Manufacturing | Trade and Industry Development

2012 Community Impact Awards Top 15

Article Mar 01, 2012 | By: Linda Dobel

As the name implies, the Community Impact division of our annual CiCi Awards recognizes exemplary co...

IN: Packaging Company Chooses Franklin County to Expand Operations

News Mar 01, 2012

Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from MBC Group, Inc., a manufacturer of packaged and printed materials, today to announce the company's plans...

Strategies for Headquarters Relocation in Today’s Economy

Article Mar 01, 2012 | By: John M. Rhodes

Is your company headquarters in a location that enables growth and assures competitiveness? Many suc...

Expanding U.S. Sales Overseas with Export Financing

Article Feb 29, 2012 | By: Charles Tansey

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is breaking the mold on how the U.S. does b...

Blueprint for Moving Quickly to Great Site-Selection Decisions

Article Feb 29, 2012 | By: Larry Gigerich

The job of the site-selection professional is to not only eliminate locations from consideration, bu...

A Long & Winding Road… Capital for Growth & Expansion Returns

Article Feb 29, 2012 | By: Didi Caldwell

In 1970 when Paul McCartney penned the lyrics for “The Long and Winding Road” for The Beatles hit al...

The Employment Situation is Worse Than You Think, But Improving (Finally)

Article Feb 29, 2012 | By: Chris Engle

One morning last December, we were greeted by some surprisingly positive news: the U.S. unemploymen...

‘Upskilling’ is Making Leaders out of Corporate Real Estate Executives

Article Feb 29, 2012 | By: Richard Kadzis

Complexity defines today’s world and the corporate real estate (CRE) industry. It takes a special...

NC: Plastics Manufacturer to Add 54 Jobs in Rutherford County

News Feb 28, 2012

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Alliance Precision Plastics Corp, an injection molding plastics and tooling manufacturer, will locate a facility ...

SPI Applauds Announced Implementation of U.S.-South Korea FTA

News Feb 28, 2012

Recently, the United States and South Korean governments announced that their free trade agreement will officially be entered into force on March 15. ...