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Expansion Management.com E-News for June 14, 2006

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In This Newsletter:
1. New Study Compares Quality of Life Among 362 U.S. Metro Areas
2. British Company Farfield Scientific Chooses Pittsburgh for New U.S. Headquarters
3. 3D Systems to Consolidate Operations in New Headquarters Facility in South Carolina
4. COMMENTARY: Quality of Life Is a Leadership Value
5. Recent facility expansions and relocations


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1. New Study Compares Quality of Life Among 362 U.S. Metro Areas
This year’s 8th annual rankings compares quality of life factors among all 362 metro areas in categories that will have a direct impact on your company’s bottom line.
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2. British Company Farfield Scientific Chooses Pittsburgh for New U.S. Headquarters
Space will also be occupied at the Molecular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cancer Institute and at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson Institute RFID Center of Excellence to house the instruments.
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3. 3D Systems to Consolidate Operations in New Headquarters Facility in South Carolina
As part of the move, the company will shutter its headquarters in Valencia, Calif., and a facility in Grand Junction, Colo. The company expects to consolidate most of the activities that it currently conducts in the two facilities into its new headquarters facility.
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4. COMMENTARY: Quality of Life Is a Leadership Value
In a process dominated by numbers-crunching, the final decision on where to locate a new facility should be made by someone with a soul as well as a green lampshade and visor.
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5. Recent facility expansions and relocations
ZincOx Resources to buy and expand former big river zinc plant in Illinois … Guitar Center to expand distribution center in Indiana … and other short news briefs involving companies that have recently expanded or relocated facilities.
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