Spring 2003 | Trade and Industry Development

Spring 2003

Trade & Industry Development Magazine

The premiere issue of Trade & Industry Development focuses on growth and expansion within the aerospace and automotive industries. Experts from the leading industry associations, SAE and AIA, real estate professionals, incentive consultants and state level officials have contributed advice on best practices and reports on actual projects for your reference as you define your corporate strategy for growth.

In this issue

Site Selection for the Automotive Sector

BY: Thomas N. Carruthers

Automotive projects have been big news ever since Ford introduced the assembly line to the automotive production process, but the last ten years have seen the greatest U.S. investment in the automotive sector ever. Site selection consultants have been busy working with European, Japanese and Korean automakers andtheir suppliers for the last decade to locate new plants in the U.S. in order to serve the U.S. market, far and away the largest market in the world. more....