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Honeywell Announces $208 Million In Louisiana Projects

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Bobby Jindal and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies President and CEO Andreas Kramvis have announced that Honeywell will invest $208 million in new manufacturing projects at its four production sites in Louisiana. LED estimates all four projects will result in 148 new indirect jobs, for a total of 190 new jobs in Louisiana.

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

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This project will continue to position Louisiana as a leader in the global technology sector as we are bringing in one of the largest, most successful, most innovative companies to create a first-of-its-kind software development center in Louisiana,” Gov. million office building will be funded by the State of Louisiana ($14.8

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Deal said the Innovation Center is “is exactly the kind of employer we want in the state.” Projects: IBM Tech Center (Louisiana Economic Development), Pinewood Atlanta Studios (Fayette County Development Auth.), General Motors’ project in Georgia will generate an estimated direct economic impact of $1.6 Honorable Mentions.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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Services cover the spectrum of clinical trial feasibility, study design, study mobilization, study management, data linkage, real world evidence and analysis and reporting. At the beginning of 2015, 566 companies employed more than 27,000 workers, with an average employment growth of more than five percent per year. billion in 2014.

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Sasol Announces Largest Manufacturing Investment In Louisiana History

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billion, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and completed by the LSU Division of Economic Development. According to Dr. Loren Scott, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LSU, Sasol’s planned facility will be the largest single manufacturing investment in Louisiana history.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone. The credit is 20% of the actual costs limited to the employer’s income tax liability. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . The maximum grant is $1.5

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services. Natural gas also is lifting the state economy in Louisiana.