August 2, 2007

This week's SiteNet Dispatch brings you new and exclusive stories from the July 2007 issue of Site Selection, including:

  • Plastics & Chemicals: "Material Facts"
  • Oklahoma Spotlight: "Is Energy Still Oklahoma's Trump Card?" (Expanded Web Edition)
  • Technology Toolbox: "Developing Divestiture Strategies"
Chemical Combination: Joint venture DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products went online late last year with this US$100-million biopolymer plant in Loudon, Tenn. The Volunteer State operation reduces greenhouse emissions by using corn instead of petroleum-based propanediol for its feedstock.

 
 
There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
  • "Yamaha to Open New Plant in Vietnam"
  • "La Seda to Create 150 Jobs in Portugal"
  • "Bridgestone Opens New Plant in China"
  • "Ubichem Expands in Hungary"
  • "Bank of Ireland Creates 149 Jobs in N Ireland"

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Debonair Daredevil: Who was this mustachioed man who kept building record-breaking flying machines in the early 20th century?

Finally, what North American city is called "the Cradle of Aviation"? The answer might surprise you; it's already surprised a lot of Dispatch readers. So go ahead and test-drive your geographic wits in our latest "Where in the World?"

Copacetic clicking,

Jack Lyne
Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing


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