Site Selection

Over the next 10 years, corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries will create hundreds of jobs across the Commonwealth as it invests in recycling, remanufacturing and clean energy infrastructure.

Site selection for advanced manufacturing is a complex process in which companies weigh cost-savings versus replacing experienced staff.

From advanced technology to broadband access to cybersecurity, Business Facilities' September / October 2023 issue focuses on the impact of technology on corporate relocation and expansion decisions.

Pivot Bio, a leading agriculture-technology company, plans to invest more than $20 million to expand its operations in Hazelwood, Missouri.

Norwegian hydrogen company Nel Hydrogen will build its automated gigafactory in Plymouth Township, Michigan, where it will create 517 jobs.

EtailFlow, the spinoff, supply-chain management company of a leading Amazon reseller, will be located in Delaware.

Wells Fargo will expand its Customer Support Center in Roanoke County; Amazon will establish a robotics fulfillment center and “last mile” delivery station in Virginia Beach.

Generac Power Systems, an energy technology solutions company, could bring 400 jobs to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, if the city approves.

DePre, a joint venture between DeRoyal Industries and Premier, Inc., will invest $10.3 million and create nearly 30 new healthcare product manufacturing jobs in Powell, TN.

Guardrails will ensure manufacturing and technology investments made under the CHIPS Act bolster technological and national security of U.S. and its allies and partners.

Latitude Corp., a Wisconsin-based precision metal manufacturing company, is expanding its operations to South Carolina.

Refresco Beverage will invest $13 million to expand in Dunkirk, New York. AMD grows semiconductor R&D facilities in Monroe and Dutchess counties, creating up to 165 jobs by 2025.

Shell will be the “anchor catalytic tenant” for the new River District in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to Greater New Orleans, Inc.

Zeus has opened a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Minnesota. The site is expected to create more than 100 jobs.

The five counties of the SC I-77 Alliance have seen billions of dollars in announcements in 2023, led by record investments by EV companies.

A national competition, the 2023 STEM Talent Challenge funds science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) training, fuels regional innovation economies across the U.S.

Freepoint Eco-Systems’ commercial-scale advanced plastics recycling facility will create 100 jobs in Eloy. And in Phoenix, Clayco celebrates its new Southwestern regional headquarters.

At its first commercial-scale li-ion battery processing facility, Blue Whale Materials will create 90 jobs in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Silfab Solar, a leading North American solar panel manufacturer, will invest $150 million in South Carolina, creating 800 jobs.

Chick-fil-A Supply will bring a second distribution center to North Carolina. The 120,000-square-foot site will be located in Kannapolis.