Western Kentucky University and Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp. have formed an economic development partnership creating Owensboro-based applied research programs in plant biotechnology and food science with lab space at the Centre for Business and Research where full-time WKU-Owensboro faculty can successfully interface with existing companies and to help foster new startup companies in the region.

Categories: Deals, Research
Tagged: Biotechnology and Kentucky, Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp., Kentucky education, Kentucky research, Ownesboro, Western Kentucky University,

AQT Solar, a leading developer of low-cost copper-indium-gallium-diselenide thin-film solar cells, has selected Richland County, South Carolina as the location for its second manufacturing facility, creating up to 1,000 jobs/

Categories: Deals, Site Selection
Tagged: AQT Solar, South Carolina energy, South Carolina jobs, South Carolina manufacturing,

CK Technologies, a major supplier to the commercial truck and bus market, is building a manufacturing facility for interior, exterior, and functional (under-the-hood) assemblies in Brownsville, Texas. The new facility involves a capital investment in excess of $20 million and is expected to create 121 jobs during 2011.

Categories: Site Selection
Tagged: Brownsville, Cascade Engineering, CK Technologies, CK Technologies and Brownsville, Texas economy, Texas manufacturing, TX,

McAllen officials say they’re seeking the EB-5 Regional Center designation in part because drug violence in Mexico has wealthy foreign investors looking for a safer environment because of drug violence in that country.

Categories: Deals
Tagged: EB-5 program, Foreign investment in Texas, Mexico, Mexico drug war, Texas,