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awards

Trade & Industry Development Announces 2026 CiCi Award Winners

Trade & Industry Development, the leading publication dedicated to site selection for businesses, has announced the winners of its 2026 Corporate Inve...

food

NC: Lowes Foods Adding Two Grocery Stores in the Charlotte Area

Lowes Foods is adding two stores in the Charlotte, N.C., area--one in Kannapolis that will open June 18, and a new store to be built in Mooresville th...

retail

IL: NE: Outdoor Retailer L.L. Bean to Open Stores in Naperville, Ill., and Omaha, Neb.

Outdoor lifestyle retailer L.L. Bean plans to open its fourth Illinois store in Naperville in October and its first Nebraska location in Omaha.

technology

LA: Louisiana Builds on Hydrogen Innovation with NovaSpark Expansion, to Create 600+ Jobs

NovaSpark Energy, a sustainable energy technology company, announced it is growing its workforce in West Monroe and investing $30 million to establish...

manufacturing

UT: ZEV Technologies Relocates Headquarters and Manufacturing Operations to Utah

ZEV Technologies, maker of performance handguns, AR-style rifles, components, and the new Folding Defensive Platform, announces the relocation of its ...

manufacturing

MO: Air Products Opens Expanded Missouri Manufacturing and Logistics Center Near St. Louis

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration at the new $70-million expansion of its Missouri Manufacturing and Logistics Cen...

manufacturing

MT: Janicki Industries Selects Great Falls for $800M Manufacturing Facility, With 1,000 Jobs

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Janicki Industries selected Great Falls for the site of a $800 million manufacturing campus expected to create 1...

technology

CA: California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus Site Picked, At Least 100 Jobs Expected

BEAM Circular announced at its Biocatalyst Industry & Innovation Exchange that it has selected a site in Modesto's Beard Industrial District for the C...

manufacturing

IL: Anamet Electrical Breaks Ground on 29,000-Square-Foot Expansion in Mattoon

Coles Together would like to congratulate Anamet Electrical on the groundbreaking of its new 29,000-square-foot expansion in Mattoon, Ill.

automotive

AL: Kamtec Auto USA to Bring $9.2 Million Investment, 50 Jobs to Auburn

South Korean automotive supplier Kamtec Auto USA announced this week it will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Auburn.