Washington, Michigan, Massachusetts, California, Texas Are #1 In Key Industries

Business Facilities Annual State Rankings highlight high-growth sectors, including Aerospace/Defense, Automotive, Life Sciences, Semiconductors, and Film & Television.

Texas, Virginia, Louisiana Top 19th Annual State Rankings

Business Facilities 2023 State Rankings reveal Business Climate, Workforce Training, Tech Talent leaders. Plus, the electric vehicle industry drives new growth.
mobility

Expleo To Locate Its First North American R&D Facility In Michigan

The Paris-based company offers technology and engineering services to the automotive industry to further mobility and electrification advancements.
ProKidney North Carolina

Biomanufacturing, Auto Projects Bring 500+ Jobs To North Carolina

ProKidney will invest $485M in a new Guilford County biomanufacturing facility; Auction Direct will invest $2.9M in a Granville County vehicle reconditioning facility.
Electric Vehicles Automotive Industry

Electric Vehicles: Charging Up The Automotive Industry

Electric vehicles and other factors are transforming the auto market. Locations are touting supply chain, ready workforce, and more.
General Motors Indiana

GM Indiana EV Battery Plant Investment Is Largest In State History

GM, Samsung SDI joint venture will bring $3B battery cell plant to St. Joseph County, Indiana. Plus, GM invests $632M In Fort Wayne.
Toyota North America facility in York Township, MI will undergo a significant expansion. (Photo: Ann Arbor SPARK/Toyota)

Toyota To Invest $47.7 Million At R&D Facility In Michigan

In York Township, MI, Toyota North America plans to add a battery testing facility for battery cell, module, and pack testing capability at its R&D headquarters campus.
Woory to open new EV facility in Georgia

Woory To Invest $18M In Georgia EV Parts Facility

The South Korean automotive parts maker will establish a new electric vehicle parts manufacturing, R&D facility in Dublin.
Alabama

Alabama Ups Its Game

Home to some of the biggest names in the auto industry, Alabama has introduced “The Game Plan” to support economic development.
clean energy

In Illinois, Manufacturing Investments Grow Clean Energy

With Illinois' goal of achieving zero-emissions by 2045, clean energy manufacturers have an increasingly critical role in energy transition efforts.
Toyota Electric SUV

Toyota To Assemble New Electric SUV In Kentucky Starting 2025

Toyota will invest $2.1 billion in a new plant in North Carolina to make batteries for the new SUV, battery production will also begin in 2025.
Georgia

Hanon Systems To Create 160 New Jobs In Georgia

Hannon Systems is expanding into Bulloch County, Georgia bringing 160 new jobs and $40 million in capital investment.
Energizer North Carolina

Expansion Projects Energize North Carolina Economy

Energizer will invest $43M in an expansion of its Asheboro operations; alpitronic America plans a $18.3M U.S. HQ and tech service center in the Charlotte region.

Deloitte Study Examines Automotive Supplier Market

The report analyzes financial performance of global auto suppliers on how electrification could impact components.
Anovion Technologies Georgia

Anovion Technologies To Invest $800M In Southwest Georgia

Advanced materials company's new manufacturing facility in Decatur County will produce synthetic graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries, create hundreds of clean energy jobs.
Brembo Mexico

Brembo Completes $207M Caliper Plant In Mexico

Strengthening Brembo's presence in North America, the expansion more than doubles the plant's size and will add more than 500 jobs in Escobedo, in the State of Nuevo León.
Tesla

Texas Marks Week Of $1B+ Investment With Tesla, Cirrus Aircraft, And Cacique

Companies from the aerospace, transportation, and food processing industries announced their decisions to join The Lone Star state's burgeoning business climate.
Middlesex County Ontario

Set Your Sites On Middlesex County

Located in the heart of southern Ontario, Middlesex County is complete with all the must haves for businesses like prime location, affordable land prices, educated workforce, multilevel government support, and desirable quality of life.
Sunstar Engineering Americas, Springboro, Ohio

Sunstar Engineering Americas Investing Over $18M In Ohio

Global engineering innovator SEA is expanding operations in Springboro, creating 60 jobs. Meanwhile, Google is building two new data centers in central Ohio.
Kentucky

Kentucky Welcomes All

The Bluegrass State is building a vast talent pipeline for the industries relocating and expanding to the state. 
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FINAL DEADLINE EXTENSION: 2023 Deal Of The Year Awards

Submissions for Business Facilities’ 2023 Deal of the Year Awards will be accepted through December 11, 2023.
Deal Of The Year

2022 Deal of the Year Winners: Where Are They Now?

Business Facilities revisits its 2022 Deal of the Year winners as economic development organizations submit for this year's awards. Enter by November 15.

[VIDEO] Camp Hall – A Next Generation Commerce Park in South Carolina

Camp Hall is a first-of-its-kind, master-planned industrial work space located in Charleston, S.C. As a convergence of people, place and programming, Camp Hall delivers thoughtful infrastructure and logistical features that empower people — and business — to thrive.

Location Spotlight: Charging into the EV Market in Northwest Ohio

With close proximity to Detroit, an extensive transportation network and a trained, educated workforce, the Toledo/Northwest Ohio region has a long successful track record within the automotive industry. Those inherent assets are the same resources which make this region an attractive location for the evolving electric vehicle market.