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Plastics On The Move

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continues to grow as demand for plastics in construction, automotive, and electrical/electronics markets expands. The eighth largest industry in the U.S.

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

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Over the next three years, the company will invest $60 million in new construction and the refurbishment of existing facilities. Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. 1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.

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15 Tennessee Communities To Receive Site Development Grants

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An advisory committee made up of staff from the department, the Tennessee Valley Authority , the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the U.S. Centerville Shipps Bend Industrial Site, $310,650: Construction of access road and new wastewater line to the property.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Presented by Penske Logistics and authored by transportation consultant, Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Parsons Corporation, the report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 Costs for water transportation rose 8.9

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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SelectUSA states that “A highly integrated supply chain network in the United States links producers and consumers through multiple transportation modes, including air and express delivery services, freight rail, maritime transport and truck transport. logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Ports provide the link for getting goods to consumers and transporting U.S. Dyersburg, TN is located at a strategic point on the North American transportation grid, very near the center point of the United States population. made products overseas for export. federal government and conducts immigration policy and programs.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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and the state currently has more than 1,000 megawatts of additional wind energy projects under construction. Department of Homeland Security is constructing its new National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan, a $1.25 This railroad system includes the Logistics Park Kansas City intermodal facility located in Edgerton, Kansas.

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