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    Industry Focus

    Locations For The Biotech Industry: Microscopic Miracles

    Successful introduction of mRNA vaccines has created a platform for the rapid development of new treatments.
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    Capital Investment

    Apple To Invest $430B Across U.S. Over Next Five Years

    Apple will build a new $1B North Carolina campus, and make job-creating investments in advanced manufacturing and clean energy throughout the country.
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    Automotive

    Link Mfg. Building High-Tech Manufacturing, Training Facility In Iowa

    Link's 50,000-square-foot expansion project sets the stage for continued growth in Sioux Center, IA and will help the company accommodate a new, broader product line.
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    Renewable Energy: Shifting The Balance Of Power

    EIA’s Energy Outlook 2020 forecasts a rapid decline of coal and nuclear power in this decade, the continuing expansion of renewables and the growth of U.S. exports of oil and gas.
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    Press Releases

    Kansas No. 1 In Wind Power Generation, Georgia Leads Film Production

    Kansas is the top-ranked state for the percentage of electricity generated from Wind Power, Georgia is the frontrunner among Film Production Leaders in Business Facilities' 16th Annual Rankings Report
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    Food Processing: The Good And The Bad Of It

    Two current upward trends show us how consumers are responding to both the power of plants and the power of panic with the demand for food.
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    Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

    Precertified sites—also known as shovel-ready sites—speed up the development cycle for projects by cutting the red tape and lining up key approvals in advance of the site selection process.
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    Bioscience: A Cash Crop In Iowa

    Iowa has always been an agricultural powerhouse, so it’s no surprise the Cornhusker State is a leader in bioscience with 1,266 firms in the sector, from startups to global leaders in R&D.
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    May / June 2019 Issue (Volume 52, Number 3)

    The May / June 2019 Issue looks at locations that are making foreign direct investment an economic development priority. Plus, our editor's picks for tech hubs, and an exclusive interview with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.
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    Industry Focus

    Data Centers: 5-G Day

    The introduction of 5G small cell technology means changes in data center infrastructure as well as significant increases in their processing speeds and volumes.
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    Food Processing

    Food Processing: Digital Transformation Is On The Menu

    Food manufacturers are picking up the pace in adapting to the emerging industrial Internet of Things, with nearly a third of facilities in the sector now utilizing wireless networks.
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    How An Iowa Location Can Improve The Bottom Line

    The Iowa Certified Site program streamlines the site selection process and offers multiple options, including a green business park, industrial sites and parks, and mega sites.
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    Corporate Headquarters

    Crystal Group Opens New Iowa HQ, Manufacturing Facility

    The designer and manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic hardware is creating 50 new jobs, increasing production at the Hiawatha, IA facility. 
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    Food Processing

    Hormel Foods Creating 210 New Jobs With Iowa Expansion

    A major expansion of the company’s Burke Corporation manufacturing facility In Nevada, IA will result in an approximately $150 million investment.
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    Editor’s Picks: Incentives

    Locations are crafting incentives that target specific growth sectors, provide support for entrepreneurs and attract projects, promising a bevy of high-wage, high-tech new jobs.
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    U.S. Tax Overhaul Makes Biotech Players Hungry For Big Deals

    Industry analysts are predicting that 2018 will turn out to be a banner year for merger and acquisition activity in the biotech/pharma sector, with up to $200 billion in assets changing hands.
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    Iowa

    Iowa: A Cradle For Innovation

    From cloud computing to biorenewables, Iowa has reinvented itself as a cradle for innovation.
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    State Focus

    Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

    Iowa is aiming to add 120,000 residents with post­secondary degrees to its workforce by 2025.
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    Ample, Affordable Renewable Energy Brings Apple To Iowa

    Companies looking to build new facilities are searching for sites suitable for development and relatively risk free. Certified sites fill the demand for project-ready industrial sites - making the decision to locate in Iowa easy.
    Renewable Energy

    MidAmerican Energy Announces Third Site For Wind XI Project

    MidAmerican Energy Company plans to build a new wind farm in Poweshiek County. This is the third site in Iowa selected for construction as part of the Wind XI project.
    Recent Issues

    September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

    The September / October 2017 features a tour of high-tech hubs, plus a look at the logistics and advanced manufacturing industries. Also, New Mexico, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
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    MidAmerican Energy To Repower Older Wind Turbines In Iowa

    MidAmerican Energy Company is set to upgrade hundreds of its older wind turbines, bringing additional wind energy and cost savings to Iowa customers.
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    Taxes & Incentives

    Iowa Incentives Help Five Companies Invest $48M

    The Iowa Economic Development Authority board recently approved direct financial assistance and tax benefits to five companies that will result in 62 new jobs across the state.
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    Awards & Rankings

    Business Facilities’ 13th Annual Rankings Report

    The 13th annual edition of our rankings report tracks growth sectors that seem to be emerging overnight from thin air in uncharted waters, telling you who’s out front in cybersecurity, offshore wind energy and the other frontiers of the 21st century.
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    Biotech & Pharma

    Building A Biotech Rebound

    A slow start and a dearth of mergers and acquisitions made 2016 a tough year for biotech, but new gene and immuno-therapies are leading the way for a much stronger performance when 2017 results are in.
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    Feature Story

    Top Utilities: The Power Behind Growth

    The leading utilities are finding innovative ways to seal the deal on new development projects. They’re also ahead of the curve on low-cost efficiency, smart-grid technology and the conversion to renewables.
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    Iowa

    BF Location Video: Iowa: Ready For Business

    Iowa offers opportunities as far as the eye can see, especially in bioscience, advanced manufacturing and finance. See how your company could profit from our pro-business environment.
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    Iowa Is Built for Business

    With certified sites of up to 600 acres available for shovel-ready projects and innovative targeted tax credits, the Hawkeye State is soaring above the competition.
    September / October 2016
    Recent Issues

    September / October 2016 Issue (Volume 49, Number 5)

    Business Facilities' September / October 2016 issue features advanced manufacturing, ports and FTZs, logistics, and the impact of natural gas. Plus, a look at New Jersey, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Indiana.
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    Advanced Manufacturing

    Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

    The U.S. will need to fill about 3.5 million jobs in advanced manufacturing in the next decade, but as many as 2 million of these jobs may remain unfilled if we don’t close the skills gap.
    The Editor's Blog

    High-Water Mark

    An obsolete federal cost-benefit analysis is preventing Cedar Rapids from building a new $600 million flood control system.
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    Awards & Rankings

    Business Facilities’ 12th Annual Rankings Report: Metro, Global Rankings

    BF’s 12TH ANNUAL RANKINGS report is our most comprehensive analysis to date of the locations that are leading the pack in the most important benchmarks for sustainable growth in the 21st century. Part Two: Metro Rankings.
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    Iowa

    Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

    With so many locations embracing cutting-edge technologies and innovative development strategies, it was hard to pare down the worthy nominees for our economic development awards festival. Here are the folks who made the cut, the best of the best in the applications of smart practices for sustainable growth.
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    Iowa

    IEDA Funding, Tax Breaks Spur Job Creation in Iowa

    Financial assistance and incentives are approved for four companies that will invest $254 million and create 241 new jobs.
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    Silicon Prairie

    Droves of high-tech startups are putting down roots in the Great Plains.
    Iowa Incentives Support Over $53M In Capital Investments
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    Iowa Incentives Support Over $53M In Capital Investments

    The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board has awarded direct financial assistance and tax benefits to six companies for job creation and expansion projects.
    Dow, DuPont Agriculture Company Reveals Corporate Locations
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    Dow, DuPont Reveal Agriculture Company Locations

    The planned separation of DowDupont into three companies will create an Agriculture company corporate headquarters in Wilmington, DE with Global Business Centers in Indianapolis, IN and Johnston, IA.
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    Iowa

    September/October 2015 Issue (Volume 48, Number 5)

    Innovation hubs and logistics are the focus of Business Facilities September/October issue, plus reports on Indiana, New Jersey, Texas, North Carolina, California.
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    State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn

    While often stereotyped as an ag state, Iowa has created a business friendly environment that makes it globally competitive in a diverse and growing number of industry sectors.
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    GE To Add 120 Jobs, Invest $7.4M In Iowa Manufacturing Facility

    GE’s Industrial Solutions business will invest $7.4 million in its West Burlington, IA manufacturing facility and create 120 new jobs.
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    Industrial parks can mitigate social, health and environmental risks by embracing a resource-efficient eco-industrial concept.

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    With three top universities in the area and connectivity via major interstates, Topeka, Kansas is rich with opportunity. Visit the GO Topeka Economic Partnership to learn more.

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    Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal, with over 80 million people within a 300-mile radius. Many factors place Oswego County at the top of the list for manufacturing clusters such as metal fabrication and food processing.

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