May 16, 2014
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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May 14, 2014
Press Release
Contact: Adam Bruns (770) 325-3491 adam.bruns@siteselection.com 6625 The Corners Parkway, Suite 200 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 • USA Site Selection Online Press Release We Stand By Our Work An open letter from Site Selection magazine Atlanta, May 14, 2014: Making sure facts don’t get in the way of a good story, last week an AJC […]
May 13, 2014
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.
May 13, 2014
Unconventional Wisdom: Too Much Fun
Is all the talk about collaboration, synergy and happy accidents in open office plans more about projecting an image than imagining projects?
May 13, 2014
Like a Badger
If, probably when, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker wins re-election in November, it will be the third time he has done so in four years.
May 13, 2014
Enabling The American Dream
Economic development in the United States has historically meant job attraction, retention and expansion as the way to ensure sustainable prosperity for residents of a community.
May 12, 2014
It Takes an Army
In April the U.S. Army announced plans to start development of a solar array that will provide about 25 percent of the annual installation electricity requirement of Fort Huachuca, Ariz., in the state’s southeastern corner just a stone’s throw from the Mexican border.
May 12, 2014
Filling the Sails
After some tough years, wind turbine firm Vestas in 2012 experienced one of its best years for wind turbine orders.
May 12, 2014
Bright Light
Understandably overshadowed by horrific human rights news in the country, a major renewable energy agreement was signed last week in Nigeria that could spell a bright future for solar energy in a nation looking for ways to wean itself from overdependence on oil.
May 8, 2014
We’ll Go Ahead Without You, Okay?
The world of corporate multinationals is abuzz this week after the Obama administration strongly urged corporate leaders to stay away from the 18th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which says it draws around 5,000 leaders from around the world to discuss Russia’s position and competitiveness in the world economy.
May 5, 2014
Blue Sky Appeal
When Microsoft announced April 18 that it would build a $1.13-billion data center in West Des Moines, it confirmed what many corporate executives already knew about Iowa: The Hawkeye State is a magnet for business.
May 5, 2014
Energized Oasis
Let’s test yours. If you had three chances to guess which Latin American country was the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas to the United States, could you do it?
May 2, 2014
Press Release
Contacts: Ron Starner (770) 325-3425 ron.starner@siteselection.com Adam Bruns (770) 325-3491 adam.bruns@siteselection.com 6625 The Corners Parkway, Suite 200 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 • USA Site Selection Online Press Release Site Selection Names 2013 Competitiveness Award Winner, Global Best to Invest Locations, Top Economic Development Groups and Top Deals Atlanta, May 2, 2014: Site Selection magazine has […]
May 2, 2014
Low Frequency, High Yield
To choose the top economic development deals of 2013, we evaluated, as we do every year, such factors as capital investment, job creation and regional economic impact among all corporate facility projects we tracked.
May 1, 2014
Unleashed: Greece’s Business Climate Roars Back
Which strategic advantage do multinationals as diverse as Nokia, Microsoft, IBM, Coca-Cola and Delhaize share that their competitors do not?
May 1, 2014
Top Competitive States: Georgia’s On Investors’ Minds
Georgia has now unseated regulars North Carolina and Texas from first place in Site Selection’s key measures of state economic development success. That’s no easy feat.
April 30, 2014
The Global Best to Invest Report
Site Selection is pleased to present its sixth annual Best to Invest rankings of nations and metro areas for investment-attraction activity in 2013.
April 25, 2014
Hot Times for the Cold Chain
Since 2000, the UPS healthcare logistics network has grown from 10 fully-compliant healthcare-dedicated facilities in North America to 46 facilities in strategic locations around the world employing 5,000 people and dealing daily with hundreds of licensing, customs and other protocols in trying to speed critical medicines, devices and equipment to the patients who need them.
April 25, 2014
The Golden Age
Though Intel stunned Costa Rica with the recent decision to lay off 1,500 workers and send the company’s microprocessor assembly and test work to Asia, the news was tempered by the fact that, even if Intel had stayed, the medical devices sector was still on pace to become the country’s No. 1 exporter in 2015.
April 25, 2014
Elsewhere in South Carolina
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April 25, 2014
Quality by Design
A US manufacturer of televisions used to promote its product with the saying, "The quality goes in before the name goes on."
April 24, 2014
Are You Ready to Compete?
Any horse racing or baseball fan will tell you spring means it's time to compete. So will a recent blossoming of reports and initiatives focused on competitiveness itself.
April 21, 2014
Right in Tune?
The state and provincial governments of the Pacific Northwest already are known for their strong environmental positions when it comes to development and permitting.
April 21, 2014
Netting Results
In 2013 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the state legislature demonstrated a financial commitment to future economic development by allocating $86.6 million in funding for business incentives in the state’s biennium, the two year budget cycle covering fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015