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Expansion Management.com E-News for February 21, 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 States According to Healthcare Costs for Businesses
2. Honda Aircraft Build the HondaJet at Piedmont Triad International Airport in North Carolina
3. Dollar Tree Will Expand Corporate Headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia
4. General Motors to Build Chevrolet Cars in St. Petersburg, Russia
5. Additional Recent facility expansions and relocations


1. New Study Ranks States According to Healthcare Costs for Businesses
As healthcare costs continue to be an increasingly significant drag on your company’s bottom line, you can reduce those expenses simply by choosing to locate in the right state.
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2. Honda Aircraft Build the HondaJet at Piedmont Triad International Airport in North Carolina
For each year the company meets required performance targets, the state will provide a grant equivalent to 75 percent of the state personal income withholding taxes derived from the creation of new jobs.
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3. Dollar Tree Will Expand Corporate Headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia
The company will receive a $200,000 grant from the city over 30 months plus a matching grant of $200,000 from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund.
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4. General Motors to Build Chevrolet Cars in St. Petersburg, Russia
The greenfield manufacturing plant will go live in late 2008 with initial full-year capacity of 25,000 units.
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5. Recent facility expansions and relocations
New Mexico Announces Nearly $1.6 Million in Job Training Incentive Funds for Six Local Companies … Lundbeck USA to Establish U.S. Headquarters in Philadelphia Pennsylvania … Fidelity Receives $8.5 Million Texas Enterprise Fund Grant to Support Major Facility Expansion in Westlake, Texas … and other short news briefs involving companies that have recently expanded or relocated facilities.
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