May/June 2008 | Trade and Industry Development
 

May/June 2008

Trade & Industry Development Magazine

Site Location – Small or Large
 
Summer is just around the corner – this is usually a peak season for selling/buying a home. Think back to when you bought your last home. What was the first thing you did? Did you make a “must have” list? You know, that list of those things your new home “must have” – four bedrooms, two-car garage, large yard, in good school district, etc. The list may have been long, but chances are, at the top were size, location and amenities.
 
Site selection when buying a home is a very similar process to that of locating (or relocating) a business or industry – small or large. Whether that business is in the automotive industry, the aerospace industry, or the fuel cell industry, there are definite site selection parameters to be considered.
 
Read this issue to get important information concerning site selection for these industries, as well as learning what the USFCC, SAE and AIA are doing to help promote these industries. Also read what Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Ohio are doing to influence your next site location decision.

In this issue

Case Study - Kentucky Cabinet

BY: Andrea Johnson

When it comes to orchestrating flawless new development, relocations and expansions to the automotive and aerospace engineering industries, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is a virtuoso.   That’s the word from Chuck Mix, general manager of the Lexington Design Center for Belcan Corporation, a full-service engineering, product design, information technology, staffing, and multimedia services company, and Carl Lay, vice president and general manager of Administration for Akebono Corporation, a leading global supplier of friction materials and brake products to the automotive industry.   more....

  Features
1
Aerospace & Defense: Flying High While Well Grounded
2
Parameters and Pitfalls in Siting Automotive and Automotive Suppliers
3
Site Selection for the Fuel Cell Industry
  Outlooks
1
US Fuel Cell Council
2
Aerospace Industry Going Strong, AIA Pushing Election Issues
3
Announcements from SAE
  Special Reports
1
The Ultra Megasite
  Spotlights
1
Arkansas - A Natural For Business
2
Alabama - A Better Place to Build a Better World
3
Kentucky
4
Ohio - The State of Perfect Balance