June 4, 2011
The Made-to-Order Factory
Xcellerex: The Made-to-Order Factory
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June 4, 2011
State of Innovation
Gary Herbert became governor of Utah on Aug. 11, 2009, following the appointment of his predecessor, Jon Huntsman, as ambassador to China.
June 2, 2011
Born Leader
With a seemingly endless string of disasters plaguing the world in the last year, most notably the massive earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan, images of the devastating floods that swept across much of Queensland, Australia, have faded from memory for most not directly affected.
June 2, 2011
Economic Powerhouse
Studies reveal the potential impact of the Great Lakes region as a clean-energy manufacturing center.
June 2, 2011
3,000 Jobs and Counting
How two Arizona locations enhance high-growth corporations’ global property portfolios.
May 31, 2011
McKinley Conway, 1920-2011: Last Flight Home in a Landmark Life
Oh, hell, Mac Conway wasn’t like anybody. He never followed anyone’s footsteps; he couldn’t really. He was too restless a spirit, too hell-bent on slashing through the tangle and lighting out headlong for the territory ahead. Moreover, he was that rare human who discovered some bona-fide virgin turf; he even did it repeatedly. And every time he unearthed new ground, he'd start building. Building things nobody’d ever built before.
May 26, 2011
No Doubting ‘Thomas’
A new locomotive factory from GE gets the Texas fast-track treatment.
May 26, 2011
The Topeka Triangle
Three unique location assets form the foundation of future economic development in the capital region of Kansas.
May 25, 2011
Pellet Run
The past year has been filled with progressively busier project location and construction activity by biomass fuel firm Enviva, which until last year was known as Intrinergy. And there’s even more on the immediate horizon.
May 25, 2011
Run to Daylight
Is a jail with no fence sustainable? It certainly aims to be in downtown Douglasville, Ga., just west of Atlanta along the I-20 corridor.
May 25, 2011
The Toughest 10K Ever
Breakthrough moments are a dime a dozen. Breakthroughs involving the world’s largest tunnel boring machine and Niagara Falls will run you about $1 billion a pop
May 23, 2011
Down on the Farm
The Rochester, N.Y., area may soon be a significant center of biofuels innovation and production.
May 23, 2011
Building On a Firm Foundation
All across the Commonwealth of Virginia, biomedical innovators are pursuing a shared passion to help their fellow citizens live longer, healthier lives.
May 23, 2011
Cultivated Crop
Two major life sciences projects, both in the ag-bio sector, were announced for the Research Triangle Park area within a span of three days in mid-May.
May 22, 2011
Heavy Duty
Wisconsin-based Manitowoc Cranes announced in February that it would establish its first Latin American manufacturing beachhead in Brazil.
May 22, 2011
Pure Manufacturing
Ohio is home to an emerging cluster of major battery and energy storage projects. BASF’s November 2010 announcement of a new-generation manufacturing facility in Elyria — a Cleveland suburb often viewed as a Rust Belt poster child — is a recent example.
May 22, 2011
Steep Hill to Climb
The headlines about public-employees unions obscure another labor topic: The UAW’s new push to organize at foreign-owned automotive plants.
May 18, 2011
The Efficiency Quotient
To understand how rapidly the chemical and plastics manufacturing sectors are changing in Germany, all you have to do is talk to Ralf Irmert.
May 18, 2011
Europe’s Best for Business
Where Europe’s investors want to invest — and where they will.
May 12, 2011
Big Science
There is a science to site selection. But rarely do the specifics of science itself so directly impact a location
choice.
May 11, 2011
Come Together
A city in coastal Turkey cashes back-to-back winning tickets on major industrial projects.
May 11, 2011
Coast to Coast HQ Watch
Alot of moves are in the works by corporate headquarters across the U.S., for reasons ranging from cost containment to Asia attainment.
May 11, 2011
Ad In: Indiana’s Logistics Advantage
Only a handful of Midwestern states offer companies the logistics advantage of a northern water route via the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and a southern water route via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.
May 4, 2011
Top 10 Competitive States: Powerhouse In the Making
Since assuming office in 2008, Louisiana’s economic development team has focused on state competitiveness. It’s working.