Gene DePrez, Partner, Global Innovation Partners (Location USA 2012)
The United States, with its huge and easily served unified market, is in the sights of foreign investors.
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Mark Crawford (Location USA 2012)
Foreign companies are finding plenty of opportunities to invest in manufacturing across the country, including steel fabrication, advanced materials, information systems, semiconductors and electronics, alternative energy, chemicals and plastics, heavy equipment, appliances, and rubber products.
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Mark Crawford (Location USA 2012)
The United States is home to the world’s largest and most developed pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, and foreign countries look to the nation for its leadership in drug development and testing, medical device design, and technology transfer.
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Mark Crawford (Location USA 2012)
Across the United States alternative energy is a rapidly growing field; with federal support for green technology, more stringent environmental controls, the high cost of fuel, America’s reputation for innovative R&D, and receptive consumer markets, a number of foreign companies are locating operations here.
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Mark Crawford (Location USA 2012)
Automotive has long anchored U.S. manufacturing and continues to attract billions in FDI. It’s not just traditional car building either — big automotive projects also include green, alternatively powered vehicles.
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Mark Crawford (Location USA 2012)
U.S. economic development agencies on the state and local levels are working hard to encourage FDI, and their efforts are continuing to pay off.
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Bill Luttrell, Senior Locations Strategist, Werner Global Logistics, Werner Enterprises (Location USA 2012)
The United States has the world’s largest, most efficient, world-class logistics infrastructure, which is currently under-going upgrades to handle growing capacity.
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Douglas van den Berghe, Managing Director, Investment Consulting Associates (ICA) (Location USA 2012)
Its large internal market, highly educated workers, and strategic infrastructure are steering foreign investors to the United States.
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Richard H. Thompson, Executive Vice President and Head of North American Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions, Jones Lang Lasalle (Location USA 2012)
Other countries can offer lower labor costs and less regulation, but the U.S. is still the number one place to make sophisticated, high-cost goods.
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Tazeem Pasha, Manager, Global Business Attraction , SelectUSA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Location USA 2012)
The federal government has partnered with U.S. states, regions, and cities in welcoming business investment to America through SelectUSA.
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Dr. Christof Spathelf, Head of Group Manufacturing Overseas, Volkswagen AG (November 2011)
In May 2011, Volkswagen officially opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, TN, creating 2,000 jobs and projected to have an $18 billion economic impact on the region. We discussed the site selection process with the Head of Overseas Group Manufacturing at Volkswagen, Dr. Christof Spathelf.
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Lisa A. Bastian (November 2011)
With more competitive labor agreements, automakers are building more in the United States, retooling and refurbishing existing plants, and backshoring operations.
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Mark Crawford (November 2011)
Aerospace remains one of the most important sectors in the North American economy for the jobs it supports and its importance in establishing America and Canada’s reputation as a leader in science and technology.
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Dan Calabrese (November 2011)
Under new U.S. patent laws, the original inventor must file for patent within one year of publicly disclosing the innovation or lose the right to do so.
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Area Development Magazine Special Presentation (Fall 2011)
For the second year in a row, Area Development has conducted a survey of a select group of highly respected location consultants who work with a nationwide client base. We asked the consultants to name their top-5 state choices in 12 site selection categories.
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Area Development Online Research Desk and CNBC (7/5/2011)
America's deepening economic crisis is changing the way states market themselves to business, reveals data in CNBC’s fifth annual study of America’s Top States for Business.
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Jones Lang LaSalle (6/6/2011)
A new white paper from Jones Lang LaSalle explains the factors companies should consider to make optimal site selection decisions and makes the case for manufacturing in the United States. According to the report, U.S. manufacturing is not a thing of the past, but is a critically important aspect of the nation’s future.
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Aaron Brickman, Director, Invest in America, United States Department of Commerce (6/6/2011)
A guide to federal level resources available for foreign investors in the United States. These programs complement existing U.S. state and local efforts to promote inward investment.
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Gregg Wassmansdorf, Vice President, Brokerage; and Manager, Location Advisory & Incentives Practice, Colliers International (Location Canada 2011)
When it comes to its tax environment, Canada holds a competitive advantage over its neighbors near and far.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts (4/5/2011)
China and Germany have bumped the United States out of the first two spots for nations that capture the most private equity towards clean energy investments.
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