Trade & Industry Development Magazine

Ready, set, go! That’s exactly what you want when it comes to getting your product to market and this November-December 2015 issue covers it all— including challenges, rewards and location strategies. From our state Spotlight articles and Short List and Sites & Programs columns to our Features, Industry Outlooks and Insights columns, this issue covers supply chain management and logistics from sea to shining sea. Want to find out more about connections between logistics and locations? This issue offers six articles that tip you off to locations conducive to moving your products to market. Interested in something more specific like warehousing or ports? This issue fulfills that need as well. And as always, this issue keeps to the Trade & Industry Development hallmark of covering site selection from a vertical industry point of view, so you can learn even more in articles spanning the industries of metalworking and fabrications, plastics and supply chain.

Autumn – time to get serious about education! This issue is right on cue, with impressive editorial on workforce training that will get you right into step. The good news is a great number of U.S. locations make workforce training needs a top priority, so we bring you a great representative sample of them in our exclusive interviews in the Sites & Programs column. And don’t miss the Outlook column from AME, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, which brings some sage direction to help you focus on finding education resources to build a stronger manufacturing base here in the U.S — which is crucial in today’s business world. To bring it all together, this issue is brimming with shared knowledge from states and experts to help you establish a top-notch, state-of –the-art manufacturing business.

This information-packed issue focuses on modern vertical industry sectors that are continuing to change and improve. Alternative energy and “clean” initiatives are covered extensively with five topics on the subject, from an in-depth feature article to two Outlook articles (that cover wind energy and solar energy from the leading associations in these industries) to an exclusive Sites & Programs article to the Insights column that discusses incentives in the IT industry. And what industry is more trendsetting than IT? A fantastic feature article reveals the latest happenings in IT and even provides a step-by-step process for IT companies to follow for site selection.

There’s plenty to get revved up about inside on the pages of the May-June 2015 issue of Trade & Industry Development, not the least of which is a very insightful feature on the rebound of the automotive industry. If the resurgence of the auto industry isn’t uplifting enough for you, surely our feature on supply chains for the aerospace industry will put you into a positive orb. Also of great benefit to manufacturers in all industries is where the manufacturing is taking place. The most knowledgeable source on the topic of reshoring, The Reshoring Initiative, brings you up to date on what’s happening. And don’t’ forget our regular columns: State Spotlights, Insights, Industry Outlooks, and a special Case Study on Greenbrier Valley, West Virginia are not to be missed.

SummaryThis extraordinary 10th anniversary CiCi (Corporate Investment & Community Impact) Awards issue of Trade & Industry Development features the annual edition of the economic development and site selection program conducted exclusively by Trade & Industry Development. This unique, unparalleled awards program recognizes 30 businesses for the economic development announcements they issued in 2014. This 2015 issue also recognizes economic development the economic development agencies representing the locations in which those developments will take place for their work in attracting and securing corporate investments. The excitement of the CiCi Awards is complemented by very informative articles concentrating on three of the top challenges faced by corporate site selectors: corporate headquarters location; assessing the true value of government incentive programs and the complexity of today’s corporate real estate environments. These are absolutely must-read articles for all in the business. And icing on the cake, you will be privy to two terrific articles authored by two organizations—Ex-IM Bank and IFMA-- that will enlighten you on issues that have great potential to have a positive impact on your business progress.

This inaugural issue of 2015 is brimming with a bounty of editorial coverage of positive, new, life-renewing industries — food growing, manufacturing and processing; biotechnology; medical devices; and research and development. Each of these industries is literally a growth industry—both in the types and amounts of products they produce and in their need for physical expansion. These insightful, well-researched articles will bring every reader up to date on the trends profoundly impacting these major industries, which will arguably have far-reaching economic impact, one of which is economic development. To aid in guiding professional site selectors engaged in these industries, the editorial takes its focus to the next level and provides useable tips on how to take advantage of the knowledge of these trends when making the very long-term commitment to locating or expanding a business.

The November-December 2014 issue of Trade and Industry Development is packed full the most current information on the logistics industry and the latest thinking on modes of access to market provided by the top minds in the field as well as in exclusive interviews. From warehousing to ports to intermodal transportation there is an article to let you know what is current in the mode of transportation that is of greatest interest to you. But it doesn’t stop there. This November-December 2014 issue of Trade & Industry Development also features two insightful articles on major manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy: metal working and fabrication as well as plastics and its use in automotive and aerospace/aircraft manufacturing.

The September-October 2014 issue of Trade & Industry Development sheds light on the main concern its staff has heard from manufacturers in almost every community: there is a shortage of skilled employees available to take advantage of workforce opportunities in the manufacturing sector. The issue provides an abundance of editorial that offers great solutions, information on state-sponsored workforce development programs and exclusive interviews with companies that are successfully addressing the problem with the help of those programs. In addition, there is a terrific discussion on advanced manufacturing and what that term really means. In its entirety, this issue is a fantastic resource to kick-start progress toward a stronger manufacturing resurgence in the U.S. and helps bring understanding to the realities of modern manufacturing.

Dive into this July-August issue of Trade & Industry Development and gain a whole new perspective on some of the most talked-about industries in the country. Change is in the air! And our authors address how it is affecting economic development. Alternative energy sources top the list. Find out from the most authoritative voices in the solar and wind energy industries how so many Americans and American businesses are embracing these sources of cleaner energy and maybe become inspired to adopt clean energy in your business.

Want to know what’s happening on the economic development front for a handful of the hottest business sectors today? This May-June 2014 issue of Trade & Industry Development will bring you right up to speed with head-on, fact-based discussions of the impact of the U.S. industries that are making headlines in the business world today. This includes an entire column devoted to new as well as tried-and-true energy sources such as natural gas and petroleum that features exclusive interviews with leaders in specific areas of the country that are directly impacted by these industries’ investments and development activities and subsequent jobs creation.

This special issue of Trade & Industry Development features the 9th annual edition of the CiCi (Corporate Investment & Community Impact) Awards, a program conducted exclusively by Trade & Industry Development. This unique, unparalleled awards program recognizes 30 businesses for the economic development announcements they made in 2013 as well as the economic development agencies representing the locations in which those developments will take place for their work in attracting those investments.

If your business is medical manufacturing, biotechnology or food processing, the new year of 2014 looks promising for corporate growth and job creation. Want to know why? This January-February issue of Trade & Industry Development features three must-read articles that provide expert insight and research into the state of these industries that will let you in on the reasons behind the prospects for their growth and, in some cases, they document actual locations that are hotspots for economic development and job growth.

Want to know what’s happening in the world of logistics and supply chains? The November-December 2013 issue of Trade & Industry Development thoroughly covers this very complex facet of business that affects manufacturers of every type, from training supply chain professionals to identifying locations that have proven to be ideal places for easy, efficient, cost-effective access to market.

There are some heady issues facing American industry today and they have a great influence on site selection and expansion. This September-October 2013 issue of Trade & Industry Development addresses them head-on.

With an overriding theme of the correlation between economic development and a positive quality of life, the July-August 2013 issue of Trade & Industry Development magazine not only highlights nearly a dozen communities where quality of life is a top priority, but also provides fresh insight into what is happening with wind and solar energy development in the U.S. and how those alternative energy sources are positively affecting U.S. communities.

Think the automotive supplier industry will ever return to its pre-great-recession levels of development and growth? Has expansion in the aerospace/aviation/defense manufacturing industry sector been doomed by federal budget cuts? This May-June 2013 issue of Trade & Industry Development provides well-researched insight into these important questions about the current state of these major manufacturing sectors and their supply chains — and the information may surprise you.

Featuring the 8th Annual CiCi Awards, no matter where your site selection challenges lie, no matter what industry or the size of your economic development project, the March/April 2013 issue of Trade & Industry Development magazine offers insight that will be pertinent to your plight.

Growth is what makes site selectors tick. And providing new information that feeds that passion is what makes this publication so valuable. So, as we head boldly into another new year, the January/February 2013 issue of Trade & Industry Development addresses growth in every one of its articles, each with an interesting and diverse angle.

From Logistics options and guidance to the latest intelligence on the Metals and Plastics manufacturing industries and its pertinence to location decisions, executive site selectors will find exclusive editorial in the November-December issue of Trade & Industry Development magazine that provides the information they need to make critical economic development decisions—whether it is for expansions or new ventures.

Economic development in the manufacturing industry is entering a new phase. There has been a noticeable turnaround in the U.S. manufacturing disappearing act, with a healthy number of manufacturers in a variety of industry sectors pursuing new economic development on our shores.