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Akebono Brake Corp. Opens North American Headquarters in Elizabethtown, Kentucky [ 5/15/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (May 15, 2007) — The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority approved Akebono for tax incentives up to $1.35 million under the Kentucky Jobs Development Act.Read The Full Article
India-Based Essel Propak to Expand Manufacturing Facility in Danville, Virginia [ 5/15/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
DANVILLE, Va. (May 15, 2007) — The company will create a state-of-the-art printing center to support both Essel Propack and its subsidiary, Arista Tubes, which is also located in Danville.Read The Full Article
Zyvex Performance Materials to Receive $1 Million From Ohio’s Targeted Industry Attraction Program [ 5/15/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 15, 2007) — The program provides grants to attract new-to-Ohio business projects that will significantly impact Ohio by creating high-value jobs, increasing tax revenues and improving the economic welfare of the state.Read The Full Article
Cardinal Health to Receive $11.8 Million Incentives Package to Support Illinois Expansion [ 5/14/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
CHICAGO, Ill. (May 14, 2007) — The Illinois DCEO is administering the business investment package that includes EDGE corporate income tax credits and ETIP job training funds.Read The Full Article
Hershey to Expand Manufacturing Plant in Virginia [ 5/14/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (May 14, 2007) — The state approved $200,000 from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund to assist Augusta County with the project.Read The Full Article
Corning to Reopen Plant in Concord, North Carolina [ 5/14/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
CONCORD, N.C. (May 14, 2007) — Corning officials said it will take about six to nine months to restart fiber manufacturing production at the Concord facility.Read The Full Article
Crouse Corp. to Relocate Headquarters in Paducah, Kentucky [ 5/14/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
PADUCAH, Ky. (May 14, 2007) — According to local officials, the KEIA state incentive that refunds the state sales tax on materials used in constructing a new facility helped swing this decision.Read The Full Article
ThyssenKrupp Selects Alabama for $3.7 Billion Steel and Stainless Steel Processing Plant [ 5/11/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
MOBILE, Ala. (May 11, 2007) — The new plant complex, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2010, is expected to be one of the largest private industrial development projects in the United States over the next decade.Read The Full Article
Maxim Integrated Products to Receive $5 Million Grant to Support Facility Expansion in Irving, Texas [ 5/11/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
IRVING, Texas (May 11, 2007) — This investment is projected to generate $200 million in capital investments and will create approximately 1,000 new jobs over the next seven years.Read The Full Article
W.R. Grace Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee [ 5/11/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
MT. PLEASANT, Tenn. (May 11, 2007) — The Mt. Pleasant site consists of a 100,000 square feet building located on 25 acres of property.Read The Full Article
MBM Foodservice to Expand Distribution Center in Macon, Georgia [ 5/11/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
MACON, Ga. (May 11, 2007) — The new facility will be completed in late 2007 and will serve the company’s major customer, Chik fil A, in the Southeast.Read The Full Article
PRESS RELEASE: Penton’s Expansion Management Adds Circulation to Commercial Real Estate Brokers [ 5/10/2007 ]
Gulf Ethanol Plans for First Ethanol Blending Facility near the Port of Houston [ 5/10/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
HOUSTON, Texas (May 10, 2007) — The Bayport Industrial District is one of America’s largest industrial parks and the center of the nation’s largest concentration of petrochemical production.Read The Full Article
High-Tech Data Centers Drawn to Rural Central Washington [ 5/10/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
QUINCY, Wash. (May 10, 2007) — Ask.com joins a lineup that already includes Microsoft, Yahoo!, Intuit and Seattle-based Sabey Corp. in building more than 1.5 million square feet of data centers on 200-plus acres.Read The Full Article
Medical Informatics Engineering to Open Headquarters in Fort Wayne, Indiana [ 5/10/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (May 10, 2007) — MIE spent more than $550,000 to build out the 17,000 square foot space, and invested an additional $150,000 in new equipment.Read The Full Article
Liquidmetal Technologies Corporate Offices Moving to Rancho Santa Margarita, California [ 5/10/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (May 11, 2007) — The move comes in the wake of the expiration of the current facilities lease later this spring.Read The Full Article
Petrom to Open an Operation Center in the Caspian Region [ 5/9/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
BUCHAREST, Romania (May 9, 2007) — Facility to operate primarily in Kazakhstan and Russia; company hopes to open office in Turkmenistan.Read The Full Article
Bio-Rad Increases Presence in the Asia-Pacific Region With Manufacturing Facility in Singapore [ 5/9/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
BEIJING, China (May 9, 2007) — Company puts facility in proximity to its growing Asia customer base.Read The Full Article
Qimonda AG to Build New 300mm Fab Facility in Singapore [ 5/9/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
SINGAPORE (May 9, 2007) — Construction is scheduled to begin the end of calendar year 2007, with production expected to start in 2009. At full capacity, the new fab will have more than 1,500 employees.Read The Full Article
Massachusetts-Based Hardigg Industries to Open New Manufacturing Facility in Greenfield, Indiana [ 5/9/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
GREENFIELD, Ind. (May 9, 2007) — The company was awarded income tax credits and training grants from the State of Indiana and tax abatement from Hancock County.Read The Full Article
Neturen America Corp. to Receive Rapid Outreach Grant to Support Facility Expansion in Hamilton, Ohio [ 5/9/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
HAMILTON, Ohio (May 9, 2007) — The 629 Program is funded with gas tax dollars and is restricted to public road projects only.Read The Full Article
Austrian-American Partnership to Build Manufacturing Facility in Chesapeake, Virginia [ 5/9/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (May 9, 2007) — Earthcore Industries of Jacksonville, Fla., and Schiedel of Vienna, Austria, will manufacture and distribute Isokern masonry fireplace and chimney systems for the U.S. market.Read The Full Article
Accenture Opens New Delivery Center in Gurgaon, India [ 5/8/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
GURGAON, India (April 8, 2007) — Company opens 10th facility in India as part of its strategy to address growing demand in the country.Read The Full Article
SINGAPORE (May 8, 2007) — The group will extend its products and services to Asian customers from Singapore.Read The Full Article
New Technology Center in Saskatchewan, Canada to Receive $6.2 Million in Economic Development Funding [ 5/8/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Canada (May 8, 2007) — The WEPA support includes a $2.2 million contribution from Western Economic Diversification Canada and $1.9 million from Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, while the additional $2.85 million from Industry and Resources will help the center with development and operating costs up to 2013.Read The Full Article
