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Economy Growing in Kansas

Economy Growing in Kansas

n terms of recruiting new businesses to Kansas, Fiscal Year 2010 came in like a lion … and it went out like one, too. In fact, Fiscal Year 2010 was...

The Emerging Impacts of Energy Cost on Industry and Communities

The Emerging Impacts of Energy Cost on Industry and Communities

Energy may be a hot topic, but are certain industries and communities about to get burned? As the global demand for energy drives up cost, the locatio...

Getting Straight to Business with Ready and Certified Sites

Getting Straight to Business with Ready and Certified Sites

The growing demand for industrial parks and other sites that are “shovel-ready,” “ready to go,” as the Federal Highway Administration refers to them, ...

Re-Shoring

Re-Shoring

A January 2010 Grant Thornton survey, published in Supply Chain Solutions, concluded that 51 percent of companies that offshored found no financial ad...

Making it in America: The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Program Continues to Enhance Operating...

Making it in America: The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Program Continues to Enhance Operating Margins of U.S.-Based Manufacturing Operations

The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones program continues to serve U.S.-based manufacturing operations by making a positive contribution to their operating margi...

What in the Factory? - Answers!

What in the Factory? - Answers!

Here are the answers from our "What in the Factory?" feature in the September/October Manufacturing issue.

IA: Incentives and Favorable Business Climate Help Keep Iowa Tops in Wind and Renewable...

IA: Incentives and Favorable Business Climate Help Keep Iowa Tops in Wind and Renewable Energy Manufacturing

Iowa leads the nation in the percentage of its electricity generation that comes from wind. Wind generation makes up 14 percent of total power output ...

Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities

Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities

Poll any economic developer and ask them, “Are you interested in recruiting advanced manufacturing?” and the overwhelming response will be a resoundin...

Sites & Programs: Foreign Trade Zones

Sites & Programs: Foreign Trade Zones

An old program is gaining steam these days. Throughout the country, areas are embracing the Foreign Trade Zone program as a savvy tool in their arsena...

Missouri: Strength in Economic Diversity

Missouri: Strength in Economic Diversity

It’s a story that has been brewing for years, perhaps more in the background during good economic times, and right at the surface during recessions. T...