November 10, 2011
Executives at small and mid-sized companies assigned the task of opening a Shanghai office or facility might find that assignment daunting if it’s the company’s first foray into the Chinese market.
November 9, 2011
Cold Storage; ABB Launches New Factory in Shanghai; BASF Boosts Capacity In Japan, Taiwan and Bahrain; Nestlé Investing Around the Globe;
October 31, 2011
Efforts to incubate startups in this city of 66,100 – located halfway between Dallas and San Antonio – are getting a boost from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund and collaboration between Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (TAMHSC) and Scott & White Healthcare.
October 28, 2011
If the path being beaten to Texas’ front door is any indication, there’s a better way to do things in the Lone Star State. Giving businesses some certainty with which to risk investment capital and expand their enterprises has been central to the state’s economic success.
October 26, 2011
Lithium ion rules energy storage platforms for electric vehicles, while auto manufacturers play kingmaker to the companies that produce battery packs. Without major EV contracts, however, many battery companies struggle to commercialize outside of government-funded research and demonstration programs.
September 21, 2011
The colossal data centers racking up in Western North Carolina have not gone unnoticed in the server world.
September 21, 2011
World Reports: Engineered fabrics; EMAL expands; Nokia Siemens Networks; Romania Lands EADS Plant; Concrete Wind Towers in Brazil
September 2, 2011
Say what you will about intermodal freight’s ability to help regional economies. One thing’s for sure: It helps railroads’ economies.
August 31, 2011
Ernst & Young and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) used “A Strategic Priority” as the cover line on their Infrastructure 2011 report, released in mid-May.
July 20, 2011
Fronius converts momentum into new sites in Indiana, Ontario and beyond.
June 26, 2011
A few years after finishing up a productive 14-year career as a tight end in the National Football League, Wesley Walls was looking to create a business in his hometown of Pontotoc, Miss
June 24, 2011
As all eyes are on his state’s generous energy tax credit programs, Oregon’s governor calls for a larger, long-term perspective.
May 26, 2011
New locations in Iowa emerge as safe investment havens for expanding companies needing to move quickly and efficiently.
May 17, 2011
When German silicon producer Wacker Chemie AG originally announced the selection of Cleveland, Tenn., as the site of a new US$1-billion, fully integrated polysilicon factory in February 2009, it represented the second solar industry announcement for the state that winter.
May 11, 2011
The Site Selection editors are pleased to present the third annual Global Best to Invest rankings.
April 20, 2011
Regions with multiple sources of electricity generation will be more attractive to site selectors than those dependent on one source.
April 6, 2011
‘Project 21’ is the latest of many projects to land in Memphis.
March 31, 2011
As Steelcase prepares to move out of its Corporate Development Center, a landmark Grand Rapids building beckons new users.
March 7, 2011
I thought a recent economic development tour of Greater New Orleans would offer up a book’s worth of case studies in disaster recovery. It did. But the community seems more focused on the sequel.
February 23, 2011
Need to justify an on-site solar installation? These resources may provide answers … or at least provoke the right questions.
January 25, 2011
Food, pharmaceuticals, flowers and fashion are the chief industries that make up the cold chain, otherwise known as the supply chain of time-sensitive, perishable products.
December 20, 2010
Yuengling, which promotes itself as America’s oldest brewery, began brewing its beer in Pottsville, Pa., in 1829. In
December 16, 2010
Biotech firm Regeneron decided it needed a modern facility management system at a busy time for the Tarrytown, N.Y., company.
December 2, 2010
Last year at this time, the State of Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development (DED) and Department of Labor were advertising for an outside contractor to conduct a competitive advantage assessment.