Thomas Traugott, Senior Vice President, Cassidy Turley (Q2 / Spring 2013)
An understanding of the data center marketplace and its supply/demand dynamics will help both site selectors and their attractors move beyond the checklist and find the right fit.
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Supisara Chomparn, Director, Thailand Board of Investment, New York (March 2013)
Area Development’s editor recently posed some questions to the director of Thailand’s Board of Investment in New York, Supisara Chomparn, about the country’s economic growth and business attraction efforts.
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Mark Crawford (Q1 / Winter 2013)
Exhibiting know-how and innovation, U.S. manufacturers are adding to their payrolls and
economic growth across the nation. We have identified 19 states where manufacturing is leading the way...
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Dave Claborn , Director of Development and Community Relations, Ohio State University, Marion (Q1 / Winter 2013)
IBM recently cut the ribbon on its advanced analytics center in Columbus, Ohio, expected to generate 500 jobs. If big data analytics represents the next era in computing, places like Columbus, Ohio – with a pipeline of skilled labor and its affordable business climate – could represent the next era in IT hubs, primed to grab a share of the six million information economy jobs projected within two years.
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Dan Calabrese (February 2013)
Nevada was largely built by people who don’t mind taking risks with their money. So it’s ironic that one of the state’s leading economic growth opportunities at the moment is coming from data centers, an industry that sees in Nevada an opportunity to avoid risk.
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Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Directory 2013)
There’s more to the manufacturing-at-home argument than just rising overseas costs and supply chain risks.
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Beth Mattson-Teig (Directory 2013)
Kentucky-Argonne Battery Manufacturing Research and Development Center in Lexington is an open access lab that will support cutting-edge research, enable collaborations between a variety of high-profile corporate users, and foster innovation in accelerating advanced battery technologies.
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Amy Killam, Human Resources Director, Whirlpool Corporation, Cleveland, Tennessee (Directory 2013)
The editor of Area Development recently discussed employment recruitment and retention issues with Amy Killam, human resources director at Whirlpool Corporation’s facility in Cleveland, Tennessee. The plant, which opened in the spring of 2012, employs approximately 1,700 people.
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Richard J. Maturi (Directory 2013)
Today’s robotics are having an impact on the factory floor, in warehouse and distribution centers, and even in executive offices and homes.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (December 2012)
It’s been more than three years since the Great Recession ended, and only six states have regained employment levels enjoyed prior to the recession, while 17 states are still more than 5 percent below their pre-recession employment levels. This is according to The 2012 State New Economy Index from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
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Reeder Holiman, Senior Vice President; Brian Ginkel, Vice President; Ann Marie Woessner-Collins, Managing Director; Bo Bond, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle (Fall 2012)
Recent legislative changes resulting in tax savings, coupled with low utility rates and the ability to cool with outside air, are substantial cost advantages and merit study when selecting a data center site.
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Doug Woods, President, The Association For Manufacturing Technology (Fall 2012)
As manufacturing powers our economic recovery, Area Development and AMT President, Doug Woods, discuss how to continue building sustained U.S manufacturing strength and job creation.
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Mark Crawford (September 2012)
Kern County is developing a reputation for growing high-tech industries such as wind and solar power, aerospace, and distribution/logistics that need highly skilled workers.
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Clare Goldsberry (Summer 2012)
When the housing market hit the skids, the appliance sector also slumped badly. As building permits fell for new homes - a huge market for the appliance industry - bulk demand for new appliances fell also. But the good news is that the appliance sector is coming back, both literally and figuratively.
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Jim Romeo (April 2012)
The electronics sector relies heavily on intellectual property and new technology. Such assets are derived from many sources, but an important source is the employees - namely the engineers and scientists who develop and expand the technology to compete globally in an ever-increasing marketplace.
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Jim Romeo (April 2012)
Some ICT firms have decided to capitalize on the human technology available in their own backyards.
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Dave Claborn , Director of Development and Community Relations, Ohio State University, Marion (April 2012)
The concept incorporates specific vocational training into the curricula of community colleges, technical schools or, even, four-year universities. Ideally, the approach serves the needs of students for a quality education; businesses for a well turned out work force; and the educational institutions by attracting more tuition-paying students.
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Larry Gigerich, Managing Director , Ginovus (April 2012)
Energy and construction costs, telecom infrastructure/reliability, and the risk of natural disasters take on added importance when selecting a location for a new data center facility.
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Karen Engel, Executive Director, East Bay Economic Development Alliance (Winter 2012)
Despite the ongoing impact of the global economic downturn - and amid increasing competition from emerging markets such as Brazil, China, and India - the United States continues to dominate the global life science sector.
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John K. Borchardt (Winter 2012)
From coast to coast, U.S. Navy shipyards have been converted into industrial parks with facilities occupied by small, medium, and large companies employing from fewer than a dozen people up to several hundred.
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