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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...

manufacturing

FL: Emelody Worldwide to Relocate Manufacturing to New Apopka Facility, Creating 77 New Jobs

Emelody Worldwide, an aerospace and defense technology company based in Georgia, has announced a major $20 million expansion involving the relocation ...

gas production

LA: Air Liquide Invests $350 Million to Strengthen Louisiana Footprint and Support Hyundai Steel Project

Global industrial gas leader Air Liquide is investing more than $350 million in Louisiana to expand industrial gas production and infrastructure, supp...

economic development

IN: Governor Braun Highlights $675 Million Impact of Initial Regional Economic Development Funding

Indiana Governor Mike Braun announced that the first round of funding from the Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI) creat...

pharmaceutical

NC: AbbVie Creating Over 700 New Jobs, Investing $1.4 Billion in New North Carolina Facility

AbbVie, one of the largest biopharmaceutical companies in the world, is creating 734 new jobs and investing $1.4 billion over the next four years in a...

data center

UT: Eagle Mountain Data Center Campus Delivers Hundreds of Local Jobs

Layton Construction and QTS Data Centers (QTS) reached a major construction milestone with the topping out of the third building at the QTS data cente...

maintenance facility

AR: Envoy Air to Expand Maintenance Facility at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Adding Jobs

Envoy Air Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group (AAG), announced that it will expand its aircraft maintenance facility and establ...

food

SC: Signature Foods USA Selects Anderson Co. for First S.C. Operation, Creating 202 Jobs

Signature Foods USA, a specialty food products manufacturer, announced it selects Anderson County for its first South Carolina operation. The company’...

corporate office

TN: Starbucks Selects Nashville for Southeast Corporate Office, Creating 2,000 Jobs

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Deputy Gov. and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Starbucks officials ann...

retail

AZ: MO: NJ: NC: Target to Open Six New Stores in May, Creating At Least 870 Jobs

Retail giant Target will open six new stores this May in Arizona, Missouri, New Jersey and North Carolina — part of more than 30 planned for 2026. Eac...