January 7, 2013
The Mispriced Resource
By 2025, water withdrawals are expected to increase by 50 percent in developing countries and 18 percent in developed countries.
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January 7, 2013
THE STATE OF THE STATES
The following pages highlight recent corporate facility projects, new laws and incentives policies, wages, employment, demographics and cost-of-doing-business facts in one easy-to-digest compendium.
January 2, 2013
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.
January 2, 2013
Four More Years
The voters have spoken. The U.S. election of November 2012 resulted in very little visible change — Democrats retain control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans the House of Representatives and most governors’ mansions — 30 as of this month.
December 28, 2012
Europe or Bust
Biomass projects — many of them expected to produce wood pellets for shipment to the U.K. and other European countries for power production — continue to dot the southeastern United States.
December 28, 2012
The Flow Continues
As the U.S. State Department works to conclude its review of TransCanada’s resubmitted Keystone XL pipeline permit application by the first quarter of 2013, it’s getting plenty of encouragement.
December 28, 2012
Maximum Achievable Control
The newest figures from the Energy Information Administration say approximately one-third of total U.S. delivered energy — or 24 quadrillion Btu - was consumed in the industrial sector in 2011, led by the bulk chemicals sector at 5.7 quadrillion Btu.
December 21, 2012
The Yard Keeps Growing
Iroko Pharmaceuticals was little more than a seed five years ago. But it planted itself in one of the most fertile growth mediums for life sciences: Greater Philadelphia. On Dec. 12, it achieved full bloom with a new headquarters, and sought to seed the future at the same time.
December 21, 2012
Mesa Cures Space Need for Medical Device Firm
A high-growth medical device company is finding the right prescription for expansion in Mesa, Ariz. Ulthera, which makes ultrasound devices for face-lifts and neck-lifts, is moving from 12,000 sq. ft. (1,115 sq. m.) of space into a new 32,000-sq.-ft. (2,973-sq.-m.) headquarters in Mesa, a booming Phoenix suburb.
December 14, 2012
Well Connected
Pick your mode of transport. By any measure, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is Germany’s most connected federal state — to the rest of Germany, to Europe and to the world.
December 14, 2012
Open Arms
Ernst & Young’s 2012 attractiveness survey found that Germany is the sixth most attractive country in the entire world for investment, and the first by far in Europe. Just as attractive is its global reputation for industrial ingenuity, from top-shelf automotive and high-tech machinery manufacturing to the latest techniques in tracking the carbon footprint of that activity.
December 14, 2012
Next Year’s Model
Site Selection tally of automotive sector facility projects beyond NAFTA since January 2011 shows China, India, the U.K. and Brazil leading the way, followed by the Slovak Republic, Germany and Romania. The rankings line up nearly one for one with KPMG’s “Competitive Alternatives” rankings of national business tax climates, released in October. But there are a lot more factors than tax schemes at work.
December 14, 2012
Who’s Investing in Latin America?
In the past decade, Latin America has appeared more visibly on the radar screens of many companies considering expansions of their global footprints. More of these companies today are deciding to set up manufacturing facilities, distribution centers or services operations in the market.
December 14, 2012
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?
December 6, 2012
The Return
The plethora of reports coming out only confirm what the public seems to already know and what policy makers in Washington are now grasping: Manufacturing matters.
December 4, 2012
A Good Mix
A beneficial tax climate helps grow Washington’s diverse economy.
December 4, 2012
Patchwork Precision
Johnson County encompasses 20 municipalities, with Overland Park and Lenexa leading the way in recent corporate facility development. The county itself has no economic development agency. What it does have is a reputation for wealth, and for a wealth of education excellence.
December 3, 2012
Consortium Bets on a Solar Sector Surge
A high-tech cluster adds solar device innovation to its roster. Development of new solar energy technologies figures to be a major driver in the economy of Upstate New York in the coming years.
December 3, 2012
Opening In Omaha
Gavilon, TPG lead a new wave of companies expanding in Nebraska. The search for a new corporate headquarters home for grain and commodity trading firm Gavilon didn’t take long. America’s 19th largest private company found exactly what it wanted in its hometown of Omaha, Neb.
November 30, 2012
Silver and Gold
With 160 years of acquired expertise in precious metals, glass and specialty light sources, it’s only natural that Germany’s Heraeus Group would pair that most special of light sources — the sun — with the world’s need for that most precious of resources: power. And all it takes to bond the two is a little silver paste.
November 30, 2012
Sunlight Fuels Power Surge
From Tempe to Tucson, solar power investments are transforming the energy landscape of Arizona.
November 30, 2012
Coastline View
Projects up and down the seaboard help companies look outward and inward all at once.
November 30, 2012
Where to Fill ‘Er Up
Where’s a biodiesel pump when you really need one? And what good’s an electric vehicle if you can’t find a place to plug in?
November 30, 2012
Back to School
Business builders find the knowledge capital they need in college towns in the Southwest. Across New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona, entrepreneurs are tapping into this base of knowledge capital to propel their companies into rapid growth.