January 12, 2012
Fertile Ground, Active Minds
Centuries of innovation cement Thuringia as leader in advanced manufacturing. Bosch Solar Energy AG has more than tripled the size of its work force here in only three years.
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January 9, 2012
What Goes Around Comes Around; Carolinas Grow Finer; Whatever You Do, Don’t Compare These Numbers; Inside and Outside Indicators Stoke Optimism, Caveats
What Goes Around Comes Around; Carolinas Grow Finer; Whatever You Do, Don’t Compare These Numbers; Inside and Outside Indicators Stoke Optimism, Caveats
January 5, 2012
Site Selection November 2011
Site Selection Online, November 2011 edition of Site Selection – the magazine of corporate real estate strategy and area economic development. Cover story: Top U.S. Business Climates
January 4, 2012
Jack’s Final Chapter
Jack Lyne was an extraordinary writer who perfected his craft by agonizing over every word he wrote. He became the leading editorial voice of a generation of reporters covering the practice of corporate site selection.
January 3, 2012
STATE OF THE STATES 2012
The status of the United States as a nation owes much if not most of its character to the livelihoods of its individual members. In 2011, for the first time in 10 years, states reported that they cut taxes more than they increased them, reports the National Council of State Legislatures.
December 30, 2011
Back in the Ground
Canada’s oilsands are unique because the sand granules are surrounded by a skin of water, making the oil outside that layer that much easier to procure. The oil in those sands was first identified in the late 1700s, when it was used by First Nations natives in a mix with pine pitch on canoes.
December 30, 2011
Power Management in the Pacific Northwest
With plenty of wind and fresh water, the Pacific Northwest holds the country’s greatest penetration of renewable energy, yet the region struggles to make those two resources work together. The challenge of integrating intermittent wind power is complicated by competing interests of power generators, salmon runs, and residents accustomed to cheap utility rates.
December 22, 2011
Billions and Billions
Even if they are not permanent jobs, 6,500 direct and indirect jobs will boost any area’s economic prospects. Chevron Australia’s Wheatstone Project, a major LNG plant investment on Australia’s northwest coast, will have that effect and will result in revenues to the government of about AU$20 billion (US$19 billion) and $17 billion (US$16 billion) to Australian businesses over the next 30 years.
December 22, 2011
Teeming with Activity
Perched on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula is the city of Yeosu. Known for its ocean ecology, the city of just under 300,000 also boasts an ocean-port economy driven by its own historic port and the nearby Port of Gwanyang, home to Korean giant POSCO’s largest steelmaking complex in the world, as well as the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone (GFEZ).
December 22, 2011
Clean-Room Capital
In late September, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced new agreements with Intel, IBM, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, TSMC and Samsung that will result in US$4.4 billion of investments over the next five years to create the next generation of computer chip technology. The state said the investments were secured in competition with countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
December 21, 2011
Growth Cultures
Paris-based pharmaceutical company Ipsen is moving forward with two major expansion plans with Biomeasure, its U.S.-based subsidiary. Ipsen is expanding in Milford, Mass., and is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Brisbane, Calif., to Bridgewater, N.J.
December 21, 2011
Moving Along
A strong logistics network and vibrant cities drive growing global companies to thrive in Washington.
December 21, 2011
Steady Growth
There are several reasons Ohio has won Site Selection Magazine’s “Governor’s Cup” for the most corporate expansions in the country in three of the past five years. One of them certainly is the 20-percent growth in the bioscience industry in Ohio over the past decade.
December 21, 2011
Going Up
ContraFect is a biotech company pioneering the use of monoclonal antibodies and lysins (enzymes that digest the key component of bacteria, the cell wall) to treat life-threatening infectious diseases including MRSA and viruses such as influenza.
December 20, 2011
Win-Win Locations
Two homegrown Omaha companies — TD Ameritrade and CSG Systems International — are building new headquarters campuses in their home town, adding hundreds of thousands of square feet of new work space to Nebraska’s chief commercial center. Both are consolidating operations from multiple locations around the metro — five locations in TD Ameritrade’s case.
December 20, 2011
Collection Points
Ohio River Corridor: Collection Points
December 13, 2011
‘Where the World Is Going’
In January 2010, based on Ontario’s feed-in tariff scheme for renewable power put into place in 2009, Samsung C&T and Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) signed a C$7-billion renewable energy agreement with the provincial government that would include multiple solar and wind farm projects as well as a commitment of four in-province manufacturing complexes from Samsung.
December 13, 2011
Engineering Innovation
When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently rated Montana the No. 1 state for business startups and the sixth best business climate in the nation, the news may have surprised some people.
December 13, 2011
No Time Like the Present
State reaches new Amazon deal; automotive cluster grows.
December 7, 2011
Jack Lyne: The Standard of a Great Life
Jack Lyne: The Standard of a Great Life
December 6, 2011
A Sweet Deal
Mars Chocolate North America likes to say that “Snickers really satisfies.” The 100-year-old confectionary company may soon be saying that “Topeka really satisfies Mars.”
The city of Topeka, Kan., received a sweet treat of its own when Mars announced a $250-million, 200-job plant investment in the capital community.
December 6, 2011
Making Room for Making Things
Energy businesses such as Norway’s Aker Solutions and U.S. firm FMC Technologies are landing more jobs on Scottish shores, as well as in London. Food companies such as Kraft are growing from Ballymena to York. Car companies Jaguar Land Rover, Lear and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (a unit of BMW) are growing and steel is rolling.
December 5, 2011
Press Release: Jack Lyne, Award-Winning Author and Journalist, 1944-2011
Suite 2006625 The Corners ParkwayNorcross, GA 30092 USA Contact: Ron Starner770-325-3438 tel Ron.Starner@conway.com Press Release December 5, 2011 Jack Lyne, Award-Winning Author and Journalist, 1944-2011 Dec. 5, 2011, Atlanta: James Coleman “Jack” Lyne, executive editor of interactive publications for Site Selection and longtime board member of parent company Conway Data Inc., passed away in Gainesville, […]
December 2, 2011
Gimme (Fallout) Shelter
Gimme (Fallout) Shelter: Construction is spiking way up these days for companies that manufacture fallout shelters. But the industry still maintains its way-low profile.