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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov.

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Moon Express Opens Facility In Huntsville, AL

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a lunar resource company, has announced the opening of a Propulsion Development Facility in Huntsville, Alabama, that will be key to landing the world’s first commercial spacecraft on the Moon. “Tim is an avid inventor, entrepreneur, innovator, engineer and educator,” said Moon Express CEO, Bob Richards.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Life Sciences Grow High-Wage Jobs in the Beehive State

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Most recently, the state supported a major expansion of BioFire Diagnostics, whose innovations in molecular diagnostics are helping propel Utah into its future life sciences economy. Employees at the new site, located in West Jordan, will focus on fabrication of composite horizontal stabilizer components for the 787-9 jetliner.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

Business Facilities

Locations are bringing higher ed resources and high-tech businesses together to plant the seeds for market-ready advanced technology at incubators and innovation institutes, and to create the STEM-savvy workforce that will fill these new jobs. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation.

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Wisconsin: Where Collaboration Drives Industry Advancement

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Since then, the building has seen rapid fulfillment, leading to the development of Global Water Center II to advance water industry cluster development and innovation above and beyond its current assets. Through organizations such as M-WERC, companies can tap this expertise for innovative, cost-effective and efficient energy solutions.

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

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. The European commercial aircraft giant announced its choice of Mobile last year.

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Subcontractors are always on the defensive when it comes to rework, which they must mitigate and reduce as much as possible. Extracker’s mission is to create financial transparency between commercial construction companies. This will help your productivity skyrocket, from the field to the fabrication shop. .

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