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Automotive

Fleet Electrification-Another Big Disrupter

There’s a lot to consider when a company decides to electrify its fleet, including available charging infrastructure and employee training, but the move can reduce costs and help to satisfy ESG goals.

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Energy / Clean Tech

The ACE Industry’s Transition to Net Zero Energy

Early, collaborative planning and design will help facility developers and owners meet their net zero energy goals.

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Skilled Labor / STEM

The Value of Job Ads Data in the Location Decision

Non-traditional data aggregated from job ads contain a plethora of insights for assessing a possible location.

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Contributed Content

Kentucky’s Business Climate Brings Record Investments

The state’s site development and workforce programs are among the assets attracting companies to Kentucky.

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Logistics / Infrastructure

Industrial Update: Did the Market Overshoot the Equilibrium?

Although the economic slowdown has some wondering about the health of the industrial real estate sector, the need for shorter shipping times will spur companies to continue to look for space around the country.

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Business Globalization

Old Tricks, New Methods: Streamlining the FTZ Process with Software

Despite the savings garnered by utilizing an FTZ, setting up and managing a foreign-trade zone is often a daunting process, but innovative software solutions can now help.

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Asset / Facility Management

In Focus: CEOs Are Underprepared for Cyber Threats

New regulations to expand cybersecurity expertise and reporting requirements can only help to eliminate the very real threats companies are facing on a daily basis.

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Business Globalization

What in the World? FDI Trends to Watch in 2023

Morgan Crapps, Principal at ParkerPoe Consulting, spoke at Area Development’s Women in Economic Development Forum about the trends and factors that shaped foreign direct investment in the United States in 2022, and what we’re tracking for 2023.

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Contributed Content

The Global Epicenter of Mobility

In the Detroit Region, the mobility revolution keeps rolling — and it’s cutting-edge.

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Automotive

Top-Four Location Considerations for EV Battery Plants

Prioritizing needs, identifying unique site constraints, and getting the right people involved from the get-go will ensure the long-term success of your operation.

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Aerospace

The Top Investment Location Prospects for Aerospace Manufacturing

Which are the most promising states and countries for aerospace production in a rapidly evolving sector-wide landscape?

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Construction / Project Planning

In Focus: The Facility’s Envelope-A Multifaceted Ecosystem

For infrastructure preparedness, a big picture and narrow focus are equally important.

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Portfolio Management / CRE

Strategies to Overcome Intensifying Industrial Real Estate Challenges

Companies facing constraints in the industrial real estate market should build extra time into their site searches and widen their geographic areas of search.

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Site Selection Factors / Strategy

The Decentralization of U.S. Fintech Hubs

As the fintech sector continues to evolve, it’s primed to serve as a major economic catalyst in already established core, secondary, and emerging markets as well as new locations that offer the fundamentals for its growth.

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Advanced Manufacturing

Front Line: Expanding the EV Battery Pipeline

The need to produce EV batteries is presenting opportunities in lithium battery recycling facility expansions.

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Workplace Trends

How Are Economic Developers Partnering to Solve Workforce Challenges?

Companies can expect to find help from forward-thinking economic development organizations in fulfilling their labor force requirements.

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