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Montreal Named 2016 Intelligent Community of the Year

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The three founders of the Intelligent Community Forum presented the Award along with Mayor Rob van Gijzel of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, who serves as chairman of the ICF Foundation, and representatives from previous Intelligent Community of the Year recipients. The Intelligent Community Forum.

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

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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“We have an abundance of resources and, in particular, access to talent which is really impactful when you think about leading commercialization in technology as well as providing a foundation for companies to be able to draw their own workforces.”. Today, the Chicago area’s manufacturing industry currently employs over 400,000 men and women.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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When jobs stopped getting created (and in many areas employment was still hemorrhaging), we introduced the concept of growth potential as a key measure in our flagship rankings categories. So we’ve created a new category, which we’re calling Employment Recovery Leaders, but which also could be titled “Heroes of the Recovery.”.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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Employment figures rose slightly by two percent. Since 2006, employment in these companies has grown by 30 percent. DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitue (DFI) in Frankfurt: Bioprocess engineering, interface between research and industry. Source: Hessen Trade and Invest GmbH. billion Euros. Many of them are located at Höchst Industrial Park.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Taking advantage of that strong educational and training foundation is the new BRIDG (Building the Innovation Development Gap) facility at NeoCity in Osceola County. Its aluminum will supply the automotive, aerospace and defense industries. So while the talent base in Florida is strong today, tomorrow’s workforce looks even brighter.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The allocation to each Public University which makes application shall be based on each Public University’s federally financed research and development expenditures as reported by the National Science Foundation. Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment. The Research Program.

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