This week's SiteNet Dispatch brings readers new and exclusive stories from the September 2008 Site Selection: Pennsylvania: "Region Gets WIRED for Key Sector-Support Roles" Nevada: "The Sure Thing" Special Advertising Section - Biotech Location Strategies Special Advertising Section - The Military Economy: "Securing the Defense Industry" Rolling for High-Security Stakes in Vegas: Varian Medical Systems opened this new headquarters in Las Vegas in May for its fast-growing Security and Inspection Products (SIP) group, which makes high-energy X-ray machines used in cargo screening in ports and border crossings. Varian relocated the fast-growing SIP division from Silicon Valley in 2002. THE SITENET DISPATCH IS SPONSORED BY: New Jersey Commerce.

There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes: "Fujitsu to Create 500 Jobs in Poland" "Saint-Gobain and Shell Inaugurate PV Plant in Germany" "Linde Builds New Plant in Switzerland" "Lufthansa Technik Opens Bulgarian Centre" "Hiemesa Opens Portuguese Service Centre" Where in the World? Hungry enough to eat a bear, you say? Be careful what you wish for. Pictured here is "the world's biggest hamburger," weighing in at an absolutely ridiculous 164.5 pounds (74 kilograms). Can you name the city in which this humongous hamburger is made? Wall Street's Woes and Business Expansion: What's Your Take? How has the recent credit crisis on Wall Street affected your company's facility expansion plans? See how your firm's position squares up with others. Very Big and Very Ready: Here's a Super Site from our 2007 report: the 1,400-acre (567- hectare) Franklin Farms tract in northeastern Louisiana that has I-20 access, dual rail and three nearby universities. Send Us Your Super Sites: Finally, it takes a Super Site to serve a super-sized project. And for the fifth year in a row, Site Selection is scouring North America and beyond for land tracts measuring 1,000 acres (405 hectares) or more that are targeted for industrial development by a single end user. Site Selection's January 2009 issue will feature its Super Sites update, including a comprehensive and informative chart listing multiple data points and contact information. If you have a site anywhere in the world that fits those criteria, please send data and contact information to Managing Editor Adam Bruns at adam.bruns@conway.com by Tuesday, Nov. 18. Copacetic clicking, Jack Lyne Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing

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