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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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P83 Innovation Center campus conceptual renderings. Feeding this worker pipeline is Arizona’s university system that produces in-demand graduates specializing in technology and innovation that can quickly make an impact on these growing businesses. In 2015, Apple decided to put its $2 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. The uptick came on the strength of a surging commercial aviation market that more than offset a soft defense performance. For 2012, the top 100 Aero/Defense companies reported a record-setting $695 billion in revenue and $59.8

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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ElectriCities service area. Photo: ElectriCities.). s intention to create 2,600 jobs in Charlotte and Cary by the end of 2015. COLLABORATION, INNOVATION IN WINSTON-SALEM. By Dominique Cantelme. From the May/June 2013 issue. In April, South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 8 percent, its lowest in five years.

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GE Aviation Breaks Ground On Factory In, Lafayette, IN

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As the engine transitions to the production phase, GE could begin hiring at the new Lafayette facility as early as 2015. I am thrilled that GE Aviation, a company that has and continues to lead in technological innovation, has put their faith in Indiana, a state that produces our nation’s best and brightest.”.

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Photonics Companies Investing $1.6B In Rochester, Creating More Than 1,400 Jobs

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The investment comes on the heels of the $600 million Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation announced in July 2015 by Governor Cuomo and Vice President Biden at SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Rochester-region facility at Canal Ponds. Two leading photonics companies, Avogy and Photonica, will invest $1.6

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with with Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce

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We just recently had the announcement of the first Airbus supplier: Labinal is part of the aerospace giant Safran Group and is a global leader in electrical wiring systems. Boeing says it plans to keep building 787s in Charleston while engineers determine whether the plane’s sophisticated electrical system has to be replaced or rebuilt.

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