Rollin' Fast on the Tenn-Tom as a Hog Heaven Rises in South Dakota: Steel and fuel plants are investing at a record-setting clip along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, as this week's Project Watch explains. At the same time, PIC USA is creating a "genetic nucleus" facility in South Dakota that could impact the makeup of as many as 80 million pigs worldwide.
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| Two Different Ways to Feed the Economy: Severstal Columbus, which has invested US$1.3 billion in its Mississippi steel plant (left) is one of the companies investing at a blistering pace along the vast Tenn-Tom Waterway. On the right, PIC's high-tech pig farm is shown as it takes shape in South Dakota. |
As reports from the Detroit Auto Show and the financial sector dominate the news, the new January issue of Site Selection offers some straight-shooting insights on both counts, including:
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| Norbert Buechelmaier, executive VP of manufacturing for German transmission manufacturer Getrag, explains why Guanajuato, Mexico, was his company's choice for a major new plant. |
- Metro New York City: Where We Go From Here, featuring an exclusive interview with Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, about the city's hard-hit financial services sector;
- Mexico: Center of Attention
 , focusing on the growing automotive cluster in Guanajuato;
- North American Automotive: Driving Forecast: Cloudy, but the Sunbelt and green vehicles are right around the corner.
- Also this week: an Investment Profile of the City of Suwanee, Georgia, where thoughtful planning is aligning a high-quality community with quality-focused companies.
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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:
- "Pacer Announces New Sales Office in Ireland"
- "UniCredit Creates 450 Jobs in Poland"
- "Fazer to Expand in Latvia"
- "Modulo Launches UK Office"
- "Hyundai Opens New Operation in Austria"
Copacetic clicking,
Jack Lyne
Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing
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Upcoming Conferences and Expositions of Note
Read more on the expanded events calendar at SiteNet.com. |
- January 25 - 27, 2009: 41st Georgia Foreign Trade Conference, The Cloister, Sea Island, GA
- January 29 - 30, 2009: Corporate Sustainability Summit, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
- February 2 - 4, 2009: Logicon Europe 2009, Hotel Bloom, Brussels, Belgium
- February 4, 2009: 13th Annual ULI Europe Conference, The Westin Hotel, Paris
- February 9 - 13, 2009: CERAWeek 2009: Risk and the Rebuilding of Confidence: Energy Strategies for a Turbulent Economy, Westin Galleria and Oaks, Houston, TX
- February 12, 2009: Central and Eastern European (CEE) Real Estate Tax Forum, Hyatt Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
- February 23 - 26, 2009: Utility Economic Development Association, Marriott Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, FL
- February 25 - 26, 2009: Industrial Real Estate Asia, The Fairmont, Singapore,
- March 3 - 5, 2009: GreenBuild South Asia, Grand Hyatt Singapore
- March 4 - 6, 2009: ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital, Bacara Resort, Santa Barbara, CA
- March 16 - 18, 2009: JAXPORT 2009 Logistics and Intermodal Conference, Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL
- March 26 - 27, 2009: Gaining Ground: Sustainable Urban Development Leadership Summit, Camino Real Hotel, Guanajuato, Mexico
- March 31 - April 3, 2009: LogiChem Europe 2009, Hilton Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
- April 27 - 29 2009: Milken Institute Global Conference 2009, Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, CA
- April 27 - 29 2009: Airport Cities, Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece
- May 2 - 6 2009: Spring 2009 IAMC Professional Forum, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
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