After being courted by dozens of states, Caterpillar Inc. announced plans yesterday to locate one of its major manufacturing facilities from Japan to Athens, Ga. What helped the northeast Georgia community land the deal?

Category: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: advanced manufacturing, Athens Ga., Caterpillar Inc., global markets, Port of Charleston, Port of Savannah, Reshoring,

Manufacturing drives research and innovation. It promotes skills development. And it pays better than a lot of other jobs. The average hourly pay for a factory worker making durable goods was $20.15 in January, almost a dollar an hour better than the broad service category.

Category: Insights
Tagged: Dean Barber, manufacturing, Reshoring,

General Electric has opened its GE Appliance’s GeoSpring Hybrid Water Heater manufacturing facility at Appliance Park in Louisville. The $38 million investment in the new product and a revitalized facility is the first realization of commitments GE has made since 2009 to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Louisville and create more than 1,000 new jobs in Kentucky by 2014.

Category: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Amazon.com, Delaware, GE, GE Appliances, Kansas Economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Louisiana economy, Louisville, Union Pacific, YRC Freight, Zumiez,

High-tech industries are growing across the U.S. Where are the biggest surges in the sector? Some of these locations might surprise you.

Category: Insights, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: aerospace, biotech, California, Colorado, Delaware, Dell, DuPont, engineering, high-tech industry, information technology, Lockheed Martin, Maryland, Massachusetts, National Science Board, Nevada, New Jersey, pharmaceuticals, Raytheon, science, software design, Texas, Texas Instruments, Utah, Verizon, Virginia, Words With Friends,

As it has for the previous nine years, Texas was at the top of the list among states in export activity in 2011, sending almost $250 billion in goods to foreign markets, a robust year-over-year growth in values of 20.7 percent.

Category: Research, Site Selection
Tagged: California ports, Economy, Exports, Global business, Port of Charleston, South Carolina ports, Texas ports,

Corporate relocations and business expansions come to Louisville KY, Spartanburg County SC, Shawnee KS and Fort Worth TX.

Category: Deals
Tagged: business expansion, finance, foodservice, Fort Worth TX, Highland Baking Co., Jefferson National Financial, Kansas, Kentucky, LinkAmerica, McLane Foodservice, relocation, South Carolina,

Reshoring is becoming a hot topic as political races heat up and high-profile manufacturers shift production back to the U.S, but what will it take to bring more jobs back?

Category: Insights, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Caterpillar, Ford, global supply chains, Innovation, insourcing, Made in America, manufacturing, North Little Rock Ark., outsourcing, President Barack Obama, Reshoring, Southeast,