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SPI Partners with SPE to Produce Re|focus Recycling Summit & Expo

SPI Partners with SPE to Produce Re|focus Recycling Summit & Expo

Collaboration to result in cutting-eEdge technical information to drive recycling and use of recycled content forward.

ROI Selection Tool Designed for Site Selectors and Expanding Companies

ROI Selection Tool Designed for Site Selectors and Expanding Companies

Tool estimates annual cost for labor, utilities, taxes and real estate based on a company’s size, industry and the city selected for analysis.

Administration Announces New Initiative to Increase Solar Access for All

Administration Announces New Initiative to Increase Solar Access for All

Initiative to increase access to solar energy for all Americans, in particular low- and moderate- income communities.

Top Seaport Honors Go to Long Beach, Ranked No. 1 among N. American Ports

Top Seaport Honors Go to Long Beach, Ranked No. 1 among N. American Ports

The Port handles $180 billion in trade annually, supporting hundreds of thousands of Southern California jobs.

Uptrend in Plastics Machinery Shipments Continued in Q1

Uptrend in Plastics Machinery Shipments Continued in Q1

Shipments value of plastics machinery posted a moderate rise in the first quarter of 2015 when compared with the same period last year.

MAPI U.S. Industrial Outlook: Growth Decelerates in 2015

MAPI U.S. Industrial Outlook: Growth Decelerates in 2015

Several factors have emerged to temper the mfg production forecast for 2015 but a rebound is anticipated for 2016, according to MAPI.

Charting the Multiple Meanings of Blight - A National Literature Review

Charting the Multiple Meanings of Blight - A National Literature Review

The ESI-led research provides new and beneficial knowledge for local communities and can provide an assessment of blighted neighborhoods.

BNSF Announces its Annual Economic Development Results

BNSF Announces its Annual Economic Development Results

The rail industry as a whole is an indicator of the health of the economy. BNSF customers invested close to $1.5B in 2014.

FL EDC, NASA Matching Technology to Local Industry Needs

FL EDC, NASA Matching Technology to Local Industry Needs

NASA and the EDC of Florida’s Space Coast are conducting a local industry needs assessment of manufacturing and technology challenges.

Plastics Industry Positioned to Meet Growing Demands of Automotive Sector

Plastics Industry Positioned to Meet Growing Demands of Automotive Sector

“The plastics industry, which is the 3rd-largest sector of U.S. manufacturing in dollar value of shipments, is in the vanguard of innovation...”