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Minnesota Job Skills Grant Supports Sappi Fine Paper Work Force Training [ 5/15/2008 ]By: News Briefs
CLOQUET, Minn. (May 15) — The company will use the $328,000-plus grant to train more than 300 workers in improved craft skills, as well as to provide training for its future work force.Read The Full Article
Medical Imaging Company Relocates High-Paying Jobs to Cleveland Metro [ 5/13/2008 ]By: News Briefs
OAKWOOD, Ohio (May 13) — ViewRay receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in state incentives, plus millions more in private investments, to move its operation to an area with a biotechnology cluster.Read The Full Article
FREDERICK, Md. (April 24) — Funds will help accelerate the manufacturing capabilities of the company’s state-of-the-art product.
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Michigan Wins BAE Systems Expansion With Incentive Package [ 5/8/2008 ]By: News Briefs
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (May 8) — Assistance provided by Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) helped convince the company to choose Michigan for the expansion over competing sites in Alabama, Pennsylvania and California.Read The Full Article
Toyota Boshoku America Breaks Ground in Mississippi [ 5/8/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (May 8) — The automobile supplier will build a facility to provide parts for the Toyota Highlander plant in nearby Blue Springs.Read The Full Article
Canon to Invest More Than $600 Million in Virginia Subsidiaries [ 5/6/2008 ]By: News Briefs
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 6) — Canon Virginia Inc. will invest more than $600 million in its operations here and at its Industrial Resource Technologies Inc. (IRT) subsidiary’s facilities in Gloucester County, Va., the first of several expansions planned as part of Canon Virginia’s “Vision for the Future” program. Canon Virginia is a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. Inc.Read The Full Article
Brazilian Medical Device Firm To Open R&D Facility in Ohio [ 5/6/2008 ]By: News Briefs
CLEVELAND (May 6) — Scitech Produtos Medicos, a Brazil-based medical device company, will open a research and development office here in June, the company. The office will be in partnership with Case Western Reserve University.Read The Full Article
ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft To Relocate Machining Operations to Facility in Illinois [ 5/1/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
DANVILLE, Ill. (May 1) — The state will leverage millions in private investment through tax credits and work force training funds for the project, which could lead to 200 new jobs.Read The Full Article
Automobile Parts Supplier MOBIS To Remain in Miami-Dade County [ 5/1/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
MIAMI (May 1) — The company, which was looking at domestic and foreign locations, gets an incentive package from The Beacon Council to keep its Latin American headquarters in South Florida.Read The Full Article
Apartment Realty Advisors Names Senior Vice President in Kansas City [ 4/30/2008 ]By: News Briefs
Kansas City, Mo. (April 29) — Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA) announced that G. Reid Teaney has been appointed senior vice president of its Kansas City office.Read The Full Article
Atlantic Thermal Plastics To Open Manufacturing Facility in Arkansas [ 4/29/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
POCAHONTAS, Ark. (April 29) — Support from the state, a strategic central location and skilled work force will allow the company to compete in an intensively competitive global economy.Read The Full Article
Siemens Announces Nearly 300 New Wind Energy Jobs in Iowa [ 4/29/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 29) — The city of Fort Madison and officials from the Iowa Department of Economic Development worked closely with company officials to finalize the $33 million-plus expansion project.Read The Full Article
TechniGraphics To Create Hundreds of New Jobs in Ohio [ 4/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
WOOSTER, Ohio (April 24) — The company will receive millions in state incentives to expand headquarters operations in Wooster.Read The Full Article
Chinese Technology Firm To Locate HQ in Georgia [ 4/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ATLANTA (April 24) — PAX Technology cites the state's logistics systems, access to markets and business-friendly environment as reasons for the project.Read The Full Article
BMW Unveils Considerable Expansion of South Carolina Plant [ 4/22/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (April 22) — The automaker will double its production space to manufacture new lines of vehicles in its largest investment to date in the Palmetto State.Read The Full Article
Utah Approves Incentives for Southern Classic Food Group [ 4/22/2008 ]By: News Briefs
OGDEN, Utah (April 22) — A $300,000 grant will help the company operate its first manufacturing facility in the western U.S., which will supply product to a major client in the region.Read The Full Article
Development Complete for California Industrial Building Complex [ 4/20/2008 ]By: News Briefs
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (April 20) — Stirling Capital secures five leases in the Global Access Business Centre at Southern California Logistics Centre.Read The Full Article
Inergy Automotive To Relocate Operations to Michigan [ 4/17/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
ADRIAN, Mich. (April 17) — Incentives package will help the France-based company transfer its operations from Ontario.Read The Full Article
BATON ROUGE, La. (April 15) — The state is expected to approve $10 million in funds to support infrastructure improvements for the project, which will generate 1,000 new jobs.Read The Full Article
Automotive Supplier IAC Group Expands Facilities in North Carolina [ 4/15/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
ALBERMARLE, N.C. (April 15) — A One North Carolina Fund grant helps bring $10.6 million expansion investment.Read The Full Article
ITECH South to Locate Manufacturing Facility in South Carolina [ 4/15/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (April 17) — The state cites work force and business climate as the reasons for the company’s $5 million investment, which will result in nearly 100 new jobs.Read The Full Article
Wabash National To Locate Manufacturing Facility in Franklin, Kentucky [ 4/11/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
FRANKLIN, Ky. (April 11) — The company is eligible for tax benefits up to $4 million under the Kentucky Industrial Development Act, an incentive program designed to attract and expand manufacturing employment in the state.Read The Full Article
Elanti Systems To Expand Operations in New Jersey With Edison Innovation Fund Investment [ 4/11/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. (April 11, 2008) – Financing from the state will allow the technology company to create nearly 40 jobs and grow its operations in New Jersey.Read The Full Article
RTI International Relocates HQ Operations to Pittsburgh [ 4/9/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
PITTSBURGH (April 9, 2008) — The state of Pennsylvania coordinated a funding package valued at $255,000 to help convince the company to relocate the facility and more than 30 high-paying jobs.Read The Full Article
Indianapolis Woodworking to Grow Its Indiana Operations [ 4/9/2008 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
FISHERS, Ind. (April 9, 2008) – The company will use $29,500 from the state's Skills Enhancement Fund to provide its new and existing work force with supplemental training.Read The Full Article
