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How to plan your warehouse layout

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A 306,000-square-foot addition to a Walgreens distribution center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. But the drawback of locating beside well-traveled routes is that owners are forced to work within the confines of existing networks. The 124,000-square-foot office and warehouse expansion for The Dial Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri.

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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Olympus, a Pennsylvania-based maker of precision surgical instruments and related products, announced plans in November to build a $37 million research, development and manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Center. The region is a major transportation hub and travelers can reach any market in the country within three hours by air.

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Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

The Korte Company

Every motorist who came across them stopped, confusing the hazard lights for a railroad crossing. That incident made news, if only because a local reporter was traveling with Effic that night. Dan and his teams finished that project so fast, Hershey’s top brass thanked them by flying them out to Pennsylvania for a banquet.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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These ports are reminding cross-country destinations that they can still get containers to them faster over land than it will take the big ships traveling through the Canal to reach East and Gulf Coast Ports. At 1,675 feet, the arch was more than twice as long as the previous record-holder, the Hell Gate Railroad Bridge in New York City.

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

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Other states with large shale deposits—including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Louisiana—are moving full speed ahead with large-scale fracking operations. Barstow is a major transportation corridor that serves more than 60 million travelers and 19 million vehicles each year.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Uses: equipment costs, building and facilities, rent and utilities, travel, contractual services, salaries, and benefits, other operating and non-operating costs. Loans cannot be used to refinance/consolidate existing debt, travel/ training nor for purchase of real estate. CONNECTICUT. EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Funds may be provided for the construction and/or improvement of water lines & wastewater facilities, sewer lines, sewage treatment facilities, roadways, natural gas-line services, electric power services, railroad spurs, lighting, sidewalks and alternative power sources such as solar. Railroad Spurs. Natural Gas-Line Services.

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