With titanium demand spiking up sharply, RTI International Metals has decided to build a new $300-million production operation in northeast Mississippi, aided by $33 million in state subsidies. The project's linchpin factor, however, was another plant that's been online in a tiny Mississippi town for more than four decades. Taking off with Titanium: With a new $2-million contract with Airbus, RTI International will use the sponge that's manufactured in Mississippi to build parts for planes that include the titanium-rich AirbusA350 (pictured). Photo: Airbus and Fixion-HCSGM This week's SiteNet Dispatch brings you new and exclusive stories from the September 2007 issue of Site Selection, including: Mid-Atlantic States: "Mid-Atlantic Diversity" Massachusetts Spotlight: "Manufacturer Stays Put, Boosts Local Industrial Base" (Expanded Web Edition) Editorial Profile - Merrimack Valley, Mass.: "Transforming a Region" Medical Devices: "Medical Device Firms Head East" Chinese Medicine: Danish medical device manufacturer Coloplast opened its new factory in Zhuhai, China (pictured), in July. THE SITENET DISPATCH IS SPONSORED BY: Meridian Systems and North Carolina's Touchstone Energy cooperatives.

There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes: "Sennheiser Launches R&D Centre in Singapore" "Linklaters Launches Office in Germany" "Novo Nordisk Relocates CDM Centre to India" "RBS Considers Branch in South Korea" "Satyam Opens Facility in Australia" We'll see many readers at next week's Industrial Asset Management Council Professional Forum in St. Louis. Copacetic clicking, Jack Lyne Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

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