January 29, 2009
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  • Blockbuster Deal:         US$1 Billion in the Texas Pipeline
    China's Tianjin Pipe is making a huge splash in entering the American market, as this week's SiteNet Dispatch explains. The company's $1-billion facility near Corpus Christi will be the largest new manufacturing investment that a Chinese company has ever made in the U.S. Site Selection Online (01/29/2009)

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  • Emerging Logistics Hubs:     Open the Gates,
    featuring interviews with executives at Jafza International and Kuehne + Nagel, looks at global locations on the brink and on-site reporting from what could become a new mega-hub; Site Selection (01/2009)

  • Hong Kong: Airport City Fends Off Regional Challengers,
    presenting analysis of a mega-hub that already exists; Site Selection (01/2009)

  • IAMC Insider,
    with member company project news and some guidance from the IAMC Chair on not letting "a good crisis go to waste." Site Selection (01/2009)


  IPA World News 
  • There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner Oxford Intelligence. This week's installment includes:
    • "Arvato Expands French Operations"

    • "Fleming Family Launches Russian Office"

    • "Continental Automotive to Cut Jobs in UK"

    • "Corus to Cut 3,500 Jobs Worldwide"

    • "WeDo Launches Office in Poland"
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