February 23, 2011
Nuclear Energy Gets a Callback
A potent economic and energy force – nuclear power – is changing the old acronym ‘NIMBY’ into ‘YIMBY.’
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February 23, 2011
Diamond in the Rough
In Wyoming, Mich., there is another field of dreams, one occupied by a now un-occupied General Motors stamping plant. The plant, originally built in 1936, was closed in 2009 to the shock and dismay of the community, putting 1,500 well-paid workers out of work.
Now the people dream that an investor will come. It is a shared dream by a community that understands itself, and that patience will be rewarded in the end.
February 21, 2011
Saxony-Anhalt Rises to Top of Location Studies
American and international companies increasingly say they prefer a Saxony-Anhalt business location in east central Germany when setting up shop in Europe, according to three influential studies released recently.
February 16, 2011
Cities of Opportunity
Analysis used to arrive at Site Selection’s Global Best to Invest rankings produced another benefit — an opportunity to shed light on investment in European metros that don’t often make headlines.
February 16, 2011
Magic Factories
That’s what viewers of such films as “2012,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Titanic” and “Transformers” frequently say of the Academy-Award-winning work of Digital Domain, the Venice, Calif.-based visual effects studio that is owned by Florida investment and technology firm Wyndcrest Holdings.
February 16, 2011
Taking Care of Business
Meeting customer needs is job one for expanding companies in Maine.
February 10, 2011
Modes and Nodes
Shipping and location data offer distinct vantage points on what’s hot and what’s next.
February 7, 2011
Defense Mechanisms
Companies that develop bio-pharmaceuticals, manufacture laboratory testing instruments and distribute pharmaceuticals and healthcare products are finding what they need to succeed in the Mid-Atlantic region.
February 4, 2011
Resources Repel Recession
In the nation’s center, a solid work ethic is one of them.
February 3, 2011
Super Bowling
The International Bowling Campus opened with great fanfare one year ago.
January 31, 2011
People Pleasers
“We are a people business,” says Alicia Laszewski, spokesperson for C3, a Florida-based company that’s investing in a whole bunch of people in Twin Falls, Idaho.
January 31, 2011
Pine Power
The seemingly ubiquitous southern yellow pine is creating quite a stir in Ware County these days as the U.S. subsidiary of a major German energy company readies to turn the plentiful feedstock into wood pellets to help fire its power plants in Europe.
January 31, 2011
Digital Derby
North Carolina is one of several states carving out a share of the US$5-billion U.S. computer and video game sector.
January 30, 2011
Flight Plan
Look past the Canadian Rockies and their travel and tourism draw, and even past Alberta’s booming bituminous sands region, and you’ll find Western Canada’s next signature industry — aerospace.
January 30, 2011
Energy Hub
The Hudson Valley region of downstate New York is quietly becoming home to a significant cluster of renewable-energy manufacturing operations.
January 30, 2011
Lighting Up the Landscape
A burgeoning industrial cluster has the potential to brighten Michigan’s economy.
January 28, 2011
Site Selection November 2010
Site Selection Online, the November 2010 edition of Site Selection – the magazine of corporate real estate strategy and area economic development. Cover story: 2010 Business Climate Rankings
January 27, 2011
Two Leaders
Government, business, academic and NGO officials from the 34 nations of the Western Hemisphere and beyond came to Atlanta in November for the fourth Americas Competitiveness Forum.
January 27, 2011
So Many Channels
Tim Searcy is CEO of the Indianapolis-based American Teleservices Association (ATA), a trade organization that represents more than 4,000 contact centers.
January 25, 2011
Borderline
Investors in Mexico’s industrial market no longer brush aside concerns of escalating violence. Nor are they dissuaded from new investment, given the bigger picture.
January 25, 2011
N.C., China Firms Forge Alliances
Research Triangle Park-based Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences and the XY Group International of China have signed a memorandum of understanding
January 25, 2011
Irish Spring
The life sciences sector continues to grow in Ireland, where the industry generated more than €53 billion in exports in 2009
January 23, 2011
Tar Sands Thruway
On June 30, 2010, TransCanada commenced commercial operation of the first phase of the US$12-billion Keystone Pipeline System,
January 23, 2011
One More Step Off the Grid
In a Site Selection profile of Adobe Systems’ sustainability and energy efforts in January 2009, we learned that, in addition to its top-shelf