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EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Congress to Industry: A Bronze Will Do I f the governing bodies of the various U.S. sports teams preparing for the summer Olympics in August act quickly, they can still enact some measures that will affect those teams’ performance in the games. […]
Read MoreFrom Jifiti to Chute Gerdeman, the new wizards of retail call Ohio’s capital region home.
Governor Michael Parson reflects on state’s Bicentennial and building momentum.
Foreign direct investors are behind much of the Commonwealth's surge in new jobs in 2014.
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JULY 2008 Independence Day (cover) Special Report: All Ashore People & Projects IAMC Reaches Membership Milestone Request Information
Read MoreThe 16th annual Global Best to Invest rankings showcase the top countries and metro areas in terms of their outlook for corporate investment.
Highlights from October/November 1998 COVER STORY Baan’s Battle with Skyrocketing Space Demands Baan’s big U.S. move coincides with a number of key challenges, most based in blur-like growth. But business climate factors augur well for the software giant’s $40 million Virginia project. pg. 908 Whiplash Changes Leave Location Winners, Losers in Wake pg. 890 Industry […]
Gov. Kelly outlines the steps she took to propel the state to the No. 1 ranking in economic development.
t used to be that site selection was a fairly straightforward calculation when it involved shipping of raw materials and products from overseas locations, at least from a regional perspective. If a company was targeting the Asian market, it would usually opt for a West Coast manufacturing or distribution facility; if it involved European markets, […]
Research-oriented corporations, SMEs and startups are finding the ideal innovation ecosystem where they might not have looked several years ago.
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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 Idaho Falls for Areva by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com F ifty years ago next year, in a small town just west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, the first light bulb to be powered purely by nuclear energy was illuminated. The municipality of Atomic City was born. […]
Read MoreHamilton is CEO of Renmatix, a young and growing producer of cellulosic sugars for the global renewable chemical and fuels markets. Working with building owner Brandywine Realty Trust, architect Pier Derrickson of KlingStubbins and contractor Hollister Construction Services, the Renmatix team just saw the completion of the headquarters fit-out.
With a work force ranked among the nation's best, the No. 1 public school system in the U.S., world-class academic and research institutions and a competitive business environment, Maryland is an ideal place for companies to grow and thrive.
An in-depth look at how wages and costs work together to build wealth in Ohio.
Husted: 'The more friction you take out of the process, the more businesses will prosper.'
How could a biopharma company that's only one year old employ 21,000 worldwide and have $18.8 billion in revenues?
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PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 A New School of Thought Atlanta-based TUFF finds opportunities for corporations and universities alike. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com W hat’s a school to do when an area’s demand for a university presence is growing at the same robust rate as the area’s companies, but funds for […]
Read MoreA $365 million expansion is set for India-based Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. steel plant in the state of Karnataka’s central village of Bevinahalli.
What if, instead of designing business incubators, accelerators and other science-inflected names for workspace, your whole city was that workshop, custom-designed for exploration, discovery and serendipitous interaction?
Raw materials and smarts propel Charlotte to a position of electric vehicle leadership.
Beaches aren’t the only draw for entrepreneurs in the Sunshine State.
The agreement, announced in February 2014, will lead to the construction of a new Pratt & Whitney headquarters.
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lawback – the word invokes images of scary, bony fingers from a horror movie scene. Is the image a fair one? Can – and do – the bony fingers of clawback provisions reach into the pockets and wallets of companies and take back investment incentive monies? Are clawback provisions … safe? Tracey Hyatt Bosman, Grubb […]
Read MoreNothing bitcoin-related appears on a list of topics readers want to see more coverage of, but I bet it will in future years.
By 2025, Samsung Electronics Co. will begin production of EV batteries at its Seremban, Malaysia, facility thanks to a new $1.2 billion investment.
Industrial consumers of energy today require much more from their utilities than reliable and competitively priced power.
California is leveraging new floating technology to bolster its energy future.
Malaysia is now the go-to market for automobile manufacturing in Southeast Asia.
Global investors in this key sector explain why.
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n today’s extremely dynamic business environment profit margins are smaller and the line that divides success from failure has narrowed. This narrow line is enterprise wide, from operations to finance to human resources. This narrow success margin benchmark extends to service providers as well. The skills and competencies that once defined an outstanding or world […]
Read MoreNew research on research illustrates the economic significance of IP protection, among other innovation policy measures.
Vietnam’s inexpensive and productive labor force has oftentimes earned it the title of the ‘Next China’.
The Tar Heel State’s economic outlook keeps improving, and its corporate tax rate keeps falling.
How a local American Chamber of Commerce Aerospace Council paves the way.
An ‘unmatched’ business climate and bold investments bolster transportation and logistics.
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hen Sun Rich Fresh Foods recently located a new food processing facility in a Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) in Reading, Pa., among the major draws to this site were its proximity to customer markets in the Eastern U.S., the available pool and cost of labor, and the water/wastewater infrastructure. The 43,000-sq.-ft. (3,995-sq.-m.) plant, located on […]
Read MoreAutomation sweeps through the world’s industries, with no plan to slow down.
C ome on down and do a sale-leaseback right now. Get a high price; pay a low rent. Hurry. This is a limited time offer. For the past year or so, investors across the board have been re-evaluating their commitments to the stock and bond markets, sizing up alternative investments, and […]
When DuPont needed to make a plant location decision between Luxembourg and Circleville, Ohio, in the Columbus Region, the site selection ultimately came down to one factor — who wanted it more.
The federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas “is and was unnecessary from the outset,” says a former oil industry insider who now campaigns for affordable energy in the U.S.
A new solar power plant in Utah joins the global project lists of Google and Norway's Scatec Solar.
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SITE Visit From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 Joint venture company EMAL is building the world’s largest aluminum smelter in a new industrial zone being developed between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Super Smelter The UAE makes way for a Middle East aluminum hub. by JOHN W. McCURRYjohn.mccurry bounce@conway.com B anking on future demand for […]
Read MoreMississippi is where innovation has long been designed, tested and applied to processes in existing and emerging industries.
Kentucky’s manufacturers of material-handling equipment support a wide variety of companies while continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.
Germany recorded the highest percentage gain in an inward investment rebound in Europe in 2010, according to Ernst & Young’s ninth annual European Attractiveness Survey.
The latest FDI numbers show reason for optimism in the United States.
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WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, July 2008 BD Brings Second China Plant Online North American Presence Grows in Amsterdam Aerospace Facility Will Double Production German Firm Inaugurates India Facility Lenovo Broadens Its Global Footprint Wacker Opens Facility in China A New Bridge Across the Mersey by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com T […]
Read MoreWould Intel invest $20 billion in new manufacturing plants at a location where long-term water supply was at risk?
ABC of Wisconsin hires a jobs ambassador with a background in state politics and skilled trades advocacy.
The German city of Essen is the Pittsburgh of North Rhine Westphalia.
Power management company Eaton is preparing to double its production capacity in both El Paso and Nacogdoches, Texas.
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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 […]
Read MoreCompanies like eBay, Adobe, IM Flash and FireEye are building their facilities in the Beehive State because that's where their honey is — a strong supply of skilled workers, a business climate that encourages and rewards high-tech enterprise growth and the technical infrastructure statewide that is critical to their businesses.
How can a borderzone best employ its bi-national economic character for the good of both territories? Experiments now under way seek the answers.
Kansas projects are central in more ways than one to an industrial ecosystem worth hundreds of billions of dollars now taking shape in the United States.
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ost people who have observed the economy of the northeast United States are familiar with the decline of manufacturing jobs in New York State. Of course, New York State had more manufacturing jobs to lose than most other states, being the leader in industrial employment beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. By the […]
Read MoreA company's sense of honor means this project only earned honorable mention.
A new container-on-barge service is being developed along the inland river system connecting ports and terminals on the Ohio River and the Upper Mississippi River.
MAY 2006 How Good is Your Outsourcing Deal? (cover) SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center USAA Real Estate Company South Mississippi Seizing the Opportunity Harrison County Development Commission Memphis Delivers The Right Location for Business Memphis Delivers Opelika, Alabama Logistically Suited For Continued Growth Fast-Growing Myrtle Beach Looks to Build on People Power Relocation Triggers Search […]
Rail initiatives permit double-stack trains east-west and north-south. Virginia, the railroads and private businesses all benefit. Tunnels were re-shaped in some cases, tracks lowered or realigned in others. Norfolk Southern Corp.’s aim was the same: to permit double-stack intermodal trains to pass through mountain tunnels where necessary along the length of its Heartland Corridor rail route, which runs from the Port of Virginia to Chicago.
ur New Plant Database tallies are complete, and this issue of Site Selection is brimming with related rankings of Top Metros, Industries and States (see the Governor’s Cup cover story on page 146). by MARK AREND My congratulations to all of the areas mentioned in the rankings, because they would not appear if they hadn’t […]
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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Sale/leaseback strategies in tough times by GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chairman and CHRISTIE ALEXANDER, Principal, NAI Realvest, Orlando, FL I n times of economic uncertainty, cash is a preferred asset because it can provide a hedge against the unknown. Commercial real estate properties owned by […]
Read MoreEditor in Chief Mark Arend reflects on the business climate rankings, Opportunity Zones and incentives reform.
Yvonne Hao brings her unique perspective
to economic development.
he old distribution warehouse isn’t what it used to be. Logistics operations face added pressure to modernize and upgrade their facilities, says Franco M. Eleuteri, lead specialist and senior vice president of AECOM Facilities. If North American-based corporate asset managers do not upgrade their logistics operations now, says Eleuteri, they will […]
That’s one way to describe the depth and potential of automotive technology in the Greater Toronto Area’s York Region.
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TOP TEN COMPETITIVE STATES From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Peak Performance Tennessee’s economic development leadership claims top billing in Site Selection‘s annual Competitiveness Award rankings. by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com T ennessee’s Department of Economic & Community Development has won handily – by a margin of nearly 30 points – the 2007 Site […]
Read MorePROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, November 2008 Taking One for the Team What does playing ball with stadium subsidies say to multinational corporations? Giving onto a vista of downtown Minneapolis, the Metrodome, which opened in 1982, is held up as a model project in terms of its financing balance, and is the only […]
The Silver State positions itself for high-tech investment and as a professional sports center.
From Site Selection magazine, February 1993 Top Metros 1992 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.
Last week, Missouri-based construction technology company MiTek announced it would be constructing its fourth location in Florida at the North Tampa Industrial Park Ready Site.
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TOP TEN DEALS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 North American Honorable Mention International Top Deals International Honorable Mention Staying Power The best economic development deals of the year aim to create sustainable advantage for all concerned. Amazon.com’s headquarters expansion will create 3,000 new jobs in the South Lake Union District at the […]
Read MoreColorado continually invests into the infrastructure of its transportation network.
I've lost Friday. It was there when I left home on Thursday.
A region defined by its days of sun capitalizes on them with technology as well as tourism. But the economies of the Desert Southwest display their energy awareness in many forms: Some save it, some generate it, and some purport to move it where it needs to go.
The information and communication technology industry accounts for three percent of total U.S. electricity consumption, half of which is attributed to telecommunications. With this is mind, Verizon has been looking at ways to power its facilities using reliable and sustainable technologies.
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EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com Now It’s Your Turn L ots of credit is bestowed in this issue on successful economic development groups at the state level (see “The Competitiveness Awards” coverage) and at the local or regional level (see “Top Groups”). This is, after all, […]
Read Moreith 613 projects, the transportation equipment sector had the most projects of any industrial sector in 2004, according to the Conway Data New Plant Database. Three of the top five transportation projects by investment were automobile plants in China, led by DaimlerChrysler with its US$1.25-billion complex in Beijing, in addition to its […]
Manufacturing the energy-saving, electronically tintable glass used in commercial building windows and skylights “is a very capital-intensive business,” according to an industry insider presiding over a corporate facility expansion in Minnesota.
KONE, a Finnish maker of escalators and elevators is flowing people in various directions in the Quad Cities municipality of Moline, Ill., where the company and its partners in August celebrated the grand opening of the nearly $40-million KONE Centre on the Mississippi River waterfront.
Employers flock to San Bernardino County in search of young, highly trained workers.
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MAY 2008 There for the Long Haul? (cover) Meet a Member IAMC’s University Connections People & Projects Request Information
Read MoreBased on corporate end-user facility investments in their territories, these are this year’s top utilities in economic development. An online-only bonus story features their direct answers to a big question from us and their customers: “Amid a glut of heavy-load industrial projects, how is your team working with operations and external stakeholders to address power provision?”
A still-new business creation program is already making a big impact.
An in-between time is the right time to cultivate one state’s growing UAS industry cluster.
We look into the more than $700 million in projects at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Alaska, and explores the location options for New York's airport city.
The latest FDI numbers show reason for optimism in the United States.
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EDITORIAL PROFILE: MALAYSIA From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Full Steam Ahead Why Malaysia’s high-end electronics industry is becoming even more high-end. by MARK ARENDmark.arend bounce@conway.com I nvestment in key industrial sectors in Malaysia remained robust in 2007. In the manufacturing and services sectors, investments worth US$39 billion were approved by the Malaysian Industrial […]
Read MoreGermany-based automotive parts manufacturer Continental AG has announced plans to locate its 22nd facility in Mexico.
Total capital investment dips, but jobs rise 56% in 10-county region.
S ignificant growth in Masco Corp.‘s Delta Faucet division has prompted the expansion or initiation of several projects in the past 18 months. But few have been as influenced by Mother Nature as the construction of a new, 200,000-sq.-ft. (18,600-sq.-m.) central distribution center in Jackson, Tenn. Ground broke in July 2002 at a site adjacent […]
West Virginia offered the right mix to land, Gestamp, a major automotive project for an idled plant in South Charleston.
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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Write the Check, Get a Green Card by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com T hat’s what the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services’ Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, known as EB-5, did for 779 foreign individuals and their 2,227 dependents in the most recently concluded fiscal year. All told, […]
Read MoreW hen a company finds success, they tend to run with it. Such is the case with Xerox’s Canadian call center operations. The firm already has operations in Saint John, New Brunswick, and announced in September 2001 a new center to be located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The site will initially employ 150 full-time workers […]
As in other emerging markets, Vietnam’s opportunities grow clearer when viewed at the regional level.
‘Big’ is a relative term in Southwest Louisiana, as industrial plant investors from around the world converge on a 5-parish area rich in resources and infrastructure.
For the third year in a row, Chicago, Omaha and Sioux City are No. 1 in their respective population categories.
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hen Google announced plans to invest up to €300 million in a new European data center, competition between various European regions was fierce. The project would create up to 300 construction jobs, and 120 new jobs in programming, security and maintenance. In addition, attracting one of the world’s leading IT companies offered significant marketing power. […]
Read MoreElectric vehicle momentum dots the map with vehicle and battery plant investments.
Top U.S. Giants Of 2009: Lists of largest U.S. projects ranked by investment, job creation and square footage
‘Local control’ proves to be an important milestone for Ontario International Airport and San Bernardino County, California.
From advanced mobility to solar, investments by the federal government are hitting home.
SOUQ.com founder Ronaldo Mouchawar is among the entrepreneurs bringing e-commerce to the Middle East.
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ore Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico,” was Felipe Calderon’s challenge as he entered his term as President of Mexico. There is no doubt that President Calderon and his administration is business friendly. The Mexican Government is moving ahead with aggressive plans to invigorate the Mexican economy, with the introduction […]
Read MoreA project in Sierra Leone could be a beacon for many more to follow in Africa.
NYC’s historic Brooklyn Army Terminal is breeding modern manufacturers.
As the self-proclaimed “Air Capital of the World,” Wichita, Kansas needs no introduction to the world of advanced manufacturing.
Innovative new program aims to give entrepreneurs a leg up.
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ompetition among commercial real estate service providers to serve the requirements of corporate America has never been greater than it is today. More than ever, service providers must find new and innovative ways to differentiate themselves in the market in order to compete for business, which is becoming increasingly more sophisticated across all lines of […]
Read MoreU.S.—MEXICO BORDER CORRIDOR: The 800 Billion Border
In September 2009, Yung “Benjamin” Yeung, the Chinese-American chairman of Far East Golden Resources’ company Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corp., announced that the new company had selected Baldwin County, Ala., for a new US$4.3-billion plant to build natural gas-powered hybrid electric vehicles.
Corporate occupiers find Griffin Land’s shovel-ready developments in Connecticut and Pennsylvania perfectly timed and primed to deliver.
The company that built the world’s first 3D-printed
car has big plans in Knoxville.
At its best, corporate real estate is like Atlas, the mythical Greek god who bore the heavens: Top-flight real estate shoulders strategy. Appropriately, Lucent Technologies’ workplace strategy is dubbed “Project Atlas.” Led by Lucent’s real estate group, Project Atlas is a dramatic, five-year workplace transformation now under way for 24,000 key R&D employees located in […]
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n early 2007, Toyota selected a 1,700-acre site in Blue Springs, Miss., to build its eighth North American vehicle assembly plant. The $1.3-billion plant, to be located just outside of Tupelo, will have the capacity to build 150,000 vehicles annually of Toyota’s popular Highlander sport utility vehicle. Production is scheduled to begin by 2010. Toyota […]
Read MoreFrom Site Selection magazine, May 2004 WORLD REPORTS Edited by JOHN W. McCURRY Europe Emphasizes Other Means to Power Alternative energy continues to draw more emphasis in Europe. Two recently announced projects take aim at harnessing power from the wind and sun and a third is studying the feasibility of building a power plant based […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The project records appearing every week in the Site Selection Project Bulletin are pulled from the Conway Projects Database, a proprietary resource with tens of thousands of records of corporate end-user facility investments across all industry sectors and all world geographies. Want to look for our projects yourself? Look here. Positioned For Wellness […]
Located in the western end of Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe, the City of Hamilton has emerged as one of the premier destinations in Canada and all of North America for new investment — all within the course of a decade.
SEPTEMBER 2009 The Garage Sale (cover) Meet A Member People & Projects Request Information IAMC INSIDER The Garage Sale We had our annual garage sale a few weeks ago. My wife lives for this event and, I must admit, I do enjoy the “business” and the “psychology” of the day. But man, it is a ton […]
Washington’s eight geographic regions offer diverse strengths and scenic beauty.
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A SITE SELECTION EDITORIAL PROFILESAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 A worker at IFC Composite GmbH is part of a rapidly growing automotive supplier cluster in Saxony-Anhalt. Automotive manufacturers find plenty of horsepower in Saxony-Anhalt’s work force and infrastructure. Precision Performance by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com H einrich von Nathusius is what you […]
Read MoreDriven in part by the presence of 33 federally funded labs, Colorado is the No. 2 state for technology and science and welcomed $1.75 billion in higher education R&D in 2021.
I n an economic downturn, inexpensive, capable labor becomes even more important. India has both and offers call center site selectors the added bonus of a workforce dedicated to making a career within the call center industry. “India offers a workforce of highly-dedicated, well-educated, English-speaking professionals, and the infrastructure needed to […]
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.
Field intelligence sheds light on global location, cost and workforce issues.
Editor in Chief Mark Arend takes a close look at the Portrait of a Graduate visioning process developed by North Carolina and Battelle for Kids to ensure high school graduates...
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SITE VISIT From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Highly skilled technicians tend to the production line, above, at G24i’s new plant and headquarters in Cardiff, Wales. Welsh Gambit A California solar entrepreneur chooses Walesas a launch pad to the developing world. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com N eed to charge your mobile phone in Kenya? G24i‘s […]
Read MoreThe next chapter in Florida innovation could be a tale told by a mouse … but not the mouse you think.
State officials tell us how they're addressing gaps in workforce development.
U.S. Metro Area Rankings Expand and Reflect the Unusual Story of 2020
A vast network of colleges, universities, technical schools and trade schools prepares students around Kentucky for rewarding careers in virtually all occupations.
