mitch Daniels leaves office in early 2013, leaving behind a job description that should be of keen interest to new governors taking office that want their states on a firmer fiscal footing. His formula works.

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China, Meet South Carolina

The Palmetto State aggressively courts Chinese corporate investors.

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Questions & Insights With the Leader of Micron’s U.S. Expansion Blitz

The journey toward a trillion-dollar market is unfolding tens or hundreds of billions of dollars at a time, including Micron’s two megaprojects in Idaho...

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The Tug of The Art Land

A place where ‘nothing happens’ and its lessons from the galaxy.

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From Printed Page to Cyberspace, Site Selection Wins Multiple Apex ‘Excellence Awards’

It?s official: Site Selection?s editorial and graphic excellence now extends from the printed page to its cyberspace base. The magazine recently won awards in both categories in 1999?s ?Awards for Publications Excellence? (APEX) competition. Sponsored by Springfield, Va.-based Communications Concepts, APEX?s 11th annual global competition drew a record 4,900 entries. APEX cited SS for ?excellence […]

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Ready for Growth

Latin America is poised to grow, with Brazil — the 9th largest economy in the world — leading the way. After the economic downturn, Latin America seems to be recovering faster than more developed countries.

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Sooner Rather Than Later

Hard work is paying off in Oklahoma.

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New Facilities 1992 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1993 Top 20 Facilities 1988-92 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1993 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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Universities Across Kansas

A glance at the value found on the campuses of the state’s seven public four-year universities.

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Small Molecules, Big World:

A Conversation with Cambrex CEO Thomas Loewald

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How States Can Direct Economic Development to Places and People in Need

Strategies to strengthen place-based programs, better support distressed areas

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Prudence in Abundance

In Tipton, Abound Solar will occupy a never-used facility built by automotive concern Getrag, and employ up to 850 in the manufacture of solar panels.

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COVER STORY

O hio has reclaimed the Governor’s Cup for new and expanded facilities announced in 2006, ending Texas’ two- year run of winning the ’04 and ’05 cups – when the Buckeye State finished second. Ohio’s winning the 2006 Governor’s Cup is one bookend on the Texas story; the other one is the 2003 Governor’s Cup, […]

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Taking Indiana’s Economic Temperature

An economist weighs in on where Indiana ‘compares favorably’ to other states, among other topics.

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An Outlier Makes Waves in the Midwest

How Grand Rapids plans to become a major tech hub in the Central U.S.

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A Place for Pioneers

Physicist Frank Oppenheimer, the brother of Manhattan Project director J. Robert Oppenheimer, didn't say exactly that when he founded the first-of-its-kind hands-on museum the Exploratorium in the late 1960s. But you know he wanted to.

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Manufacturing Momentum

Georgia’s pro-business climate builds investment momentum across the state.

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TOP INDUSTRIES

MARCH 2006 Transportation Equipment Tops Industry Ranking (cover) Arizona Refinery Moves Ahead Beleaguered Louisiana Grabs Top Projects High on the Hog Request Information TOP INDUSTRIES Transportation Equipment Tops Industry Ranking Automakers are cranking up assembly plants across the globe. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com A lthough down somewhat in total numbers, the transportation equipment sector […]

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Infosys Brings the Technological Revolution — and 10,000 jobs — to the United States.

An exclusive interview with the Indian corporation's president and deputy COO sheds light on the company's two location choices so far, and the factors driving more locations to come.

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Excuse Us for Growing

Clean energy plans are bad for business — except when they're not.

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Top Global Projects: A New Day in New Territories, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

T he rest of the world is doing just fine, thank you.         That’s the message coming through loud and clear when analyzing the thousands of new projects that located somewhere outside the United States in 2002. And the rest of the world that’s achieving the most is made up of countries […]

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Weathering the Storm

On Feb. 20, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) proposed to invest $3.9 billion during the next 10 years to proactively protect and strengthen its electric and gas systems against increasingly frequent severe weather conditions.

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Biggest Names in STEM Fly North For Talent

Investment into Canadian workforce doubles down in three major industries.

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A Ticket to the Game

A look inMaryland’s bid to lure global startups is hitting paydirt. Just ask executives with entrepreneurial firms coming from places such as Seoul and London.

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We Work Better Together

Ohio's talent pool is enriched by industry and institutional collaboration.

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North America’s Logistics Hub

Missouri continues to offer an ideal logistics and distribution position for e-commerce.

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Louisiana Industries’ Clean Energy Partner

Industrial consumers of energy today require much more from their utilities than reliable and competitively priced power.

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Poised to Prosper

Higher education infrastructure and a new incentives regime nurture a new generation of R&D in Portugal.

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Legislatures on a Roll

Highlights from Site Selection ? October/November 1997 Legislatures on a RollThird Straight Tax Cut Adds $2.6 Billion Shine To Already-Bright State Business Climates by Audrey Pennington State governments found themselves awash with surplus funds in 1997, relatively speaking, more than they’ve seen since 1980. As a result, lawmakers spent much of their legislative sessions figuring […]

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How Texas Hooks ‘Em

Elon Musk and Tesla join the march to the Lone Star State.

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Costa Rica Is Services Central in Central America

Reshoring, a ready workforce and commercial real estate propel a virtuous cycle.

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Baltimore Incubating Bio Park Duo, Site Selection Magazine, March 2004

E ast side, west side, biotech research parks are going up all around the town in Baltimore. Two major bio parks are in the works that figure to enhance Maryland’s already strong presence in the field. Maryland’s biotech industry has been ranked as the third most concentrated among U.S. states and includes more than 300 […]

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Thailand’s Dynamic Economic Corridor

The region accounts for more than $80 billion in business investments and is receiving $50 billion more from the Thai government and the private sector to make it even more business-friendly.

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Come Together

Collaboration anchors new models for innovation.

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Editor’s View: OLYMPIC-LEVEL EXCELLENCE

MEMORIALS TO TOMORROW

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Site Selection Magazine Online – Europe’s 1998 Facilities Race

 JULY 1999  SITE SELECTION  EUROPE’S 1998  FACILITIES RACE   • COVER PAGE   •  INTRODUCTION   •  EUROPEAN     CHAMPION:THE UNITED KINGDOM   •  THE RUNNER-UP:      FRANCE   •  GERMANY GRABS      THIRD PLACE   •  BELGIUM, NO. 4   •  POLAND TAKES      FIFTH PLACE   •  IRELAND, NO. 6   •  HUNGARY TAKES      SEVENTH PLACE   •  SPAIN, NO. 8   •  THE NETHERLANDS      RECORD BREAKING   &nbsp  YEAR   •  […]

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From Site Selection magazine, March 1999 R E A L     E S T A T E     S E R V I C E S Workplace Design Is a Moving Target b y     M A R K     A R E N D Old ways of thinking about designing work space are clashing […]

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Behind the Cape

With Wilmington leading, Cape Fear steps out of the shadows.

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Future Space – Now Ready For Occupancy

Why establish a new Asian operation without local partners who can facilitate the process at every turn?

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From Site Selection magazine, March 1999 R E A L     E S T A T E     S E R V I C E S Workplace Design Is a Moving Target b y     M A R K     A R E N D Old ways of thinking about designing work space are clashing […]

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Momentum in Missouri

It’s amazing what a difference three days can make.

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Where Problem-Solvers Unite

It’s no accident that Minnesotans regularly produce life-changing inventions.

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PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, May 2008   Setting Sail in Hamburg A leading publisher brings its efforts aboard a single vessel for the first time. The $165-million building that will house Spiegel Verlag’s newly consolidated head office was one of the biggest leases of 2007 in Hamburg. Images courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects […]

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In Position

Young brainpower, ambitious centennial goals and 20 years of public-private partnership make Turkey a land of ample opportunity.

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Tariff Pause Shines Spotlight on Southeast Asia’s Solar Industry

In June, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation declaring a supply chain emergency and allowing the U.S. Department of Commerce to help shore up domestic solar power equipment

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The Road to the Rest of America

Major infrastructure investments are fueling logistics projects.

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Telecommunications: Lighting Up the Sewers

 S ILVER SPRING, Md. — The founder of a two-year-old company near the nation’s capital says he’s discovered a way to solve the so-called “last mile” barrier to fiber optic connectivity. The solution, he says, is to get down and dirty.         Using a device called a SAM — sewer access module […]

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A Model of Modern Infrastructure

Quickly move goods from the heart of America to the rest of the world through Kansas’ newest intermodal hub.

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On the Road to Save Lives and Build Careers

Career prep goes mobile in Pflugerville high schools.

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Gauging the Dream

One of the biggest challenges in economic development is determining what to hold economic development organizations (EDOs) and elected officials accountable for.

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Site Selection Debuts Leading Occupancy Costs Index

The Johnson Controls USA Office Costs Index [See Tables One, Two, Three and Chart A for data] The Johnson Controls USA Office Occupancy Costs Index is based on a detailed model of a medium grade air-conditioned office building, which operates reasonably efficiently with no unusually high service standards or demands. The building is 160,000 rentable […]

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Asia-Pacific’s ‘Significant Location’ For Oil & Gas Services

Baker Hughes' Asia Pacific division stretches from India to New Zealand, so the Houston-based global oil and gas services giant (58,000 employees and revenues in excess of $20 billion) had lots of options with respect to a regional headquarters location.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS

ny discussion of the U.S. economy and strategies to confront global competition for jobs and investment must invariably address the workplace and how it is being transformed by knowledge-centered and technology-driven skills and occupations. More often than not, such dialogue takes on an almost apocalyptic tone, painting scenarios of a society verging on a demographic […]

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Inside Dell’s Clicks

“We have a mantra in Dell corporate real estate: Set unrealistic expectations . . . and then exceed them,” says Kip Thompson, flashing a smile that’s both playfully devilish and dead serious. Yeah, right, you say? After all, real estate by nature is a long-term process: 24 months to build a facility, 16-18 months if […]

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, May 2008    GIS Tool Quickens Searches SiteTech Systems will offer service in major southeast markets. SiteTech Systems’ OneSource software is a GIS-based system that allows users to gather in-depth information about a property. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T he Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. lists […]

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Developing Recession-Proof Industries

Experts offer examples from around the world as models for hedging against the next downturn.

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Incubating Ideas

Can a former automotive assembly plant drive technology transfer and economic development transformation throughout an entire state and region?

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Better Buildings, Better Cities

Corporate actors take center stage in efforts to brighten the future as well as they brighten workspace.

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Medical Device Momentum

Indiana’s life sciences sector experienced a robust 2010 with companies committing to create more than 4,000 jobs, the highest annual figure in several years.

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Top Clusters Endure, But New Players Emerge

A peek into JLL’s latest U.S. Life Sciences Outlook report, and what an industry coalition thinks of the latest policy directives from the White House.

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India’s Consumer Goods Market Drives Growth In the Post-COVID Era

India’s consumer market, with its dramatic increase in demand, rapid economic growth and rising young technical labor force.

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Workers Heading South and West

Florida, Texas and Idaho lead the nation in attracting and keeping talent, according to a study just published by data organization Lightcast.

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The Power is in the Pipeline

How a manufacturer of mobile transformers sources talent in central Virginia.

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Poland, Renault, Africa, and more.

The Volkswagen Group (VW) is building a new, $1.5-billion plant in Wrzesnia, Poland, to produce the VW Crafter, a popular delivery van. The expansion will create at least 2,300 new jobs.

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NATURAL SELECTION: Mapping the Startup Genome

Analysis from the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystems Report highlights cities where both global and local connectivity is strongest for life sciences.

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The Right Fit for FitRight

Medline, a Mundelein, Ill.-based manufacturer of adult incontinence products, has opened a new 600,000-sq.-ft. (55,740-sq.-m.) manufacturing facility in Douglasville, Ga. The $65-million plant will create 150 jobs.

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Keep on Truckin’

Texas has more logistics assets — from rail infrastructure and seaports to air cargo facilities and roads — than most countries.

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Governor Kim Reynolds On Iowa’s Next Chapter

Governor Kim Reynolds is determined to make Iowa the go-to state for businesses reshoring their operations and for those seeking low taxes and fiscal predictability.

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Actions Speak Louder

Fresh from a trade mission to Germany, Sandra Pupatello, Ontario’s minister of trade and economic development, says she fielded lots of questions from business people about the economic state of things in North America.

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Data Centers: A perspective on site selection, incentives and outsourcing.

Location selection — be it for a corporate headquarters, a manufacturing facility, a lab or a shared services center, is an important decision.

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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Calls Today ‘A Transformative Moment In the History of Our Community’

Kate Gallego knows economic development. Before she ever became a member of the Phoenix City Council

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Site Selection 101 Guide, special advertising section, Site Selection magazine, January 2003

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Canada Business Climate Beckons Investors

Ontario, Alberta Prove Most Appealing Ontario and Alberta were ranked as the top two investment climates in Canada by U.S. and Canadian investment managers, according to the 2000 Survey of Senior Investment Managers, released by the Fraser Institute, a Canada-based economic research organization. The two provinces tied with a score of 7.7 out of 10. […]

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Putting Down Roots

Regardless of which stage of life Missourians may find themselves, the state has something for everyone.

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Might Makes Sites Right

Even in the midst of a drawdown, military installations help regional economies soar.

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Qualified Leads

2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the granddaddy of them all when it comes to large site certification for industrial development. Tennessee Valley Authority’s Megasites Program was created in 2004.

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Economic Immunity

A global pharma giant is looking to supplement its huge philanthropic and humanitarian efforts some straightforward corporate facility and talent investment.

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Where Football Coach Compensation, Presidential Pay and R&D Dollars Collide

When USA Today this week unveiled the Top 25 highest paid football coaches at public universities, I immediately raced to find the Top 25 highest paid public university presidents, a list compiled by the Chronicle for Higher Education in August.

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Cape Girardeau region continues to attract new businesses

The Cape Girardeau region in the southeast corner of the state is a lively hub for education, commerce, medical care, and transportation.

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Bay Area Cyber Cluster Protects the World

One-third of the world’s “Hot 150 Cybersecurity Companies” are based in California, and 32 of them are in the Bay Area.

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The REITing of Corporate America

JUNE/JULY 1998 The REITing of Corporate America by Stephen Finn Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are once again a force to be reckoned with. Institutions and other investors seeking to diversify their stock-heavy portfolios have concluded that real estate isn’t such a bad investment after all and have poured billions into the asset class. Traditional […]

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How SkyBridge Will Complement Sky Harbor

An air cargo and customs facility in a Phoenix suburb will redefine cross-border trade in the US Southwest.

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