Top 10 2010 Projects | Gold Shovel Winners
Indiana Population: 6.4 Million
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- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- Chrysler Group LLC
- Kokomo
- E
- 400
- $1.15 billion
- Automotive
-
- 2.
- Abound Solar Manufacturing, LLC
- Tipton
- N
- 850
- $524.6 million
- Renewable Energy
-
- 3.
- Dow Agro Sciences, LLC
- Indianapolis
- E
- 577
- $343.9 million
- R&D
-
- 4.
- Progress Rail Manufacturing Corp.
- Muncie
- N
- 650
- $50 million
- Locomotive Engines
-
- 5.
- Exact Target, Inc.
- Indianapolis
- E
- 500
- $71.7 million
- Information Technology
-
- 6.
- Think North America
- Elkhart
- N
- 415
- $43.5 million
- Green Automotive
-
- 7.
- EnerDel, Inc.
- Indianapolis
- E
- 1,401
- $314 million
- Lithium-Ion Batteries
-
- 8.
- Arcadia Resources, Inc.
- Indianapolis
- E
- 934
- $3.9 million
- Medical Services
-
- 9.
- Genesco Inc.
- Indianapolis
- E
- 571
- $22.1 million
- Sporting Goods
-
- 10.
- Ascension Health Shared Services, LLC
- Indianapolis
- N
- 500
- $10.9 million
- Back Office
Operations
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Top 10 2010 Projects | Gold Shovel Winner
Michigan Population: 9.8 Million
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- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- Johnson Controls-SAFT
- Holland
- N
- 1,096
- $220 million
- Advanced Batteries/
Lithium-Ion
-
- 2.
- Dow Kokam
- Midland
- N
- 480
- $342 million
- Advanced Batteries/
Lithium-Ion
-
- 3.
- LG Chem/
Compact Power
- Holland
- E
- 300
- $303 million
- Advanced Batteries/
Lithium-Ion
-
- 4.
- TSC Michigan
- Northville
- N
- 279
- $31.1 million
- Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes
-
- 5.
- Dow Power-
house Solar
- Midland
- N
- 1,275
- $240 million
- Solar Shingles Shingles
-
- 6.
- Ford Motor Co.
- Van Buren,Sterling Heights, Livonia, Dearborn
- E
- 1,200
- $850 million
- Hybrid Cars
-
- 7.
- Whirlpool Corp.
- Benton Harbor/St. Joseph
- E
- NA
- $86.8 million
- Headquarters
-
- 8.
- Four Winns
- Cadillac
- E
- 2,320
- $63 million
- Fiberglass Boats
-
- 9.
- BioDri
- Blissfield
- N
- 337
- $39.5 million
- Alternative Energy
-
- 10.
- Diplomat Spec. Pharmacy
- Flint
- E
- 139
- $12 million
- Call Center/
Distribution
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Top 10 2010 Projects | Gold Shovel Winner
South Carolina Population: 4.6 Million
-
- Company
- City/County
- N/E
- #Jobs
- Inv. Amt.
- Industry
-
- 1.
- Proterra
- Greenville
- N
- 1,300
- $68 million
- Alternative Fuels/
Automotoive
-
- 2.
- Dixie Narco
- Barnwell
- E
- 1,000
- $20 million
- Machinery
-
- 3.
- Johnson Controls
- Florence
- N
- 250
- $100 million
- Recycling
-
- 4.
- First
Quality Enterprises
- Anderson
- N
- 1,000
- $1 billion
- Paper Products
-
- 5.
- ZF Group
NAO
- Laurens
- N
- 900
- $350 million
- Automotive
-
- 6.
- Caterpillar
- Newberry
- E
- 500
- $15 million
- Trans-
portation
Eqpt.
-
- 7.
- CT&T Co.,
Ltd.
- Spartanburg
- N
- 370
- $21 million
- Automotive
-
- 8.
- Robert Bosch LLC
- Dorchester
- E
- 305
- $125 million
- Automotive
-
- 9.
- South Carolina Tissue,
LLC
- Barnwell
- N
- 200
- $140 million
- Paper Products
-
- 10.
- Boeing Fabrication Interiors
- Charleston
- N
- 150
- $100 million
- Aerospace
- * Top 10 projects as supplied by state's economic development agency.
Indiana
After winning Silver Shovels in
2008-2010, Indiana received its first
Gold Shovel Award this year - a
reflection of its business-friendly
environment and talented work
force. Key Indiana clusters include
transportation, distribution and
logistics, sustainable energy, IT, and
advanced manufacturing.
Automotive continues to be a
growing industry in the state,
including "green" car manufacturing,
such as Think North America's
$43.5 million plant in Elkhart that
will produce electric cars. The
biggest news is Chrysler Group
expanding its transmission manufacturing
facilities in Kokomo; this
$1.15 billion investment will
enable production of advanced
front-wheel drive automatic transmission
for future vehicles and
employ 400 workers.
"Kokomo has been the center
of our power-train strategy for
years and this additional investment
reaffirms that position," says
Chrysler Group CEO Sergio
Marchionne. "We're committed to
this community and its work force
and appreciate the support of the
City of Kokomo."
Michigan
Michigan also received its first
Gold Shovel Award after winning Silver Shovels in 2006-2007
and 2009-2010. The state
continues to build on its
global reputation for excellence
in automotive manufacturing
and R&D. Every
major vehicle-related manufacturer
and supplier has a
research presence here - in
fact, Michigan is fourth in
the nation in research intensity
(ratio of expenditures to
gross state product).
Michigan is also fastbecoming
a major player in
batteries for hybrid vehicles.
Dow Kokam is building
a $342 million plant in
Midland to manufacture
advanced lithium-ion batteries.
TSC Michigan is
spending $31.1 million to
construct a facility in
Northville that will produce
lithium-ion electrolytes for
the battery industry;
approximately 300 new
jobs will be created over
five years at the facility. A
third company - LG Chem
Limited - plans to open its
first North American lithium-
ion battery plant in
Holland, Michigan. The
$303 million facility will
generate 300 jobs. LG
Chem selected Holland for
its infrastructure, work
force, and a quality of life
that would be attractive to
transferring executives.
South Carolina
Like Indiana and
Michigan, this is also South Carolina's first Gold Shovel
Award, after winning Silver
Shovels in 2009 and 2010.
Anchoring its strong manufacturing
base is the $29 billion-a-year
automotive industry. One of its
biggest impacts on the state GDP
is its multiplier effect - the ability
of the auto industry to create
ancillary jobs and industries is 1.5
times higher than the average
industry multiplier in South
Carolina.
One example is Robert Bosch
LLC. This leading automotive supplier
will expand its Dorchester
County operations over the next
five years, investing $125 million
and creating approximately 300
new jobs. Proterra, which designs
and manufactures all-electric and
battery-dominant hybrid-drive
solutions for commercial vehicles,
is also investing in the state. It
will build a $68 million, 240,000-
square-foot manufacturing and
R&D center at the Clemson
University International Center
for Automotive Research, creating
1,300 jobs over seven years.
"After a nationwide search
involving some 30 states, we
selected Greenville because of
work force capabilities and
research and development support,"
indicates
Proterra CEO Jeff
Granato. "The
efforts of state and
local officials and
economic development
entities on our
behalf far exceeded
our expectations."
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Methodology
Area Development's annual Gold and Silver Shovel Awards recognize states for their achievements in attracting high-value investment projects
that will create a significant number of new jobs in their communities. We collected information from all 50 states about their top-10
job-creation and investment projects initiated in 2010 (only those projects that actually had monies invested, "broke ground," began an expansion,
started new hiring, etc. were considered). Based on a combination of weighted factors - including the number of new jobs to be created
in relation to the state's population, the combined dollar amount of the investments, the number of new facilities, the diversity of industry
represented - three states achieving the highest weighted overall score are awarded Area Development's 2011 Gold Shovels. Runner-ups
in three population categories - over 9 million, between 4 and 9 million, and under 4 million - are awarded 2011 Silver Shovels..
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