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Michigan: Driving High-Tech in the 21st Century

Michigan: Driving High-Tech in the 21st Century

Michigan, perhaps more than other states historically based on an industrial economy, has risen above the rust-beltimage of the past into an emerging,...

Arkansas: A Natural for Business

Arkansas: A Natural for Business

Arkansas’ central U.S. location and comprehensive transportation network position the state as a strategic center for distribution. Located within 500...

3PL Site Selection

3PL Site Selection

The low hanging fruit is gone. Tactical operational improvements are limited. Customer demands, global sourcing and limited driver supply are contribu...

New State-by-State Study on the Bioscience Industry

New State-by-State Study on the Bioscience Industry

Employment and other economic activity in the biosciences has grown dramatically in the past three years, and states working to attract bioscience com...

Why the World's Best Companies Are Moving to Texas

Why the World's Best Companies Are Moving to Texas

In the 19th Century, it was not uncommon to find the words “Gone to Texas” etched on abandoned shops and homesteads all across the United States as th...

Putting Biosciences in Their Place

Putting Biosciences in Their Place

The Life Sciences industry is unique in a number of critical respects. First, it is a highly diverse sector, with products and applications ranging fr...

Tariff Rates Fall, Foreign-Trade Zone Use Climbs. What's the Deal?

Tariff Rates Fall, Foreign-Trade Zone Use Climbs. What's the Deal?

For the past three decades, U.S. tariff rates have fallen significantly, with many new products eligible for duty-free importation into the United Sta...

Kansas: An Emerging Presence in the Logistics and Bioscience Industries

Kansas: An Emerging Presence in the Logistics and Bioscience Industries

By highway, rail, or air, Kansas offers excellent transportation and logistical advantages. Because Kansas is central and because the state has focuse...

Plastics Outlook

Plastics Outlook

Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., (SPI), is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries ...

New York: A Growth Area for Technology Firms

New York: A Growth Area for Technology Firms

A skilled and sophisticated workforce and world-class businesses make New York State a national leader in high-technology, with more than $7.4 billion...