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Steve Stackhouse (Automotive Site Guide 2008)
The feeling is inescapable: automotive manufacturing seems to be an industry that's run out of gas. That's certainly the story that can be gleaned from the business headlines these days.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Automotive Site Guide 2008)
Sponsoring organizations have provided profiles on their locations, which are becoming auto-related manufacturing hubs.
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Kerry Zielinski, Vice President, Business Development, CEVA Logistics (Automotive Site Guide 2008)
The basic economics are changing for the American automobile industry at an alarming rate. Only a few years ago, decisions on product lines, engine platforms, style platforms, safety improvements, marketing development, and fashion were made for consumer demand out five to seven years
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Dawn Baetsen, Managing Partner, Atlas Insight and Kathy Mussio, Managing Partner, Atlas Insight, LLC (Automotive Site Guide 2008)
Driven by consumer demand for fuel efficiency and alternative fuel vehicles, the automotive supply chain has been deeply affected by the cuts in production of SUVs and trucks, plant closures, and shifts in production location.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Automotive Site Guide 2007)
The following locations are becoming auto-related manufacturing hubs and offer many advantages to this sector.
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Dr. C. R. (Buzz) Canup, President, Canup & Associates, Inc. (Automotive Site Guide 2007)
The site selection criteria and factors used in performing site location studies for automotive suppliers vary broadly across the industry.
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Kerry Zielinski, Vice President, Business Development, CEVA Logistics (Automotive Site Guide 2007)
In the automotive industry these days, many companies are looking at strategic advantages in logistics to reduce costs.
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Larry Kramer, Incentis Group (Automotive Site Guide 2007)
How does an automotive manufacturer or supplier convince a state or community that economic incentives will play a vital role in enhancing the competitiveness and long-term viability of its operations?
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Scot Butcher, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps LLC (Biotech Location Guide 2009)
New incentives in place at the federal as well as state and local levels will help to stimulate growth of life sciences companies and affect their location and investment decisions.
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James Cahill, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle (Biotech Location Guide 2009)
Current trends and options as well as established criteria must be carefully analyze when the life sciences company makes its next location decision.
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(Biotech Location Guide 2008)
Sponsoring organizations have provided profiles on their locations, which are becoming biotech hubs.
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Matthew Szuhaj, Director, Consulting Strategy and Operations Practice, Deloitte (Biotech Location Guide 2008)
As the biotechnology industry matures beyond its R&D origins, first-generation biotech companies - like "Big Pharma" - before them, are facing important decisions about how to continue to develop products and establish production capacity to capitalize on the opportunities of a global marketplace.
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Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Biotech Location Guide 2008)
It has been said that biotech/life sciences companies, governmental entities, and the international community at large are all working together to feed, fuel, and heal the world - and the need has never been so great for all three.
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Jerry Guillorn and Stephen Neeson, LEED® AP, Structure Tone (Biotech Location Guide 2008)
The life sciences company's construction services partner must understand the firm's present and - more importantly - future business model before work begins on a new facility.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Biotech Location Guide 2007)
The following sponsor organizations have provided profiles on their locations. These locations are becoming biotech hubs and offer many advantages to this sector.
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Thomas J. Stringer, Esq., Principal, Site Selection & Business Incentives, Ryan & Company (Biotech Location Guide 2007)
Biotechnology has been and remains one of the most sought-after industries in economic development. The huge opportunities, dynamic growth, and high talent pool skill sets generated by the industry make biotech companies very attractive candidate companies in the eyes of state and local economic development officials.
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Jonathan L. Sangster, Senior Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis (Biotech Location Guide 2007)
It is acknowledged that the definition of "biotech" is broad and can include the life sciences, bio-pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies, medical technologies, and more.
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LOGISTICS DISTRIBUTION & WAREHOUSING
Area Development Online Research Desk (LDW: Logistics, Distribution & Warehousing 2009)
The following locations are especially suited to warehousing and distribution operations.
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Bud Workmon, President, 3PD Inc. (LDW: Logistics, Distribution & Warehousing 2009)
Although last-mile logistics is only one small link in the supply chain, it's the only one that directly touches the customer - an important point to remember when considering your site options.
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Curtis Spencer, President, IMS Worldwide, Inc. (LDW: Logistics, Distribution & Warehousing 2009)
Measures being undertaken by the U.S. Customs and in cooperation with other Customs agencies worldwide are helping to ensure the security of the worldwide supply chain.
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Christopher Steele, President, CWS Consulting Group (LDW: Logistics, Distribution & Warehousing 2009)
Cities that have performed well in diversified screenings in the recent past, are poised to capture significant new volume, or are otherwise likely to be centers of innovative logistics activity.
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Steve Geary, President, Supply Chain Visions (LDW: Logistics, Distribution & Warehousing 2009)
Careful consideration of current and future needs - all presented in the context of the overall network strategy - will help your company to pick the right site for its next warehouse facility.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Logistics Distribution Warehousing 2007)
Sponsoring organizations have provided profiles on their locations, which are becoming logistics hubs.
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Jon DeCesare, CEO/President, World Class Logistics Consulting, Inc. (Logistics Distribution Warehousing 2007)
Brokers should act as logistics information managers and develop a matrix of a site's location parameters.
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Curtis Spencer, President, IMS Worldwide, Inc. (Logistics Distribution Warehousing 2007)
The international supply chain is evolving to meet the need for consistency, increased velocity and visibility, and the incorporation of emerging technologies.
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William Atkinson (Logistics Distribution Warehousing 2007)
A host of new services are turning 3PLs into company "partners" in the logistics process.
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Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Southern Tech Sites 2009)
This in-depth look at 14 southern states shows how technology is sparking development in a variety of industries.
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Steve Stackhouse (Southern Tech Sites 2009)
Data centers don't create many jobs, but state and local governments covet the investment dollars they bring.
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Mark Crawford (Southern Tech Sites 2009)
Federal stimulus funding and university-led initiatives are making the southern U.S. states fertile ground for sustainable energy development.
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Mark Crawford (Southern Tech Sites 2009)
In spite of the recession, companies in technology industries are making multi-million investments in the southern states.
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Jonathan L. Sangster, Senior Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis (Southern Tech Sites 2008)
A skilled, available work force, a favorable cost environment, the necessary infrastructure, and generous financial support have created a near-perfect environment for technology companies to thrive in the South.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Southern Tech Sites 2008)
Learn more about the projects programs incentives that make technology thrive in exclusive conversations with economic development officials from 14 Southern States.
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Susan Avery (Southern Tech Sites 2008)
Biotech, nanotech, IT, alternative energy, and other high-tech firms are advancing in the Southern region of the U.S., while still faced with today's economic uncertainties, social and environmental issues, and competition for talent.
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Susan Avery (Southern Tech Sites 2008)
The National Nanotechnology Initiative, now in its eighth year, continues to expand its network of networks, to the point where artificial intelligence will soon be needed to keep track of everything going on.
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Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Southern Tech Sites 2007)
The Southern states are thriving, thanks to entrepreneurs with innovative high-tech ideas, strong public and private investment, and enthusiastic support from state and local governments.
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John M. Rhodes, Senior Principal, Moran, Stahl & Boyer, LLC (Southern Tech Sites 2007)
From automotive to aerospace to life sciences, technology companies are taking advantage of the unique opportunities presented in the Southern United States.
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Steve Stackhouse (Southern Tech Sites 2007)
The South's participation in the "innovation economy" includes initiatives to build R&D and boost prosperity in the region's high-tech industries.
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