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Trimming Time and Costs for Business Development with Prime Designated U.S. Sites

Today, companies want to be closer to their suppliers as well as their customers, but they need to walk a fine line in how much they spend. When it co...

Gov. Holcomb, Sec. Chambers and Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks break ground on the company’s $3.7 billion investment at Indiana’s first state-led megasite, LEAP Innovation Park in Boone County. The company’s investment, which marks its largest-ever manufacturing investment at a single location, will expand Eli Lilly’s pharmaceutical production and play a key role in bringing the next generation of therapeutic modalities to patients globally. Photo Courtesy of IEDC

Indiana Is a Place for Bold Ideas

As a centrally located state, Indiana was once considered flyover territory. Now, Indiana’s economy is in the spotlight, capturing headlines as indust...

Scout Motors President and CEO, Scott Keogh, speaking at the South Carolina State House for the company’s bill signing March 20, 2023. Photo Courtesy of S.C. Commerce

South Carolina: The Place to Do Business

While South Carolina is known as a manufacturing powerhouse, the state’s image is evolving to keep pace with today’s everchanging and diversified econ...

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Analyzing the Flight Path Ahead: Aerospace Location Trends

Extensive technological change in the aerospace parts industry such as additive manufacturing and blockchain technology are injecting both cost saving...

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The U.S. Food Industry Adapts to Shifting Consumer Demand and Supply Chain Challenges

When a large agrarian economy needs to shift to support changing eating patterns, health demands and supply chains, it’s a big deal. Consumers are loo...

Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is just one of the state’s cutting-edge R&D facilities. Photo Courtesy of MDA

Mississippi: A Global Leader in Aerospace and Defense

Mississippi continues to solidify its position as a leader in the aerospace/defense sector, as some of industry's most prominent leaders call the stat...

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OSHA May Seek Rule Change that Opens the Door to Union Organizers

OSHA’s “Fairfax Memo” has been the subject of considerable debate, and the organization has said it may return to it. As we await OSHA’s next move and...

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The Impact of AI on the Global Automotive Industry

Automakers today are using AI to varying degrees. Companies are building driver assistance and connected car features into their vehicles, and most ar...

Alabama Aero. Airbus is adding a third Final Assembly Line at its manufacturing facility in Mobile to increase production of A320 Family passenger jets. The project will create 1,000 jobs. Photo Courtesy of Airbus

Alabama's Aerospace Industry Pushes Past Limits into New Frontiers

In Alabama’s aerospace industry, big ideas blast off and hurl into the heavens as powerful rockets on voyages of discovery, carrying the DNA of the mi...

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Innovative Businesses Are Discovering the Pennsylvania Advantage

The global economy is changing fast, so it’s imperative for businesses to be located in a state that moves at the speed of business – and Pennsylvania...