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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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SelectUSA states that “A highly integrated supply chain network in the United States links producers and consumers through multiple transportation modes, including air and express delivery services, freight rail, maritime transport and truck transport. logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. 1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Many of Arkansas’s port locations have railway connections that provide a smooth transition for various modes of transportation and quick delivery.

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Plastics On The Move

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The eighth largest industry in the U.S. continues to grow as demand for plastics in construction, automotive, and electrical/electronics markets expands.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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K nown as the Sunflower State, Kansas boasts a highly skilled workforce, outstanding infrastructure, low operating costs and a location in the heart of America. the state offers easy access to clients across North America. This railroad system includes the Logistics Park Kansas City intermodal facility located in Edgerton, Kansas.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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billion), Public Transportation ($200.4 billion), Auto Transportation ($166.5 Most of that acreage supports the 24 local dairies that account for 85 percent of Nevada’s dairy farms and provide milk to the Dairy Farmers of America whole milk powder plant. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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percent in 2011 with top exporting industries that included petroleum and coal products, chemicals, computer and electronic products, non-electrical machinery and transportation equipment. expansion and is its largest operations office in North America outside of its Menlo Park, California headquarters. It outperformed overall U.S.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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Mary’s leading position including incredible ease getting materials and finished good into and out of the area via a multi-modal transportation network including, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a Class 1 rail system and Highway 90 (future I-49), an interstate quality 4-lane highway. (Photo: www.portofwsm.com).