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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation. a total of 31,900 route miles.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. Vernon Distribution Center over a weekend and hand-delivered the proposal to Walgreens’ Headquarters in Chicago on Monday morning to edge out five other competitors that had a two-week head start. . Company management noticed Dennis’s prowess.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A supplier network already is queuing up to put down roots in Alabama to service Airbus. Robert Bentley met with Labinal officials during a visit to the Farnborough International Air Show in England last year and encouraged the company to locate in Alabama. Labinal is part of the French aerospace conglomerate, Safran Group.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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After rising through the ranks of our Automotive Manufacturing Strength category like one of the Saturn V rockets they used to produce in Huntsville, Alabama finally has reached the summit in our flagship auto category. Auto Giants Keep Getting Bigger. automotive production, with more than 900,000 vehicles produced in 2013.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The Obama Administration is moving forward with an aggressive federally funded program, first announced by the president in his 2013 State of the Union address, to create advanced manufacturing hubs in emerging growth sectors. Names Innovation Hubs. Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build U.S.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

Alabama Green Building Solutions & SLS Construction. Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters. City of Chicago. Service Employees International Union. USGBC Alabama Chapter. Advanced Home Energy Solutions. Aedis Ince. Affiliated Engineers, Inc. AGR Consulting. AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc. Ahold USA Retail.