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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates.

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Global Technical Systems To Create 1,110 New Jobs In Virginia Beach

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GTS, which provides advanced engineering solutions for defense, homeland security, and related U.S. government and international customers, will construct a 500,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing center to produce and distribute 100 percent green energy storage systems using advanced composites and engineering technologies.

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Mississippi: A Winning Recipe

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Toyota Mississippi said that construction of the 15,000-square-foot visitor and interactive training center would begin in late 2018 with a targeted completion date in mid-2019. The new manufacturing operations will begin in 2018. The company is on track to produce its 1 millionth vehicle in late 2017.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. After all, during his absence, Ivory Homes had strengthened its place as Utah’s No. Maybe now was the right time to step back, to perhaps even cash out.

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Rigger Boots Vs Wellies: What’s The Difference?

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Rigger boots have reportedly received criticism for their lack of ankle support and have even been outlawed on some construction sites. In accordance with their risk assessments and health and safety requirements, they are frequently prohibited on particular construction sites or by particular construction companies.

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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 plant will hit full capacity in 2018, when it is expected to produce up to 50 aircraft per year. The decision by eBay to construct a new 40-acre campus in Draper, UT will directly bring 2,200 new jobs to the state, creating more than $1.6 billion investment in the construction of a new 1.5-million-square

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Department of Defense. High Wage Jobs Tax Credit: A taxpayer who is an eligible employer may apply for and receive a tax credit for each new high-wage economic-base job. Qualified employers: . Are growing with employment greater than the previous year; and. Qualified employers can take the credit for 4 years.