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Business Facilities Names 2013 Deal of the Year Winners

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The new facility in Georgia is the third of four IT innovation hubs the auto giant is opening in the U.S. Spearheaded by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the GM project will directly create 838 jobs and have an estimated direct economic impact of $1.6 billion over the next 10 years.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Motorola Mobility, Plantation, FL. Airbus Lands In Mobile. Mobile, AL already is a hub for heavy manufacturing. Its largest manufacturers include shipbuilding giant Austal USA (2,500 employees), ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (1,700), ST Mobile Aerospace (1,300) and BAE Systems Southeast (850).

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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Georgia Department of Economic Development. With strong incentives and an aggressive growth strategy, Georgia has succeeded in rapidly building its film production sector into a $3.5-billion This quickly expanding success story has earned the Georgia Department of Economic Development our 2014 Achievement in Cluster Development Award.

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Modular Builder VBC On the Verge of $25-Million Buy for Katerra Assets

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We’re seeing this as an opportunity for us to service our fellow modular factories around the country whether that is within the (Modular Mobilization Coalition) network that we created or outside with lower lead time, higher quality, and more conducive to modular manufacturing,” says Vaughan Buckley , VBC’s chief executive officer. “We

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Entered By: Georgia Department of Economic Development. The auto giant’s decision to put the $26-million center in Roswell has earned the Georgia Department of Economic Development our Economic Development Deal of the Year Bronze Award. “I General Motors’ project in Georgia will generate an estimated direct economic impact of $1.6

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SK Siltron Investing $302M In Michigan Semiconductor Wafer Plant

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The company, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Siltron, considered sites in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas but ultimately chose Michigan due to its talent and proximity to automakers. million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. Key Industries Growing In Grand Rapids Region.

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IBM Announces Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center In Downtown Baton Rouge

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The rapid and widespread adoption of mobile and social technologies within the last three years has changed the way customers and companies interact with one another – driving fundamental transformations to business processes and applications. No longer are our students just competing with their peers in Texas and Georgia for jobs.