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New Facilities 1991 (Charts), page 6

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Fields of Dreams

Long before Facebook, Google and Yahoo became household names, the central U.S. was laying the foundation for what would become the most vital infrastructure of the world's three biggest Internet companies.

How CEJA is Good for Illinois Business

In late 2021, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA).

Rising to the Challenge

Consumer demand patterns are shifting rapidly, affecting shipping requirements, order cycle times, retail formats and service level requirements. Rising fuel and utilities costs, burdensome regulations, changes in tax laws and sustainability requirements, labor supply and union issues, municipal and state economic incentives and so many other cost considerations are volatile and challenging today.

Manufacturing Momentum

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

Renewable Workforce

Clean energy investments encourage new energy workforce programs across the U.S.

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New Facilities 1991 (Charts), page 7

From Site Selection magazine, February 1992 Top Metros 1991 | Site Selection Online ©1992 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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Energy Industry Gets Surge of Talent

Training programs help fill workforce shortage across industry.

Where Innovation Transforms Every Day

High-tech lifestyle, quality of life and life sciences converge in Southeast Louisiana.

A Blueprint for ‘Regional Transformation’

If one could simply light a spark under the economic potential resident in the Great Lakes region

Global Logistics Boosts Competitive Advantage

Logistics management is giving companies new ways to improve customer service, control costs and make the most of opportunities in emerging markets. As a result, the global expansion equation is being revised as companies employ world-class logistics based on advanced information technologies. Once upon a time, location was the word that companies invoked to ensure […]

Proactive Coaching Is One Service Provider’s Forte

A textbook case of a corporate real estate service provider meeting — and exceeding — client expectations might well resemble work that the Atlanta-based Walker Companies recently completed for Continental General Tire (CGT) Co. The Walker Companies (www.walkerco.com), a provider of real estate management, location consulting and development services, is a 2001 recipient of the […]

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New Facilities 1990 (Charts)

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All of the Above

Responsible stewardship and progressive goals characterize Colorado’s energy scene.

Engineering a Future

When the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) first convened in
1880, present in the room were Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse, George Ferris, Alcoa founder Alfred E. Hunt and William Metcalf, an engineer and draftsman with Fort Pitt Foundry and Crescent Steel Co. who was also the president of the Duquesne Club, a premier social club that still exists today in downtown Pittsburgh.

A Global Scorecard for Startups

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017 reveals how successful tech innovation is being led by young entrepreneurs all over the world.

A.T. Kearney: European High-Tech Industry Becomes Increasingly Marginalized

The high-tech industry in Europe is experiencing declining figures in all key segments, according to a 2012 study from A.T. Kearney.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

he corporate real estate industry abounds with experts in construction, development, facilities management, transaction management, project management, and lease management, to name just a few areas. And, as companies increasingly focus on their core processes, there is a greater appeal to turn to third-party vendors to perform real estate services, with cost reduction often a […]

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New Facilities 1990 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1991 New Facilities 1988-90 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1991 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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TOP INDUSTRIES

T he usual suspects are back on the list of the top industries of 2006, based on Conway Data Inc.’s New Plant database of qualifying new and expanded facilities announcements. Computer and electronic product manufacturing replaces plastics and rubber products manufacturing, but the other four are regular staples on the list. (See chart on p. […]

Economic Developers Need A Seat at the Smart Grid Table

The Smart Grid is a transformation in the electric industry with great potential for corporate competitiveness and regional economic development, and economic developers have a key role in making it happen.

Up-and-Coming Industry Hubs Across New England

Two Tech Hub designations recognize innovation arising where America began.

Building on an Aerospace Legacy

Maryland companies navigate the commercial space race.

A Perspective That Endures

Before we look back, let’s look forward:

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New Facilities 1990 (Charts), page 3

From Site Selection magazine, February 1991 New Facilities 1950-90 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1991 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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A Virtual Peloton Through Rural Iowa

Checking in on economic development news in the towns where those thousands of RAGBRAI riders would have stopped overnight.

Energizing Ohio

With the largest natural gas deposit in the U.S., Ohio’s energy sector is fueling an economic resurgence.

Talent Incubator

A company that began as a University of New Mexico spinoff in 1993 now makes high-tech products used on all seven continents and in outer space.

New Projects, New Data Provide Fresh Insights into AESAN Growth Prospects

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued its annual investment report, which declared FDI into the 10-country region reached an all-time high.

To Optimize Portfolio, Answer a Few Key Questions

After two consecutive years of weak projections, retail CFOs forecast 4.9 percent sales growth for 2017, according to BDO’s 11th annual Retail Compass Survey of CFOs.

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New Facilities 1990 (Charts), page 4

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Round Rock – Primed for Growth

Strategic focus fortifies the city’s emerging life sciences sector.

Changzhou National Hi-Tech District:

Industrial investors are finding the space, work force and business cost advantages they require in the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND), just 160 kilometers west of Shanghai — China’s glittering commercial and financial center.

Is Germany Europe’s Safest Bet?

Germany: Is Germany Europe’s Safest Bet?

The Center of Attention

Junction City attracts global businesses seeking access to labor and growing markets.

Top Utilities 2002: Resilience Pays Off For Top Utilities, Site Selection Magazine, September 2003

W hen Siemens Medical Solutions needed a corporate headquarters last year for its American sales and services divisions, PECO Energy provided the location data the company sought. The result? Siemens moved its U.S. medical headquarters to Great Valley Corporate Center in Malvern, Pa., in Chester County, bringing 3,000 jobs and US$75 […]

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Marathon Runs the Race to Win in Findlay, Ohio; Its CEO Explains Why

Heminger now leads the country’s biggest refiner by volume, as a result of Marathon’s acquisition last year of its former rival, Andeavor.

Kazan SMART City: Smart Investment?

Known for the exploits of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great, among others, the capital city of Tatarstan now aims to make a name for itself as an international business hub. But first you have to find it on the map.

2015 Top Metropolitans

These regions know how to connect the dots, bridge the gaps and cultivate talent.

Mississippi Cultivates Billions

Agriculture feeds the state’s economy while keeping the nation’s grocery store shelves stocked.

Once and Future Kings

The problem in Europe is that you can’t run a plant profitably with one shift,” says automotive industry analyst David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research and now co-founder and chairman of AutoHarvest.

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New Facilities 1990 (Charts), page 7

From Site Selection magazine, February 1991 New Facilities 1990 | Site Selection Online ©1991 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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Swedish Catalyst

Ongoing work at Chalmers University of Technology offers windows into the EU’s energy future.

Refinery Restart Awaits Legislative Approval in the U.S. Virgin Islands

A $1.4-billion investment from ArcLight Capital Partners and Limetree Bay Terminals promises 700 new jobs and new revenue streams in the hard-hit U.S. territory.

ALL SYSTEMS GO

Kansas wields the history, infrastructure and smarts to make things fly.

EY Survey: UK inward investment up 2.7% — despite decline across Europe and increasing competition from Germany

The UK has received a major vote of confidence from foreign investors after retaining its lead as Europe's top inward investment destination for the 11th year running.

Straight from the Source:

What state manufacturing experts want you to know.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts)

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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The Multi-City Approach

Sale-leaseback works for strategies being implemented by State Farm and BlueLinx.

Milking It For All Its Worth

What’s your first thought when you hear “Idaho”? You’ll be excused if you answered “potatoes,” Idaho’s being world famous.

Kansas by the Numbers

Top projects, sectoral analysis and other statistical insights into the Kansas economy.

How BASF Navigates China – Cover Story, Site Selection Magazine, July 2004

When BASF AG’s first quarter numbers came in, its chemical division’s sales volume had boosted net income by 17 percent. BASF Chairman Juergen Hambrecht said, “We are seeing synchronized growth in the global economy, driven by the dynamically growing economies in the Far East – especially in China – and by solid growth in North […]

Key to Fulfillment

Kansas is keeping apace of the new speed of delivery.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1990 New Facilities 1987-89 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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Deck These Halls

Tourism surges as Ohio expands iconic Halls of Fame.

Top Three Industries See Major Boost

Global project numbers rose in every leading sector throughout 2023.

Into the Fast Lane

Northwest Ohio’s automotive sector is accelerating into the future.

Shedding Light

Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Launched by news editors and journalists, this non-partisan, non-profit initiative is celebrated in mid-March each year.

How Thriving Communities Attract Aerospace Manufacturing

In the past 100 years, the aerospace industry has evolved tremendously — and so have site location needs for aircraft and aerospace companies.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 3

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Looking for Innovation Locations? Take a Dive Into the Patent Data.

Necessity may be the mother of invention. To lure and cultivate corporate investment, a territory’s knack for invention and innovation is a competitive necessity.

Real Estate Services: Connectivity Drives a New Strategic Alliance

Connectivity Drives a New Strategic Alliance Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has signed a unique strategic alliance with American Fiber Systems (AFS), Rochester, N.Y., a leading provider of dark-fiber-optic communications networks — fiber-optic cable without electronics equipment attached. The alliance calls for Cushman & Wakefield to negotiate arrangements that allow for the interconnection of AFS’s dark […]

Capital Spending Down, But Not for Long

Public-sector, mining projects are among investors’ priorities.

Project Bulletin: April 8, 2024

About 17 miles outside of Columbus, Ohio, energy company Cenovus Energy Inc. has announced a $1.5 billion investment in Dublin.

Re-Tooling on the Fly

In a year of solid investment, Michigan’s auto industry builds momentum.

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Stoking Ingenuity

The shift away from the dependence on foreign oil has opened an opportunity for rapid growth in the cleantech industry.

Sports Just Go Bigger in Texas

Nowhere is the Lone Star State’s enthusiasm for sports more evident than in Frisco.

2023 Prosperity Cup

North Carolina Expands Its Winning Streak

Fair Weather Ahead

It may be early in the season for county fairs, but it’s not hard to find job fairs in Louisiana

One on One with Governor Andy Beshear

Governor Andy Beshear has been leading Kentucky’s response to COVID-19 not just daily, but with an eye constantly on the commonwealth’s post-pandemic economy.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 5

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Trial Runs

If you’re a French contract research organization looking to grow in North America, then Montreal and Newark appear to be prime places to splash down.

Texas Close ’em

Incentives help seal the deals.

Turbo Power

Two prime industries help keep Oklahoma’s jobless rate low and economy airborne.

Ohio Claims the Top Two Emerging Hubs for Biotech Research

CBRE’s U.S. Life Sciences Research Talent 2023 report named not one but two Ohio cities among the top emerging hubs for researchers. Out of the nine clusters ranked, Columbus and Cincinnati, No.1 and No.2, were the only cities included from the same state. Both represent robust research institution networks that have received significant support through […]

Second Wave

NextDecade CEO Kathleen Eisbrenner brings a world of experience to the world of LNG.

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New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 6

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Central Missouri offers diverse benefits for business

Central Missouri’s capital region is a growing hub for a diverse industry base.

America’s Small Town Revolution

Disruptive technologies to spur new era of small town growth

New Facilities 1991 (Charts), page 7

From Site Selection magazine, February 1992 Top Metros 1991 | Site Selection Online ©1992 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

QUESTION & INSIGHT

lot of politicians and bureaucrats talk about their desire to make government “run more like a business.” Few actually do it. One public official who’s having more success than most in bringing free- market by RON STARNER ron.starner bounce@conway.com David Winstead principles and accountability to government is David Winstead. Last month, he marked his first […]

Top Deals: New Purpose

Our Top Deals are determined by level of private-sector capital investment, degree of high-value jobs, creativity in negotiations and incentives, regional economic impact, competition for the project and speed to market.

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New Facilities 1988 (Charts)

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Site Selection Snapshot – August 1, 2024

Cart Before the Horse? If a proposed 25% tariff were to go into effect, the cost of 12 STS cranes already ordered from Chinese companies by the Port of Virginia (pictured) would balloon from $161.52 million to nearly $202 million, says the AAPA. Photo courtesy of […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, September 2008 Web Site Do’s and Don’ts Some economic development Web sites offer too much information, others not enough. John Warden is executive vice president of The Walker Companies. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com W eb-based research has become a critical part of the site selection process […]

What Role for South Africa?

Since the end of apartheid, South Africa is a county that believes in the future, and increasingly, international business shares this optimism. But what does the future look like?

‘One City’

Geographically speaking, you can’t get more Mid-Atlantic than the nation’s capital.

One Hundred New Cities

Looking to align with China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative? Meet one company with a plan of its own.

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Platform for Performance

Already serving a growing range of commercial and industrial firms, FPL continues to help Florida uncover new opportunities.

Flight to Profitability

Air cargo hubs in the Pacific Northwest help global firms streamline supply chains. For global companies using the Pacific Northwest as a gateway to the Americas, many are increasingly turning to air transport. One reason Anchorage is so popular as an air cargo hub is because it is 9.5 hours or less from 90 percent of the industrialized world.

Symbol Yields Savings

The German city of Essen is the Pittsburgh of North Rhine Westphalia.

Creating the Talent of Tomorrow Today

Missouri’s four-year universities are educating and training the workforce of tomorrow.

The Spirit of Kentucky

Photo Gallery: The Spirit of Kentucky

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New Facilities 1988 (Charts), page 2

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Shine On

While companies often revert to a fighting stance when it comes to the EPA, some are happy to accept its praise for their energy efforts.

Let’s Go For a Ride

Rivian takes the road to Georgia.

The World’s Fuel Supply

Corpus Christi anchors a Coastal Bend region that keeps the world energized.

How Oregon Became the Jewel of the West Coast

Lower taxes, lower costs and abundant supplies of renewable energy work together to make Oregon an extremely attractive business destination on the West Coast.

Abroad and At Home, TxEDC Serves Texans

A conversation with TxEDC Interim President and CEO Michael Chrobak and VP of External Affairs Christin Evans.

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Step by Step, Ferociously

Commercial space exploration took its first big step in 2021.

Philips Lighting, Pinkerton, DupontPioneer, and much more!

Philips Lighting will expand their operations at the company’s Tupelo, Miss., facility, creating a manufacturing hub.

Illinois Sets Record with 200K Business Starts

DCEO director discusses recovery and role of incentives.

Meet Massachusetts’ Chief Business Builder

Yvonne Hao brings her unique perspective
to economic development.

Real Estate Services, Site Selection Magazine, July 2002

Grubb & Ellis Growth in Services and Affiliates Inspires Investment Real estate investment firm Kojaian Ventures, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has agreed to stake $15.2 million on the growing fortunes of real estate services firm Grubb & Ellis, a measure that would grant Kojaian the voting power of a majority stockholder. The investment will […]

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A Network of Resources Across the State

ACM is situated on the Willow Run site in Ypsilanti, covering an area of over 500 acres in Southeast Michigan.

Running with the Pack

Growth at Birmingham’s Pack Health showcases the region’s biosciences impact during the Rise of the Rest investment tour.

New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1990 New Facilities 1987-89 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.

World Reports : Ryanair lands in Lithuania; why FDI in Costa Rica is rising; a fresh look at R&D outsourcing.

A work-force development partnership between Ryanair and the School of Mechanics at Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania is paying off in capital investment and jobs.

Power Play

Move over, banking. The Charlotte region’s energy sector is on a roll, coalescing into an economic force with a critical mass large enough to attract new players of all sizes.