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This week's SiteNet Dispatch delivers fresh reporting from the latest issue of Site Selection:
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There's more expansion news online in global project coverage from London-based partner advertisement
The Pharmaceutical Industry in Saxony-Anhalt is booming Aspirin, the world's best-known painkiller, is produced in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, as are numerous other tablets, capsules and infusions. Manufacturers of such self-administered medications include Bayer Bitterfeld GmbH, which plans to invest millions more in its Eastern German site in Bitterfeld, The pharmaceutical industry in Saxony-Anhalt has a long tradition. Companies range from subsidiaries of global concerns to pharmaceutical companies with a decades-old presence in the state to modern biotechnology companies. One of the latter is Biologika Dessau GmbH, the only German company supplying the U.S. and the American government with vaccines. The company won an award in 2008 for operational excellence. Motivated employees, the lowest unit labor costs in Germany and a stable, secure legal system ensure pharmaceutical companies of all sizes a decisive, competitive advantage. Saxony-Anhalt’s central location in Europe also guarantees pharmaceutical industry investors optimum access to the established markets of Western Europe and the emerging markets of Eastern Europe. |
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SiteNet.com's new travel blog OnSITE documents our “site seeing” experiences around the world with recent posts and photos from the always beating heart of New Orleans; the endless customs line in Atlanta; the Mayan Riviera; and Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai, China.
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Read about and link to these conferences and many more listed in the events calendar at SiteNet.com.
- September 12 - 16, 2010 World Energy Congresse
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September 15 - 17, 2010 2010 Association of University Research Parks International Conference: Building the Innovation Engine
- September 18-21, 2010 Economic Developers Association of Canada Annual Conference
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September 20 - 21, 2010 Aviation - The Catalyst for Economic Development
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September 26 - 29, 2010 IEDC Annual Conference 2010
- October 2-6 Fall 2010 Forum IAMC Fall Professional Forum, The Homestead - Hot Springs, VA
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October 19 - 23, 2010 Institute of Real Estate Management iCon
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October 27 - 29, 2010 IFMA World Workplace 2010 Conference & Expo
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October 27-29, 2010 XIV Latin America Free Trade Zones Conference, Dominican Republic CNZFE National Free Zones Council
Industrial Asset Management Council Future Sites Watch
- October 2-6 Fall 2010 Forum, The Homestead - Hot Springs, VA
- April 30 - May 4 Spring 2011 Forum, Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, Albuquerque, NM
- September 10-14 Fall 2011 Forum, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA
- April 21-25 Spring 2012 Forum, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines - Austin, TX
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Soar to New Heights: More than 60 years of adventures in both aviation and economic development give McKinley Conway, the globetrotting and visionary founder of Site Selection publisher Conway Data, a truly unique perspective. His brand new book, "Economic Development: A Flight Plan for Success," provides valuable guidance for new leaders in the field and refreshing insights for development executives at any level. Read more about it here and order it directly from Amazon.com.
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