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U.S. manufacturing is threatened by the rising cost and shrinking supply of chemicals that are necessary to make things, according to a new report by ...
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Successfully Evaluating Labor Force for a New Manufacturing Facility
Manufacturing has been a very important component of the U.S. economy for decades, providing quality jobs and marketable skills to millions of America...
Manufacturing in a Flatter World
The world is flatter than it used to be. But it isn’t entirely flat, even though the title of a best-selling book (Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat...
Alabama's Diamond Days
When Alabama Governor Bob Riley called Alabama Development Office Director Neal Wade in May to inform him that ThyssenKrupp had decided to locate it’s...
Minority Manufacturing in FTZs - A Key to Job Retention in the US
Multinational Manufacturing Corporations (MMC) commitment to supplier diversity could drive a solution for meeting both need for their global competit...
Ports Innovate to Accomodate Rising Trade Volumes and Stimulate Inland Development
If you were to mark their positions on a map, gateway ports, inland ports, distribution centers and development zones would resemble a constellation. ...
The 2007 Business Outlook from IWLA Reflects Outstanding Growth for the Third-Party Warehouse-Logistics Industry
The U.S. economy remains strong, Fortune 500 companies are focused on core competencies, and 3PL providers continue to prove that they are able to sat...
"The Power of the Pack" Team-Driven Location Selection
Today’s world-class companies understand that thoughtful location selection decisions integrate dynamic strategies across business, customer demand, s...
California is Turning Green into Gold
Green is fast becoming the new gold in California. When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) in 2006, he sign...
U.S. High-Tech Industry Adds Jobs for Second Year in a Row
AeA, the nation’s largest trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, recently released its 10th anniversary Cyberstates re...