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BIO: Innovation for Health, Food, Environment

BIO: Innovation for Health, Food, Environment

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is the world’s largest biotechnology association, representing more than 1,100 companies, academic insti...

Tennessee

Tennessee

“To put it simply: Tennessee is on the move in the alternative fuels marketplace,” declared Governor Phil Bredesen at the state’s first-ever Governor’...

Iowa

Iowa

In probably no other place is a more remarkable economic transformation in motion than in the state of Iowa, where the impact of bioscience innovation...

Pharmaceutical Site Selection

Pharmaceutical Site Selection

In recent years, communities looking to develop a local pharmaceutical presence have faced an increasingly challenging environment. The pharmaceutical...

Engineering an Industry

Engineering an Industry

It isn’t that surprising that two Presidential candidates as divergent as Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain both made biodiesel a part of their...

Arizona

Arizona

Today’s technologies place small and large companies on a global stage and the State of Arizona offers services to help companies excel in their perfo...

New Technology and Specialized Products Keep Metal Fabrication Companies on the Economic...

New Technology and Specialized Products Keep Metal Fabrication Companies on the Economic Development Radar Screen

To be sure, if you read the economic projections, with the metal fabrication industry exploding in China (the world leader in carbon and stainless ste...

Texas

Texas

Relocating to or expanding in Texas means adding a competitive advantage. Texas offers a favorable tax climate, business-driven tort reform and low co...

The Plastic Fork in the Road

The Plastic Fork in the Road

When devising plans to attract the polymer industry, economic development officials should welcome words of wisdom, even if the wisdom is accidental. ...

Setting Your Sights on Shovel-Ready Sites

Setting Your Sights on Shovel-Ready Sites

According to the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, there are more than 100,000 business relocations, expansions or new developments in the Un...