Stephen Gray, President & CEO, Gray, Inc. (Q1 2016)
From innovative road repair, driverless trucks, bullet trains, and 3D bridges, advances in technology will help to bring the nation’s infrastructure up to speed while creating high-skilled manufacturing jobs.
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Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2016)
Mike Molnar, Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, based at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, describes what’s being done to maintain U.S. leadership in this arena.
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Matt Wagner, Structural Engineering Manager, Ghafari Associates (Q1 2016)
IPD requires considerable time and effort on the facility owner’s side, but this front-end planning will help in avoiding costly delays once construction gets under way.
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Larry Gigerich, Executive Managing Director , Ginovus (Q1 2016)
Reliance on a community’s telecom and energy infrastructure has heightened the importance of these factors in the location decision-making process for both the providers and users of cloud computing services and the IoT.
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Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2016)
New facility and expansion plans are up slightly on a year-over-year basis, although finding skilled labor is once again top of mind. Nearly half the respondents believe the U.S. economy is on a continuous growth track.
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Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2016)
Two thirds of the consultants believe the economy is on a continuous growth track, and nearly all are busy helping clients with new facility and expansion plans. The primary recipient of these new facilities will be the Southern states.
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Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2016)
From powering up huge data centers to providing telecom and water services, and helping customers become energy-efficient through the latest technologies, public power companies re-invest in the communities they serve.
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Dale D. Buss, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2016)
Startup fever is exploding across America, as a slow-growth economy, corporate job cutbacks, and the work ethos and expectations of the burgeoning millennial generation reshape the business landscape.
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Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Q1 2016)
CFOs believe North America can continue to shoulder the global burden of economic growth, while Area Development’s Corporate Survey respondents are evenly split on whether or not the U.S. economy has achieved a continuous growth track.
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Mike McCormick, Vice President and Technical Plant Manager , Bosch Rexroth (Q1 2016)
Mike McCormick, Vice President and Technical Plant Manager at the Bosch Rexroth facility in Fountain Inn, S.C., recently spoke with Area Development about the company’s decision to expand its presence in North America as well its efforts to build a qualified workforce.
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As some states table or modify their incentives programs for financial and/or political reasons, growing companies need to take these actions into account when making location decisions.
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