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Logistics & Access to Market Issue Preview
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In this issue, our features examine supply chain management issues and strategies that help drive domestic economic growth. Our Sites & Programs offers an update on major U.S. ports, and our Shortlist examines America’s Top Sites for Business Development: a compendium of locations from across the country that include critical business infrastructure, workforce and transportation. Regionally, we’re presenting six locations – Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Virginia and Pennsylvania – that are ready for expansions and greenfield projects.
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Featured Location
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Committed to economic growth and diversification, the City of Miramichi in Canada is recruiting and attracting companies to help grow the cannabis industry.
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Featured Articles
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Ports Move Goods - And the Economy
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Ports are responsible for more than moving goods. They are also major engines that drive the influx of business development, which in turn has a trickle-down effect to the entire geographic area surrounding the port. Ports come in a number of forms—seaports, riverports and inland ports. Take a look at what is happening at ports coast to coast.
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Labor Relations
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You cannot attend any supply chain industry conference today that does not include sessions on one of the most influential issues: labor. Distribution center design and site selection decision-making are evolving, and in large part, it’s changing to address this critical need that is challenging companies today—attracting and retaining good people.
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Preparing for a Dynamic Future: Location Strategies for the Plastics Industry
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From manufacturing to processing, the American plastics industry has become a force from the national level down through to local communities. A single plastics manufacturing plant can bring hundreds, if not thousands, of skilled, well-paid jobs to a community. In addition, plastics facilities bring a supply chain that has localized requirements.
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Pedal to the Metal
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In the fabricated metals industry, while there are several major players in the U.S. and around the world, small to mid-size companies tend to dominate. Fabricated metals companies transform metals into intermediate or end products. Production processes involve forging, stamping, bending, forming, welding or assembly, or a combination of these.
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