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SK Siltron Investing $302M In Michigan Semiconductor Wafer Plant

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The company, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Siltron, considered sites in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas but ultimately chose Michigan due to its talent and proximity to automakers. Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is investing $8.7 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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Stemming from their wired and wireless network expansion announced last fall, AT&T plans to hire 120 people across South Carolina—filling 50 vacancies and hiring for 70 new positions. The investment we’re making in our wireless and wireline networks is essential to spurring South Carolina’s economy and creating jobs.

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My Kingdom for a Horse

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We figured incoming production metrics would give us an accurate fix on whether the traditionally dominant aero hubs in Metro Seattle and Wichita are in the process of being usurped by rising contenders in Charleston, SC and Mobile, AL. Aerospace Manufacturing sector.

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Airbus, Caterpillar, Bridgestone, eBay Earn Honorable Mentions from Business Facilities in 2012 Economic Deal Of The Year Competition

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The projects/locations singled out by the judging panel of industry experts and leading site selection consultants for special recognition included: Mobile (AL) Area Chamber of Commerce for Airbus’ selection of Mobile as the site of its final assembly facility. Air Force refueling tanker project. Bridgestone Americas $1.2-billion

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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We wish we could tell you that most locations are mobilizing to fix the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and dams; unfortunately, the opposite seems to be true: the United States received an overall grade of D+ in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) annual assessment, our starting point for BF’s evaluation.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The expansion includes retrofitting their main fab to logic chips to supply mobile and tablet production. Along with new renovations, Samsung’s Austin Research Center also grew its presence with about 200 engineers dedicated to design and development of the latest technologies for mobile application processors. Samsung Electronics Co.,

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Projects: Airbus Assembly Facility (Mobile, AL Chamber of Commerce); eBay Campus (Utah Governor’s Office for Economic Development); Caterpillar Production Plant (Georgia Department for Economic Development); Bridgestone Americas Tire Plant (South Carolina Department of Commerce). Honorable Mentions. Bridgestone Americas $1.2-billion

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