December 9, 2013
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.
December 9, 2013
An electronics component firm that serves the automotive and medical device sectors is rapidly making a bid to be a top employer in Western Michigan, thanks to new contracts that are allowing the company to reshore jobs and offshore product.
December 5, 2013
One man's sweetheart deal is another man's fishy situation.
December 3, 2013
When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett took office in 2011, he expressed frustration with how long it took businesses to get the permits they needed to open new facilities.
December 3, 2013
Chances are if you’re reading this anywhere outside of Cheyenne, Casper or Laramie, you don’t know much about Wyoming.
December 3, 2013
Corporate site selectors want to see a single digit next to states in rankings designed to shed light on their suitability for investment.
December 3, 2013
“We need to become an exporter to the whole world,” Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation Reza Moridi told Site Selection earlier this year.
December 2, 2013
Anyone traveling through large metropolitan airports can attest to the popularity of commercial air travel.
November 27, 2013
At the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, D.C., this fall, a panel discussion on partnering with US universities featured Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson and University of Maryland Vice President and Chief Research Officer Patrick O'Shea, who set the stage.
November 26, 2013
There’s a shortage of degree holders in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, says one survey.
November 26, 2013
It’s been a relatively quiet year for facility investment projects from Merck KGaA, the life sciences and chemical firm that employs more than 38,000 around the world and reported 2012 revenues of more than US$15 billion.
November 25, 2013
A company’s facilities and the environment in which they exist can be a strong competitive advantage — or a persistent drag on profitability.
November 25, 2013
In a speech to the American-Turkish Business Council this fall, Turkish President Abdullah Gül dropped a few facts on his audience:
November 22, 2013
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.
November 22, 2013
Forging new collaborations between universities and corporate investors is the linchpin behind the new business growth strategy of the desert Southwest.
November 22, 2013
In late 2012 when Hostess declared bankruptcy, a long line of Twinkie and Ding Dong jokes predictably exploded across the airwaves.
November 19, 2013
How can real estate be uniform and customized at the same time, especially across an expanse as vast and diverse as Asia?
November 18, 2013
Ten years tax-free. Five years income-tax-free for new employees. Proximity to a 64-campus system of higher education with ample research assets and enrollment approaching half a million students. What’s the catch?
November 18, 2013
Cory Guimond’s grandfather, Philias Guimond, began building wooden boats in the small fishing village of Escuminac in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1942. Since then, over 600 boats have been built over three generations.
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
Governors continued to advance renewable energy, energy efficiency and other forms of clean energy during their 2013 state legislative sessions, according to a report released Oct. 21 by the National Governors Association (NGA).
November 13, 2013
More than $100 billion of investment will be required to meet growing energy demand in Turkey, says İlker Aycı, president of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT).
November 13, 2013
In the company of U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) early this month released its annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
November 12, 2013
Although many disagree on exactly where to trace the origins of the modern special economic zone, just about everyone would agree that zones have seen tremendous changes since the 1980s.