Photo: U.S. Mint This week's SiteNet Dispatch offers case studies that demonstrate venture capital's potent catalytic role in business expansion in the U.S. Northeast, reported by Amy Zuckerman, the woman who coined the term "hidden tech." (For more on venture capital's impact on New York City and the Hudson Valley, see the expanded Web feature debuting immediately below.) This issue of the SiteNet Dispatch brings you new and exclusive stories from the January 2008 issue of Site Selection, including: Mississippi: "Barbour's Shop" (Expanded Web Edition) Metro New York City and the Hudson Valley: "Right in Tune" (Expanded Web Edition) European Biotech: "Compass Points North to Talent" Zing Went the Big Apple Strings: Jim D'Addario (inset), chairman and CEO of D'Addario and Co., the world's largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings, says his team searched the entire East Coast before deciding that Babylon, N.Y., was the most harmonious choice for expanding its 700-employee manufacturing/distribution operation (pictured). THE SITENET DISPATCH IS SPONSORED BY: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and New Jersey Commerce.

There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes: "Charterhouse Print Launches Lisbon Office" "Valartis Opens London Office to Grow in CEE" "Sage Strengthens Flemish Operations" "Rockwool Expands in Poland" "Palfinger Extends Bulgarian Operations" Where in the World? The city pictured here is known as "the television manufacturing capital of the world." Can you name it? What's Your Take? How will lower CO2 emission requirements affect manufacturing expansion where you live? See how your opinion squares with other readers. Finally, looking for solid contact information for economic development agencies, service providers and utilities? You'll find just that in Site Selection's revamped, and searchable, online directories. Copacetic clicking, Jack Lyne Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

Upcoming Conferences and Expositions of Note Read more on the expanded events calendar at SiteNet.com. February 5 - 6, 2008 12th Annual Urban Land Institute Europe Conference InterContinental Paris Le Grand, Paris, France February 11 - 15, 2008 CERAWeek 2008: The Quest for Energy Security The Westin Galleria & Oaks, Houston, TX February 12 - 14, 2008 Construction Safety Conference and Expo Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL February 14 - 16, 2008 University as Civic Partner Phoenix, AZ February 18 - 20, 2008 Global Summit to Address Outsourcing, Offshoring and Globalization Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL February 20 - 21, 2008 Green Transportation & Logistics World Summit Marriott Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland February 26 - 28, 2008 LogiCon 2008 Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium February 27 - 29, 2008 International Facility Management Association FM-3D conference Hilton Houston Post Oak, Houston, TX March 11 - 14, 2008 MIPIM 2008 Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France March 12 - 14, 2008 ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital Bacara Resort, Santa Barbara, CA April 9 - 11, 2008 Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition Dallas/Ft Worth International Airport, Dallas, TX April 13 - 15, 2008 2008 IEDC Federal Economic Development Forum Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, VA April 15 - 17, 2008 Cityscape Asia Suntec Singapore April 19 - 23, 2008 IAMC Professional Forum The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Phoenix, AZ April 24 - 26, 2008 NAI Global SIOR Spring Conference Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC April 28 - 30, 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, CA April 29 - May 1, 2008 CDFA's Annual Development Finance Summit Hyatt Regency St. Louis, MO Saxony-Anhalt: "Solar Valley" - EverQ laid foundation stone for third plant EverQ is extending its production capacities for wafers, solar cells and modules in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The new plant will go on stream already in Q1 2009 and increase the production capacity to 180 MW. The capital expenditure for the new plant amounts to €150 million and will create another 500 jobs. "Solar Valley" near Bitterfeld-Wolfen is one of the biggest PV industry centres in Europe. Its output is nearly 10% of worldwide solar cell production. Success is primarily linked to one name: Q-Cells. The company has been making solar cells since 2001 and is on an unstoppable expansion course. The renewable energies sector is growing as rapidly as any: German market leader ENERCON manufactures wind power plants there. The biggest biomass processing plants are located in Saxony-Anhalt. This German state has the right to be called "first choice" for renewable energies. www.invest-in-saxony-anhalt.com paid advertisment CONDUCT LOCATION RESEARCH ON ANY U.S. STATE OR COMMUNITY DevelopmentAlliance.com has always offered detailed state, county, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical data for companies seeking new business locations in the U.S. ... The Web site enables comparisons of critical data sets from every U.S. county and gives corporate site selectors the ability to select up to five communities at once for a side-by-side comparison. Now you can also find important international data through our International Guide. This is a free service of Conway Data, Site Selection magazine, SiteNet.com and the International Economic Development Council. Just log on to DevelopmentAlliance.com and find out what thousands of other site selectors have already discovered: DevelopmentAlliance.com is the place to go when conducting Internet-based research on possible business locations. FREE LOCATION ASSISTANCE is just a click away! NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION SIGN UP FOR SITENET DISPATCH Did a friend forward you this e-mail? Sign up for your own free e-mail newsletter by visiting http://www.sitenet.com MISSING ISSUES? Please add SiteNet Dispatch [dispatch@sitenet.com] to your address book to prevent your email system from filtering our newsletters as spam. Look at our online archive to find what you missed, http://www.sitenet.com/dispatch/archive.cfm FEEDBACK Please send comments about content to Adam Bruns or suggestions for how to improve this newsletter to Shannon Landin. MAGAZINE CUSTOMER SERVICE For magazine subscription concerns such as back issues, address changes, and account status information, please visit our customer service department at http://www.siteselection.com/response Would you prefer to read this newsletter in your web browser? Click here. The SiteNet Dispatch is best viewed at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 or larger. The SiteNet Dispatch is a free service of SiteNet (http://www.sitenet.com), the Internet's premier source of corporate real estate and economic development information. Copyright 2008, Conway Data, Inc. All Rights Reserved.