Q2 2021 | Trade and Industry Development

Q2 2021

Trade & Industry Development Magazine

2021

This issue features several timely topics, including supply chain management and logistics, plastics, and metalworking and fabricating. In the COVID-19 era, the norms of supply chain logistics have been thrown out, and companies are discovering that the processes that once worked well to keep costs down are actually driving up the cost of doing business. In this issue, we feature several editorials that discuss the new challenges to supply chain, and how manufacturers, suppliers, warehouses and ports and depots are handling these new realities. 

In this issue

The Commonwealth of Virginia — Sound and Innovative

BY: Governor Ralph Northam

Ranked as America’s Top State for Business by CNBC, Virginia’s leadership position can be attributed to a number of assets, including its pro-business environment, top-tier education system and strategic investments in long-term workforce solutions. In 2018, Virginia made global headlines for winning Amazon’s major new $2.5 billion headquarters, HQ2, creating more than 25,000 high-paying tech jobs over the next decade. more....