article thumbnail

SPECIAL REPORT: Site Location Factors For Automotive Suppliers

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Before Nissan’s location of an automobile manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee in 1983, there were no automotive manufacturing facilities south of Kentucky. SDG) a professional firm that specializes in providing site location and negotiation services. Figure 2 : Vehicles Sold, 2004 — March 2013. Great Lakes U.S.

Site 60
article thumbnail

State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The terms are negotiated specific to each firm’s individual needs and situation with a maximum limit of 3% of Capital Expenditures. High Impact Performance Incentive: A negotiated grant used to attract and grow major high impact facilities in Florida. For more information visit [link] or contact Bernice Whaley , Deputy Director.

Income 108
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

State Focus – Indiana: Regional Plans Are Hopping In The Hoosier State

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Together, the utilities participate in business negotiations from the start to determine how the utility can “sweeten the deal” when needed. Overnight delivery from DHL via the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). This process also helps the utility anticipate future power needs.

Indiana 40
article thumbnail

STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Lenders negotiate their own fees and the USDA charges 2 percent of the guaranteed amount as a one-time fee. HIGH IMPACT PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE GRANT (HIPI): A negotiated grant provided to pre-approved applicants in certain high-impact sectors designated by the Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development (OTTED).

Income 75
article thumbnail

COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The first was not unexpected, although China’s lead in developing alternative energy is expected to shrink as its ability to spur solar panel production is eliminated by trade negotiators enforcing a WTO decision citing China for subsidizing its industry.

article thumbnail

FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The local economic development office for Rochester, NH led the Recruitment Team for the project, and persevered during a two year selection and negotiation process, managing a complex package of deliverables.

El Paso 106
article thumbnail

Supply Chain Reaction

Business Facilities

The negotiations to amend NAFTA are expected to take several months to complete. In the upcoming negotiations, the U.S. In the upcoming negotiations, the U.S. But BFA is worried about what may emerge from the NAFTA negotiations, particularly if revisions include new requirements that U.S. This burgeoning tide of U.S.