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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Three Louisiana Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) schools, including one at Southern University at Shreveport, deliver technicians with required certificates and FAA certifications. The site offers a 24/7 control tower and a fire station and is designated a Foreign Trade Zone with customs and border security.

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“Mitbestimmung” in Tennessee

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” While Herr Osterloh has been trying to set a positive tone for the upcoming talks with his hints of new models flowing into the Chattanooga plant, the UAW is making its own predictions: the autoworkers union says it’s confident it has the workers’ signatures it needs to force a union-certification vote at the VW plant.

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First ACT Certified Work Ready Community Announced In Joplin, MO Area

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” States award this certification when counties achieve established goals of individuals in the workforce earning the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRCTM) and businesses recognizing, preferring, or recommending the NCRC. States may add additional criteria to their specific initiatives.

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South Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of South Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. This formula is advantageous for a company whose majority of sales occurs outside South Carolina. It can be used for job creation and/or product development.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

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This demand for wood products continues to grow as designers appreciate its renewability, versatility, aesthetics, and most important, its ability to sequester carbon once installed. Type III with Type I podium: Interior FRTW used both above and below the podium in Charleston, South Carolina.

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IEER Report: Small Modular Reactors a “Poor Bet” To Revive Failed Nuclear Renaissance in U.S.

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Titled Light Water Designs of Small Modular Reactors: Facts and Analysis, the IEER report focuses on light water reactor (LWR) SMR designs, the development and certification of which the U.S. The four designs would reduce the size of each reactor considerably. Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D. Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.,

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South Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated South Carolina incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of South Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.