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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. Southern California, Washington’s Puget Sound and the Dallas/Ft. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State. Deloitte estimates that the U.S.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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One advantage by using the barge is that containers can be loaded heavier than the 80,000- pound weight limit for trucks traveling between Stockton and Oakland via the highway system. Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Atlanta, providing overnight trucking access to more than half of the nation’s population.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7

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Flying Without Altitude

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PIT sits on 12,900 acres (making it the fourth-largest airport by land in the nation, behind only Denver International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Orlando International Airport) and has the longest commercial aircraft runways in Pennsylvania at 11,500 feet. Numerous gates at PIT have been eliminated or stand empty.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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A key ingredient to Texas’ success is a comprehensive job creation strategy focused on six key industry clusters: Advanced Technology and Manufacturing; Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense; Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information and Computer Technology; Petroleum Refining and Chemical Products; and Energy.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Little Rock is where ‘America Comes Together’—located at the crossroad of Interstate 30 and the most heavily traveled Interstate in the nation, Interstate 40. defense contracts. and Dallas-Fort Worth at 96.5. It is prominently displayed on the Pure Michigan website as well as the sites of its tourism and travel partners.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Its aluminum will supply the automotive, aerospace and defense industries. All sites are within five miles of Interstate 80, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline travels east/west, which gives rail access to a bevy of manufacturers, agri-business and logistic companies alike. I-80 intersects with U.S.