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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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What follows is an update on locations that are staying ahead of the curve in meeting the essentials needed for sustainable growth in the advanced manufacturing sector. MISSISSIPPI TARGETS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SECTOR. Yokohama Tire Corporation’s manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi partners with EMCC to train its employees.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED? The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. Ackerstein Sustainability LLC.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. In higher education, San Antonio’s six NSA Centers of Excellence specialize in cybersecurity research and education and support a sustainable cybersecurity workforce pipeline.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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Healthcare and biotechnology are among the key technologies that have been identified as being important for the future sustainable development of the Luxembourg economy. Mississippi Medical Center Unveils New Research Hub. That will mark the first phase of a long-term plan to construct the Mississippi Biotechnology Research Park.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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And, a network of water transportation along the Arkansas River contains ports in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Fort Smith, in addition to Mississippi River terminals in Osceola, West Memphis and McGehee. The West Memphis Mega Site is located in East Arkansas along the Mississippi River and is 1,420 acres.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Consistent with the past few years, the 24th Annual State of Logistics Report expects slow albeit sustainable growth for the future, with the logistics GDP hovering somewhere between 2.5 Wilson believes that “the economy and logistics sector will slowly regain sustainable momentum, but we will still experience unevenness in growth rates.”.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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