Roll, Steel, Roll: It's practically enough to make Crimson Tide-meister Nick Saban envious. Alabama has extended its red-hot streak in winning major steel expansions, as Sweden's SSAB launches a US$460-million growth plan in Mobile County that's profiled in this week's SiteNet Dispatch. This Project Watch installment also looks at how a takeover specialist emerged, at the last second, to not only save a South Carolina plant from shutdown, but also restart the operation's growth.
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| Hot Home Alabama: In its first big U.S. expansion since last year's $7.7-billion acquisition of U.S.-based IPSCO, Sweden's SSAB is going to begin making high-grade, high-value steel at the plant it purchased in Axis, Ala.
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This Dispatch edition brings readers new and exclusive stories from the hot-off-the-presses November 2008 Site Selection:
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"A Year of Change": Our annual legislative update gives you the rundown on new measures relevant to economic development in every state in the union. |
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Ready 'n' Rarin' to Go for Your Online Reading: You can now get the entire November edition of the award-winning Site Selection online by simply using our new reader. And using the "Navigate" menu in the upper left-hand corner, you can also enhance your knowledge and enjoyment by:
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There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
- "Nestle Opens New R&D Centre in Beijing"
- "NEC Opens New Office in Auckland"
- "Calsonic Kansei Cuts Staff at Plant in UK"
- "Point Nine Expands with Office in Cyprus"
- "Corus Expands Facility in Wales"
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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.
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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Upcoming Conferences and Expositions of Note
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- November 12, 2008 Logistics in Mexico Presidente InterContinental Hotel, Monterrey, Mexico
- November 19 - 21, 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, USA 02210
- November 19 - 21, 2008 MIPIM Asia Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
- November 30 - December 3, 2008 The 8th World Free Zone Convention The Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC
- December 8 - 10, 2008 Cityscape India Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India
- December 10 - 12, 2008 AURP 2008 Annual Conference Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, FL
- February 2 - 4, 2009 Logicon Europe 2009 Hotel Bloom,
Brussels, Belgium
- March 16 - 18, 2009 JAXPORT 2009 Logistics and Intermodal Conference Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL
- March 31 - April 3, 2009 LogiChem Europe 2009 Hilton Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
- May 2 - 6 2009 Spring 2009 IAMC Professional Forum Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
- May 5 - 7 2009 2009 CDFA Annual Development Finance Summit Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA
- June 1 - 4 2009 IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
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