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Globetrotting Multinational Remains in Gift Capital
After surveying its global prospects and fielding offers almost too good to be true, closely held Arctic Circle-based multinational S.C. Unlimited (SCL) has decided to keep the home fires burning at the North Pole.
AI Challenges Traditional Site Selection
Could AI help you pick your next major facility location or expansion?
Foot Locker Packs its Bags for St. Pete
The iconic sneaker seller is trading in the Big Apple for the Sunshine State.
Fender Stays in Tune with Greater Phoenix
Legendary guitar firm picks redeveloped mall site for new HQ2.
Snapshot
Mapping the Ocean Floor from the Mountains
The Seabed 2030 Project aims to compile a map of the entire seafloor by the year 2030. The detail work starts at the coasts, but a company driving the project is in Colorado.
Drilling Down on Main Streets
We comb through the data from Cushman & Wakefield’s report on the world’s priciest retail avenues. This year a European shopping district beat out New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue for the first time as Via Montenapoleone in Milan, Italy, was declared the world’s most expensive retail street.Photo by Andrei Domanin: Getty Images If you associate […]
November 27, 2024: Go Play Outside
Participation in snow activities increased by 10% in New Mexico between 2022 and 2023.Photo by Evan Green courtesy of New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division Step out onto the planet.Draw a circle 100 feet round. Inside the circle are 300 thingsnobody understands and,maybe, nobody’s ever seen. How many can you find? — Lew Welch, “Hermit Poems,” […]
New World Bank ‘Business Ready’ Rankings Offer a More Transparent Version of ‘Doing Business’
Singapore tops more than one ranking of business environments, including the new Business Ready rankings from the World Bank.Photo of Clarke Quay courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board Time was when the World Bank Doing Business rankings were a standby resource, whether we were examining the rise of India or putting together a composite index for […]
Gift Bag of New R&D Data Features Microbusiness Insights
Given California’s R&D prowess, it was no surprise that early this month the city of Sunnyvale (home to Applied Materials’ forthcoming Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization Center, pictured) was announced as the expected location for the CHIPS for America Design and Collaboration Facility.Rendering courtesy of Applied Materials It’s that time of year. Not the […]
Project Bulletin
Project Bulletin: Kansas City, Missouri; Plano, Texas; Redford, Michigan
Edged’s data center begins operations in Missouri; Delta Electronics builds upon its base in Texas; Daimler Truck plans facility and operations modernization in Michigan.
Project Bulletin: Hanover, Pennsylvania; Holly Springs, North Carolina; Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia
Utz opens a distribution center in Pennsylvania; Amgen establishes a new facility in North Carolina; Hyundai Motor plans to expand offerings in Malaysia.
Project Bulletin: São Paulo, Brazil; Isando, Gauteng, South Africa; Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Pulp producer Suzano expands in Brazil; PepsiCo grows in South Africa; Taihan Cable doubles down on South Korea location
Project Bulletin, Nov. 25, 2024: Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Johnstown, Ohio; Warren, Arkansas
Alexis Elmore reports on the construction of North America’s largest Asian food manufacturing site; Cologix’s latest data center announcement in Johnstown, Ohio; and Weyerhaeuser’s plans for a new engineered wood products facility in Warren, Arkansas.
Project Bulletin, Nov. 18, 2024: Waco, Texas; Visp, Switzerland; Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alexis Elmore reports on Mexico-based Electrolit’s establishment of its first U.S. operations; a Lonza expansion in Lisp, Switzerland; and the arrival of a new Nokia manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Investor Watch
Investor Watch: December 19, 2024
Claus Call; Montana; Interstate Corridors; RACER Trust; Illinois Technology and University Partnerships; Manufacturing-Ready Countries; Land Bridge in Houston
Investor Watch: December 16, 2024
Missouri; Texas; Michigan; Dakotas; IAMC; SunZia; Illinois; Airports; Mies van der Rohe and SCB
Investor Watch: December 12, 2024
Ocean Floor; Mississippi; New York; Southwest Louisiana; Illinois; Least-Risk Housing Markets; South Africa
Investor Watch: December 9, 2024
Pennsylvania; North Carolina; Malaysia; North American Reports; Nebraska; Repeat Blockbusters; Illinois; New Country Population and Trade Figures; Scotland
Investor Watch: December 5, 2024
Shopping Streets; U.S. Southwest; India; Wisconsin; Big NYC Lease; Illinois Data Centers; Regional Illinois Highlights; Texas-to-California Move; Tribute to a CFO
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