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Global Railcar Firm Growing Indiana Operations Into Midwest Maintenance Hub

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Global railcar leasing company GATX Corporation will expand its Terre Haute, IN operations into a full-scale Midwest maintenance hub, creating up to 59 new jobs by 2020. GATX, which leases railcars to a diverse mix of global companies, currently has more than 121,000 railcars in its North American fleet, serving more than 900 customers.

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Two Tech Companies Growing In Central Indiana

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PactSafe , a legal-focused technology company, plans to invest $575,000 to lease and equip a new office in Indianapolis. In addition to its Indiana office, PactSafe also maintains a part-time presence in California through its partnership with Acceleprise, an entrepreneurship accelerator operating in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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The key to that positive change resides in the same place in California it did in North Dakota—buried more than a mile underground in the middle of a huge shale deposit. Thus far, California hasn’t dived head-first into an embrace of fracking. Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various studies.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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California-based software development company, Smith Micro Software, has established a significant presence in the Pittsburgh region. The company, which develops software applications for mobile platforms, opened its R&D center in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2010. In the past decade, nearly $1.8 Smith Micro has received $1.8

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

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Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. Our economic development region (Metro Little Rock Alliance) goes beyond our MSA, representing a 12-county region with a population of over 1,000,000 people reflecting the mobility of our workforce.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Ports also play a role in national security by supporting the mobilization, deployment and resupply of U.S. Its location is close to Interstate 10 and 150 miles east of the Port of Houston, providing options for businesses to lease and leases of port property for commercial and barge fleeting purposes. military forces.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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New technologies are being developed at an unprecedented pace and our highly mobile world is changing the shape of the semiconductor industry in new ways. “We Mobile’ is the watchword in today’s landscape.”. The mobile technology revolution has swept over the nation and is helping Austin’s semiconductor industry thrive.

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