SiteNet Dispatch
October 20, 2005
 

This edition of the SiteNet Dispatch features new content from the September 2005 issue of Site Selection. Visit siteselection.com to read:

  • Quebec Spotlight: "Something in the Air" (Expanded Web edition)
  • Special Advertising Section: Biotech Location Strategies

Robert Brown, CAE president and CEO, told shareholders earlier this year that it was "appropriate" for the 60-year-old simulation and training company to return its headquarters to Montréal, which he called "the center of Canada's aerospace industry."

There's more far-ranging expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:

  • "Techno Alpin to Open Plant in Tyrol"
  • "Alitalia Launches New Swiss HQ in Geneva"
  • "German TMC Opens Office in Vienna"
  • "Allatini Moves Production to Bulgaria"
  • "Honda to Start Production in China"

Copacetic clicking,

Adam Bruns
Managing Editor,
Site Selection Magazine

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