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Panda Biotech Picks Texas For Nation’s Largest Hemp Fiber Processing Center

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Panda Biotech's 500,000-square-foot facility in Wichita Falls, TX will be the first facility in the U.S. to cottonize hemp fiber on a commercial scale. Read: Panda Biotech Picks Texas For Nation’s Largest Hemp Fiber Processing Center at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Architecture firms struggling from Boston to Wichita

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Two articles that came out last week in The Boston Globe and the Wichita Business Journal talked about the fate befalling most architecture firms these days, the struggle to keep the doors open while projects are few and far between. Let's start with the Boston Globe article. That's according to U.S.

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New Company Plans Kansas Advanced Manufacturing Facility

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will form a new company and locate an advanced manufacturing facility in Wichita, KS. Kyodo Yushi USA Inc. and Lubrication Engineers Inc. Read New Company Plans Kansas Advanced Manufacturing Facility on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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U.S. Commerce Department Designates South Kansas A Manufacturing Community

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Wichita State has a strong history of partnering with advanced manufacturers in research and education of the workforce. Our goal through the IMCP is to secure south central Kansas as a global leader in advanced materials, ensuring increased high-wage employment opportunities for Kansans,” said Wichita State University President John Bardo.

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Spirit AeroSystems Expands Again In Kansas

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A year after announcing investment plans at its Wichita, KS site, Spirit AeroSystems has announced new plans to hire an additional 1,400 employees. Read: Spirit AeroSystems Expands Again In Kansas at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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So this year we’re introducing our Cybersecurity Growth Potential ranking, which is based on an across-the-board evaluation of each state’s cyber ecosystem, including higher ed resources, research labs and innovation centers, and partnerships with national security programs, as well as employment. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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So, in several of our more statistics-oriented categories, this year we have given extra credit for positive industry-specific employment numbers. We’ve broken the overall biotech ranking into several categories in this year’s report, including Biotechnology Strength/Employment. Florida and Arizona round out the top five.

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