A major steel project in Coastal Texas, a massive energy project in western Kansas and upgrades to two Indiana seed production plants top the week’s job creation and site selection announcements.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Port Corpus Christi, Tennessee, Texas manufacturing,

In Arkansas, Big River Steel plans to build a more than $1 billion steel mill in Mississippi County, Arkansas that will directly employ more than 500 people with annual average compensation of $75,000 a year.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Arkansas, Ashland, General Motors, Kansas, Kentucky manufacturing, Microsoft, North Carolina, Virginia,

General Motors will open an IT Innovation Center in Roswell, GA, creating 1,000 high-tech jobs and investing $26 million. GM will purchase a 228,000-square-foot former UPS facility in Roswell for the Innovation Center, the third of four such centers it is opening in the United States.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Auto manufacturing, General Motors, Georgia, Honda, Kansas, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and auto manufacturing,

Some foreign direct investment projects top the week’s site selection and job creation announcements: In the Charlotte USA region, Denver Global Products Inc., a subsidiary of Chongqing RATO Power Co. Ltd., is building manufacturing, distribution and research facilities in Lincoln County. The company, a subsidiary of a Chinese-based manufacturer of thermo-power products and general-purpose engines for all-terrain [...]

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Charlotte USA, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina,

A massive solar project in Texas, a steel processing plant in South Carolina and another reshoring project, this one in Louisiana, top the week’s site selection and investment announcements.

Categories: Deals
Tagged: Kansas, Kentucky, Reshoring, South Carolina manufacturing, Texas, Texas solar energy,

Announcements for rockets, sporting goods and electronics top the week’s job creation, site selection and investment news:

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Academy Sports, Kansas, Kentucky manufacturing, Rocket Crafters, South Carolina,

Some heavy hitters in technology, auto production and aircraft manufacturing lead the pack on a holiday week of site selection and job creation developments: Apple is investing in a major way in Nevada. The company plans to invest more than $1 billion over the next decade on a 350-acre data server center for its cloud computer [...]

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Airbus, Charlotte USA, Kansas, Kentucky transportation, Nissan, South Carolina manufacturing,