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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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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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To travel from Vancouver to our mine in Patagonia—a three-hour flight south of Santiago, Chile—it would take almost a full 40 hours to get there,” he says. The mining segment of the company was headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, before moving to Broward. Chile, Peru and Mexico. “To Leo University, University of South Florida, St.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The region’s assets include a readily available base of skilled knowledge workers, a warm climate for creative activities, convenient access to world markets, and a cooperative spirit that helps turn research discoveries into commercial products. defense contracts.

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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. The approximate cost is estimated to be the same per container, which includes diesel fuel charges.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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One company that can attest to this collaborative spirit at SMUD is Micron, which acquired a local company, Numonyx, in 2010 and then launched its North American headquarters in Folsom, California, part of SMUD’s service territory. Aerojet partnered with SMUD to install PV panels covering more than 40 acres of its property and generating 6.5