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Detroit Electric Returns To Motor City; 180 Jobs To Be Created

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The new Detroit Electric sports car will be revealed in April 2013. PRNewsFoto/Detroit Electric). After an absence of over 70 years, Detroit Electric has returned to the legendary Motor City, promising job creation and a range of exciting 100% electric vehicles for the mass market. Rockerfeller Jr.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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In 2011, Emerson leased 18,000 square feet of space at the Sawgrass International Corporate Park with the option for an additional 9,500 square feet. MEDC touts recent projects such as Whirlpool, Two Men and a Truck, Stik.com and the creation of an urban innovation district in downtown Detroit as examples of its growing success.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Your eyes weren’t deceiving you when you saw Detroit, MI sitting at No. Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S. aerospace industry, with over $14 billion in purchases from U.S.

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

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To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. Positive absorption remains in all industrial submarkets in DuPage County, showing continued strength and growth in the county in leasing, user sales and construction completions.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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One of Pittsburgh’s top regional strengths is its Information and Communications (ICT) industry, which includes nearly 1,600 ICT firms with more than 26,000 employees and 6,000 computer and electrical engineers. Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased. In the past decade, nearly $1.8

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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Electrical Appliances ($4.7 Non-Thai investors are permitted to hire foreign experts and technicians and also may qualify for land ownership rights if they would prefer not to lease office space. Plastics Resins ($8.5 Chemicals Products ($8.5 Rubber Products ($8.4 Metal Products ($7.0 Integrated Circuits ($6.7 Machinery and parts ($6.3

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Industry Focus: Data Centers – To Serve And Protect

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Electrical Capacity: ComEd, the area’s electrical distribution firm and primary supplier, is in the process of completing new high capacity transmission lines which border Huntley’s 500 acres of industrial and business park areas. miles from US-127, is central to Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Detroit, Chicago and Toledo.