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Expansion Management.com E-News for January 10, 2007

Welcome! Expansion Management's weekly eNewsletter is produced by the editors of EM in order to provide business executives with news items featuring facility expansions and relocations of other companies, as well information about incentives and other assistance those companies may have received from local and state economic development organizations.

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In This Newsletter:
1. New Study Ranks 2,800 Public School Districts Nationwide
2. Lear Corp. Receives Additional $2.9 Million CDBG Funds to Support Michigan Facility Expansion
3. Lego Systems to Locate North American Distribution Center at Alliance, Texas
4. East Penn Manufacturing Co. to Receive up to $21.4 Million Incentive Package to Support Expansion in Pennsylvania
5. Recent facility expansions and relocations


1. New Study Ranks 2,800 Public School Districts Nationwide
Expansion Management's 16th annual Education Quotient compares 2,800 public school districts nationwide to provide you with a means to compare the type of manufacturing work force you’re likely to encounter in communities throughout the U.S.
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2. Lear Corp. Receives Additional $2.9 Million CDBG Funds to Support Michigan Facility Expansion
The award will be used to construct a new well and make other improvements to the water supply needed for Lear to accommodate the manufacture of a new product line.
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3. Lego Systems to Locate North American Distribution Center at Alliance, Texas
Logistics-provider Exel, Inc. will be operational at its new location in January 2007 and will employ 50 workers in the facility.
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4. East Penn Manufacturing Co. to Receive up to $21.4 Million Incentive Package to Support Expansion in Pennsylvania
The first phase of the project includes construction of a new battery plant, a new distribution facility and related infrastructure.
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5. Recent facility expansions and relocations
Distribution America Relocates Headquarters to Charlotte, N.C. … Beef Products Inc. Announces $400 Million Facility Expansion in South Sioux City, Neb. … and other short news briefs involving companies that have recently expanded or relocated facilities.
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