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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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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. Composites, IT, Digital Media, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, Retail, Sports & Outdoor Products. UTAH FAST FACTS. Population (2011 Est.): 2,817,222.

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Less Is More In New England

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Waterstone Retail of Needham, MA has a 500,000-square-foot center underway with Phase 1 now open and Phase 2 approved by the city. NCS Global has built a LEED Certified Silver facility for their global headquarters on Innovation Drive. Another key draw for the company at Quonset was its innovative site-readiness program.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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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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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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N ew technologies and business models have the heavy/discrete manufacturing industry on the verge of an innovative new period that promises greater productivity and the potential for lower costs, according to a recent report prepared by GE. advanced manufacturing. MANUFACTURING SUCCESS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE. Photo: Enterprise Florida).

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Alabama got a turbocharged boost to the top of our automotive scoreboard from the Alabama Industrial Development Training [AIDT] program, an innovative leader in workforce training initiatives that specializes in developing on-site training facilities for key industries, including aerospace, ship-building and automotive. Herbert told us.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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The company plans to add space that will house additional equipment and allow an increase in its machining fabricating, sheet metal and manufacturing capacity. Retail Business in Charlotte and for its Global Technology & Operations organization in Cary. COLLABORATION, INNOVATION IN WINSTON-SALEM.