Schindler Opens Elevator Manufacturing Facility In Hanover, PA
First elevator manufacturing facility in North America to achieve LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards
The 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year recognizes the locations and economic development agencies that landed the highest impact projects announced between July 1, 2012 and December 1, 2013. This year, the game-changing transformation of a former solar panel plant in Mesa, AZ into a new $1.5-billion manufacturing facility for tech giant Apple takes the top prize.
Amerlux Reveals Plan To Build New Texas-Based Facility
The company is set to expand its manufacturing footprint.
Seismic Side Effects
It's getting harder to dismiss a connection between fracking and a recent outbreak of earthquakes near drilling operations.
Isthmus Interruptus
The world’s most important development project—the expansion of the Panama Canal—may not be completed for another two years.
Beretta USA Execs Announce New Manufacturing Facility In Tennessee
World’s oldest firearms manufacturer and major U.S. defense contractor to expand to Gallatin.
Spanning the Hudson
In 2016, a snazzy new bridge will begin absorbing the overflow from any traffic jams on the GWB.
Announcing the 2013 Business Facilities “Deal of the Year” Winners
Greater Phoenix takes top prize for Apple's new manufacturing plant.
City Momentum Index Identifies The World’s 20 Most Dynamic Cities
San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai and Wuhan lead Jones Lang LaSalle's list of dynamic cities.
BUSINESS REPORT: Fracking Boom Spurs Growth Of Supply Chain In Upstate NY
Alita USA Holdings has chosen Buffalo as the site of its new $102-million steel pipe plant, which will supply natural gas drilling operations in the multi-state Marcellus shale formation.
Pennsylvania Secures $1.2 Billion Comcast Innovation and Technology Center In Philadelphia
World-class complex will create more than 20,000 direct and indirect jobs during construction; will be the one of the tallest buildings on the East Coast.
UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
Seven additional Promise Zones—St. Louis, MO; Gary, IN; Flint, MI; Brownsville, TX; Rockford, IL; Macon, GA; and Rocky Mount, NC—have been announced.
The Drone Age
A new era dawns as the FAA clears six drone test sites for takeoff in the U.S.
President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
The five Promise Zones—San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma—are part of the 20 that will be announced over the next three years.
Losing the Broadband Race
We invented the Internet, but even Romania and Moldova are blowing the doors off the U.S. in high-speed broadband.
Crystal Ball 2014
BF doesn't need NSA's help to eavesdrop on the future--we've got a direct connection to next year's headlines!
Remembering Ed Coene
A visionary entrepreneur who boldly embraced the future, but never lost sight of the enduring values of family and friendship. From the September/October 2013 issue.
Grounded
As Amazon aims to fill our skies with mini-drones, the Supreme Court brings it down to Earth on sales tax collections.
Ford Adds Jobs, Invests Millions In Buffalo Stamping Plant
Ford will invest $150 million in Buffalo Stamping Plant and add 350 new jobs at the facility to support future product growth.
Blue Thursday
It probably will take a federal law to prevent big retailers from ruining Thanksgiving.