Area Development Magazine

How Ohio Is Powering America’s Next Industrial Wave Rethinking Environmental Review The Infrastructure of Intelligence What Korean Manufacturers Underestimate About Building in America Modular housing manufacturer MMY US plans to establish operations in Cleveland, Ohio. The approximately $26 million project is expected to create up to 150 jobs.

Defense technology company Orion Edge Group Inc. plans to expand its operations in Tampa, Florida. The $6 million project is expected to create 25 jobs. The company’s new 8,008-square-foot headquarters facility, located in the Westshore District at 5555 W. Waters Ave., will support its business growth in tactical electronic warfare and counter-uncrewed aircraft systems.

21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time First Person: Tate Reeves, Governor of Mississippi How Tariffs Are Rewiring Logistics Navigating Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign-Trade Zones and Manufacturing in a Volatile Market Automotive supplier Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi plans to expand its operations in Guntown, Mississippi. The $53 million project is expected to create 28 jobs in Lee County.

First Person: Tate Reeves, Governor of Mississippi Rethinking Environmental Review What Korean Manufacturers Underestimate About Building in America Where the Northeast Corridor Meets Its Match Germany-based heavy transport equipment manufacturer Goldhofer Inc. plans to establish operations in Hickory, North Carolina. The more than $19.5 million project is expected to create 80 jobs in Catawba County.

The workforce gap in clean energy is real, but it might not be where you think it is. It’s not primarily in solar installation or wind turbine maintenance — those get most of the attention. According to Stephen Tucker, president and CEO of Northern Workforce Training Center in Buffalo, the critical shortage is hiding in plain sight, in every hospital, school, and office building in the country.

This seven-article series by Alexandra Segers of Tochi Advisers maps the full shift in how large-scale manufacturing location decisions are made. Taken together, the articles document a reordering of site selection priorities driven by infrastructure scarcity, geopolitical volatility, community risk and the expanded time horizon now required for responsible capital deployment. The New Rules of Site Selection reflect a process that is no longer simply comparative, but sequential and constrained.

This seven-article series by Alexandra Segers of Tochi Advisers maps the full shift in how large-scale manufacturing location decisions are made. Taken together, the articles document a reordering of site selection priorities driven by infrastructure scarcity, geopolitical volatility, community risk and the expanded time horizon now required for responsible capital deployment. The New Rules of Site Selection reflect a process that is no longer simply comparative, but sequential and constrained.

This seven-article series by Alexandra Segers of Tochi Advisers maps the full shift in how large-scale manufacturing location decisions are made. Taken together, the articles document a reordering of site selection priorities driven by infrastructure scarcity, geopolitical volatility, community risk and the expanded time horizon now required for responsible capital deployment. The New Rules of Site Selection reflect a process that is no longer simply comparative, but sequential and constrained.

When Emirates Global Aluminium signed a memorandum of understanding with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt last April, the headline wrote itself: first new primary aluminum production plant in the United States since 1980. Four billion dollars. A thousand permanent jobs. A generational moment for a state that has been quietly building toward exactly this kind of win.

21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time An Innovative, Delicious Solution to an Invasive Threat Rewriting the Rules of Warehouse ROI The Partnerships Driving Virginia’s Biopharma Success Farm and home supply retailer Rural King plans to establish distribution operations in Henry County, Virginia. The $40 million project is expected to create 150 jobs.