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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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With more than 1,200 aerospace and defense companies in Arizona, it is easy to understand why PriceWaterhouseCoopers ranked Arizona number one for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness. In fact, the Arizona/Sonora, Mexico region makes up the fourth-largest aerospace supply chain in the world and the largest in North America.

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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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The oil and gas exploration and production company is separating to create a new company that will oversee its existing California assets as the state’s largest natural gas producer. The company extended its lease in Greenway Plaza in March of 2013. Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. billion in goods in 2013. billion, up 5.4

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

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Metro Little Rock excels when it comes to importing materials and shipping the finished product. In 2010, Caterpillar opened a new $140 million motor grader production facility in North Little Rock. Caterpillar, in its first year in the region, built over 1,000 Motor Graders which were sold throughout the world.

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

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During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. This [project] sends a strong message to our next generation that Baton Rouge is a great place to study, work and build an exciting future in what is truly becoming America’s next great city.”.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Targeted Industries: IT & Computer Tech, Energy, Petroleum Refining & Chemical Products, Advanced Tech & Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense. For its groundbreaking work, the company received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in July 2012.

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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. Annual production at the facility has tripled since 2008. So the last remaining auto assembly plant within the city limits of Detroit is now perhaps the most modern and successful vehicle production facility in the world.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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According to government figures, its economic output—the state equivalent of the gross domestic product—grew by 2.2 With more than 2,400 acres of land available for lease, runway access and CSX rail service, the Technology Center is an industrial gem. From the July/August 2014 issue. percent to top $800 billion.

Florida 46