TALENT & WORKFORCE: Growing a Workforce in the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes region boasts an impressive amount of people and skills.
Life Science
THE GREAT PLACES OF THE GREAT LAKES: A Region On the Rise
Stretching across eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, the Great Lakes region has long been one of North America’s economic engines.
TECHNOLOGY: The Infrastructure of Innovation
Inside the Teklab expansion in Collinsville in Metro East in Southwest Illinois.
LIFE SCIENCES: Life-Saving Products Find New Life in Illinois
From AbbVie to CSL, life-changing medicines and therapies are being developed and produced daily throughout Illinois.
NEXT-GENERATION AGRICULTURE, AG TECH & FOOD PROCESSING: Growing Season Brings Mighty Yields in Illinois
From soybeans to horseradish, Illinois grows the crops that feed the world.
QUANTUM AND MICRO ELECTRONICS
Want to know why Illinois leads America in quantum computing? Check out what’s happening at IQMP.
MID – ATLANTIC: From Discovery To Production
Multibillion-dollar investments across Virginia, Maryland and Delaware are expanding the region’s role in advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing.
I – 94 CORRIDOR: The Chicago-Milwaukee Advantage
The Chicago-Milwaukee I-94 corridor is attracting the next generation of industrial investment via site readiness, workforce availability and speed to market.
EDS & MEDS: THE COVINGTON CONNECTION
The location portfolio of a global clinical trials company is an ideal lens for finding top eds & meds districts.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY: From Research Labs to Real-World Impact
Across Middlesex County, New Jersey, major investments are taking shape around the pieces advanced technology companies need most: research, talent, infrastructure and access to real-world applications.
Project Bulletin, August 10, 2026: Sanford, North Carolina; Wentzville, Missouri; Grimes County, Texas
Plans for long-term growth bring STERIS to North Carolina; General Motors continues to fulfill its $9 billion commitment to U.S. manufacturing in Missouri; SpaceX announces a multi-billion Terafab in Texas.
NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS: July 2026
Hikma Pharmaceuticals invests $267 million in Ohio; Oklahoma revamps a former fuel refi nery; USA Rare Earth announces South Carolina as next mining production location; Japanese solar goes big in Texas; Rhode Island expands radar production; exports increase from Alabama’s Port of Mobile.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY: Prescription for Growth
When Eli Lilly and Company in December 2025 announced plans to invest more than $6 billion in a new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, the project immediately rewrote the state’s record books, becoming the largest private capital investment in Alabama’s history.
NEW ENGLAND: From England to New England
A global veterinary services company’s relocation to Boston sheds light on factors driving HQ movement.
Project Bulletin, April 27, 2026: LaGrange, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Google announced as developer behind new data center campus in Georgia; AbbVie joins the biopharmaceutical ecosystem in North Carolina; Meta breaks ground on its first data center in Oklahoma.
Project Bulletin, March 16, 2026: Incheon, South Korea; Boston, Massachusetts; Kankakee, Illinois
Eli Lilly and Company and Samsung Biologics team up for new biotech startup hub in South Korea; Gillette announces plans to purchase a new HQ site in Boston; CSL begins expansion of its plasma manufacturing site in Illinois.
NORTHEAST: Major Life Sciences and Film Investments Head NORTHEAST
Multibillion-dollar investments by Eli Lilly and Netflix are underway in the Northeast.
Project Bulletin, February 23, 2026: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Jonesboro, Arkansas; Borlänge, Sweden
Johnson & Johnson expands its Pennsylvania manufacturing portfolio; InnovAsian plans new frozen food facility to Arkansas; Mistral AI and EcoDataCenter team up for new AI data center in Sweden.
Project Bulletin, December 15, 2025: Huntsville, Alabama; Austin, Texas; Cambois, England
Eli Lilly plans to construct a manufacturing site in Alabama; Southwest Airlines creates over 2,000 new jobs in Texas; QTS moves forward with new data center in England
CARIBBEAN: Latest Investment by Amgen Reinforces Puerto Rico Life Sciences Leadership
Puerto Rico and Costa Rica continue to land major investment wins.
MEDICAL DEVICES & TECHNOLOGY: Health Care Heats Up with MEDTECH BOOM
The health care industry heats up as the medical device and technology sector flourishes.
Project Bulletin, October 20, 2025: Holly Springs, North Carolina; Saint-Ghislain, Belgium; Casablanca, Morocco
Ypsomed invests in North Carolina to enhance capacity and collaboration; Google will build a second data center in west Belgium; Safran plans major aircraft operation expansions across Morocco.
Project Bulletin, September 8, 2025: Thousand Oaks, California; Volos, Thessaly, Greece; Lahti, Finland
Amgen plans fresh R&D space in California; Metlen Energy boosts European defense technology production from Greece; Vantage DayOne announces billion-dollar data center in Finland.
Report Examines Regional Impact of NIH
A coalition of top research institutions, patient and health advocates, and companies earlier this year published its annual analysis of jobs and economic activity supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding distributed to all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.