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Why and how to employ air curtains at industrial doorways

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For example, brick-and-mortar retail stores decentralized their inventories by switching from warehousing to a more diversified approach for in-store storage. Shipping an online order to an Oregon resident is both cheaper and faster from a Portland store than it is from a warehouse in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. TN TOPS IN BUSINESS CLIMATE. BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers noted that the top three—and this year’s no.

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Harry’s Fresh Foods Creating Nashville Production Facility

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It has been a pleasure working with [ Tennessee Economic and Community Development (TNECD) ] ,” added Harry’s Fresh Foods CFO Michael Donovan. The new Nashville facility will produce branded and private-label products for club, retail and food-service customers. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Tennessee. Bill Haslam.

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TTI Floor Care North America To Expand Cookeville, TN Operations

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Tennessee Gov. TTI Floor Care is one of the many successful global companies located in Tennessee, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the company’s efforts to bring high quality manufacturing jobs back to Tennessee and for further investing in our state ,” Hagerty added. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. quickly and efficiently.

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MVP Group Establishes Manufacturing Operations In Fulton, KY

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MVP Group International is the largest manufacturer of private label candles and home fragrance goods worldwide, with sales to national and international retailers. Beshear, the Cabinet for Economic Development and Tennessee Valley Authority for putting together an incentive package to help make this project happen.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. This is where you see development of hybrid trucks, electric trucks and hybrid cranes.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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In this year’s report, we expanded our established alternative energy categories to include rankings for natural gas production, nuclear energy, industrial electricity rates and lowest CO 2 emissions. Using these criteria, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana and Georgia took the top five slots in Best Infrastructure, respectively.