The Plastic Industry's 21st Century Business Model
As President and CEO of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, I know all too well how hard the current economy has hit this country’s manufact...
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Arkansas - A Natural for Business
Known the world over as "The Natural State," Arkansas is the natural choice for business. Their dedicated workforce, competitive incentives, attractiv...
Doing Business in New York State
The attention of the business world is focused on New York State – and with good reason. The state's educated workforce, innovative industries and tec...
Plastics Site Selection
With $400 billion in annual shipments, more than one million workers employed, and over 18,000 facilities across all 50 states, the plastics industry ...
Ports: Helping to Percolate Economic Prosperity
Even in recessionary times, trillions of dollars are generated by ports, be they seaports, river ports or ports of the Great Lakes. That’s not much of...
Transform Missouri
Flash back to the beginning of the 20th century – a time when agriculture and heavy manufacturing alone were enough to drive Missouri’s economy. Fas...
Alabama Prepared for Growth
When Governor Riley went into office six years ago, the primary objective of the Alabama Development Office (ADO) was recruiting manufacturing industr...
Insights - Incentives: 101
Incentives have always been the focus of a lot of attention in the site selection and economic development world, and there has always been a general ...
Casting a Wide "Regional Net"
Looking for a new location to build a manufacturing facility? Make sure you are casting your net as wide as possible to snag that perfect site that tr...
The Power of Manufacturing
A widespread misperception exists in our country that we have lost our manufacturing base – that manufacturing has migrated to other countries while w...