Global Location Advisory Firm

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Our Group, a global location advisory firm, researches industrial expansion and capital investment trends across the world to assist our clients with developing global site selection strategies. This research analyzes information regarding the expansion of distribution centers, manufacturing operations and R&D facilities for various industries. During January of 2009, this research identified the announced creation of more than 225,000 jobs in 3,000 new and expanded planned facilities with an estimated capital investment in excess of $100 billion. The following table identifies some of the major announcements. For additional information on this report or assistance with identifying your next strategic location, please contact [snip]

Company Location Country Capital Invest. ($M) Employees / Sq Ft (000′s)
Invenergy, Greenbrier, WV USA  $300.0  20 / N/A
Loblaw , Regina, SK CANADA  $291.0  750 / 1,000
Kroger, Paramount, CA USA  $207.0  N/A / 552
UPS, Shenzen  CHINA  $180.0  N/A / 1,000
Avon Products, Sao Paulo  BRAZIL  $150.0  N/A / 753
POM Wonderful, Indianapolis, IN USA  $115.0  89 / N/A
UPS, England  UNITED KINGDOM  $107.0  N/A / 312
FedEx, Chicago, IL USA  $100.0  N/A / 297
Monroe Gas Storage, Amory, MS USA  $90.0  N/A / N/A
CSX Corp, Henry Twp, OH USA  $80.0  50 / 100
Kuehne+Nagel, Obergeorgswerder  GERMANY  $67.0  N/A / 484
Judge & Dolph, Bensenville, IL USA  $60.0  N/A / 300
Trader Joe’s, Northampton, PA USA  $52.0  486 / N/A
National Voyage, Granite City, IL USA  $50.0  N/A / 560
Sears, Stockton, CA USA  $45.0  250 / 780
Bardwil Ind, Columbus, OH USA  $41.0  60 / N/A
Prime Distribution, Plainfield, IN USA  $40.0  236 / 1,200
Pan Am, Halfmoon, NY USA  $40.0  85 / N/A
Lidl, Cambrai  FRANCE  $36.0  200 / N/A
Home Depot, Monroe, OH USA  $35.0  500 / 657
Home Depot, Frederick, VA USA  $32.0  400 / 465
Autamarocchi, Budapest  HUNGARY  $32.0  55 / N/A
Carlisle Wheels, McDonough, GA USA  $30.0  103 / 700
FedEx, Whitehall, OH USA  $30.0  354 / 216
Preferred Freezer, Duval County, FL USA  $30.0  50 / N/A
Syngenta Seeds, Waterloo, NE USA  $27.0  10 / N/A
CourierPost, Auckland  NEW ZEALAND  $27.0  N/A / N/A
Home Depot, Dixiana, SC USA  $25.0  300 / 465
Pilkington Auto, Urbancrest, OH USA  $25.0  N/A / 400
FedEx, Albuquerque, NM USA  $22.0  N/A / 37
Carrier, Houston, TX USA  $21.0  N/A / 26
FedEx, Grayslake, IL USA  $20.0  N/A / 203
DB Schenker, DFW Airport, TX USA  $20.0  N/A / 202
J. D. Irving, Kanawha, WV USA  $20.0  50 / N/A
Reinhart Food, University Park, IL USA  $18.0  89 / 195
FedEx, Springfield, MO USA  $18.0  50 / 101
Westland Dairy, Canterbury  NEW ZEALAND  $18.0  N/A / N/A
JC Penney, Stockton, CA USA  $17.0  100 / 436
Dolce & Gabbana, Budapest  HUNGARY  $17.0  99 / N/A
Prime, Luzerne County, PA USA  $17.0  N/A / N/A
Abercrombie & Fitch, Columbus, OH USA  $16.0  N/A / 162
P&G, Edwardsville, IL USA  $15.0  N/A / 1,200
LTS Logistics, Carlisle, PA USA  $15.0  N/A / 439
FedEx, North Chicago, IL USA  $15.0  N/A / 200
DOT Foods, Burley, ID USA  $15.0  200 / 140
National Oilwell, Houston, TX USA  $14.0  N/A / 245
Shinoda Design, Santa Ana, CA USA  $14.0  N/A / 135
Ice River Springs, Pulaski, TN USA  $14.0  75 / N/A
McDonalds, N/A  HUNGARY  $14.0  209 / N/A
Case Farms, Massillon, OH USA  $13.0  15 / 25
Fressnapf, Székesfehérvár  HUNGARY  $13.0  198 / N/A
Smith Drug Company, Valdosta, GA USA  $12.0  50 / 108
Autom Supply, Lewisburg, TN USA  $11.0  40 / 330
Ridenco, N/A  HUNGARY  $11.0  99 / N/A
Rossmann, Budapest  HUNGARY  $11.0  105 / N/A
Southwest Gas, Henderson, NV USA  $11.0  N/A / N/A
21st Century Grain, South Sioux City, NE USA  $10.0  N/A / 25
Cooper Tires, Franklin, IN USA  $10.0  60 / N/A
Aquaria Group, Szigetszentmiklós  HUNGARY  $10.0  105 / N/A
Home Depot, Lehigh County, PA USA  $10.0  323 / N/A
Midwest Terminals, Toledo, OH USA  $10.0   N/A / N/A
Apsalooke Energy, Crow Agency, MT USA  $7,000.0  900 / N/A
Baard Energy, Wellsville, OH USA  $6,000.0  400 / N/A
TransCanada Corp., Belle Plaine, SK CANADA  $3,327.0  150 / N/A
China Union, Bong  LIBERIA  $2,600.0  3,000 / N/A
ConocoPhillips, Sweeny, TX USA  $2,000.0  200 / N/A
Abou Kir Fertilizers, Aswan  EGYPT  $2,000.0  N/A 
Essar Steel, Nashwauk, MN USA  $1,650.0  700 / N/A
Pertamina-Mitsui, Cilacap  INDONESIA  $1,500.0  N/A
Samsung, Dahej  INDIA  $1,400.0  N/A
REC Silicon, Becancour, QC CANADA  $1,200.0  300 / N/A
PetroChina, Yinchuan  CHINA  $1,200.0  N/A
Union Resources, Mehdiabad  IRAN  $1,200.0  N/A
POSCO, Pohang  SOUTH KOREA  $1,100.0  N/A
Sandridge Energy, Pecos County, TX USA  $1,100.0  N/A
Bosai Minerials, Linden  GUYANA  $1,000.0  700 / N/A
China National Oil, Agadem  NIGER  $1,000.0  N/A
Wacker Chemie, Saxony  GERMANY  $950.0  450 / N/A
Equinox Minerals, Solwezi  ZAMBIA  $814.0  N/A
North Appalachia, Marshall, WV USA  $800.0  60 / N/A
Shintech, Alvin, TX USA  $800.0  150 / N/A
MMK, Green Twp, OH USA  $680.0  528 / N/A
Incitec Pivot, Moranbah  AUSTRALIA  $604.0  N/A
Jemco, Tokyo  JAPAN  $414.0  N/A 
Valero, Houston, TX USA  $412.0  N/A 
Toshiba, Ennore  INDIA  $402.0  N/A 
Novo Nordisk, Tianjin  CHINA  $400.0  500
PTT Asahi, Rayong  THAILAND  $400.0  N/A
Middletown Coke, Middletown, OH USA  $354.0  75 / N/A
Nacogdoch. Power, Sacul, TX USA  $350.0  N/A
Eagle, Marquette, MI USA  $300.0  100 / N/A
Svensk Etanolkemi, Bagamoyo  TANZANIA  $300.0  N/A
Verinium BioFuels, Highlands, FL USA  $299.0  66 / N/A
Dangote Cement, North West  SOUTH AFRICA  $294.0  300 / N/A
GAZ, Nizhny Novgorod  RUSSIA  $270.0  N/A
Tesoro, Bexar County, TX USA  $251.0  N/A
Northern Ethanol, Niagara, NY USA  $245.0  105 / N/A
Ohorongo Cement, Sargberg  NAMIBIA  $244.0  300 / N/A
I/N Kote, New Carlisle, IN USA  $240.0  100 / 240
Sumter Cement, Center Hill, FL USA  $229.0  118 / N/A
Mesabi Nugget, Hoyt Lakes, MN USA  $220.0  50 / N/A
Solibro, Thalheim  GERMANY  $209.0  250 / N/A
Range Resources, Houston, PA USA  $200.0  25 / N/A
Signet Solar, Belen, NM USA  $200.0  200 / N/A
Agresti Biofuels, Pikeville, KY USA  $200.0  250 / N/A
Michelin, Itatiaia  BRAZIL  $200.0  N/A 
Modular Genetics, Dublin, OH USA  $176.0  130 / N/A
Piedmont Green, Barnesville, GA USA  $160.0  24 / 20
SunMark Energy, Henderson, TX USA  $160.0  60 / N/A
VeraSun Energy, Dyersville, IA USA  $157.0  37 / N/A
Sanofi Aventis, N/A  MEXICO  $150.0  N/A 
BSS Steel, Abese  NIGERIA  $146.0  1,000 / N/A
Boston Beer, Breinigsville, PA USA  $141.0  55 / 855
Caterpillar, Little Rock, AR USA  $140.0  600 / N/A
Coloplast, Nyírbátor  HUNGARY  $137.0  600 / N/A
Invenergy Wind, Ottawa, IL USA  $136.0  5 / N/A
BD, Wilson, NC USA  $135.0  274 / 200
POSCO, Pohang  SOUTH KOREA  $130.0  N/A
Luminant, Rockdale, TX USA  $130.0  N/A 
Bosch Rexroth, Beijing  CHINA  $126.0  N/A
NuCoastal, Victoria, TX USA  $125.0  22 / N/A
Green Plains Ren., Superior, IA USA  $120.0  35 / N/A
Petropar, Laurens County, SC USA  $120.0  80 / N/A
Nestle Waters, Breinigsville, PA USA  $116.0  250 / 576
Providencia USA, Iredell County, NC USA  $115.0  56 / 400
Isogen, New Castle, DE USA  $115.0  150 / 200
Great Wall Motor, Lovech  BULGARIA  $108.0  1,500 / N/A
Sun InBev, Irkutsk  RUSSIA  $106.0  200 / N/A
Koito Kyushu, Kyushu  JAPAN  $102.0  N/A / 323
Neste Oil, Porvoo  FINLAND  $101.0  N/A 
Cargill, St. James, LA USA  $100.0  75 / N/A
Edison Chouest, Houma, LA USA  $100.0  1,282 / N/A
Cargill, N/A  BRAZIL  $100.0  N/A
K2 Pure, Pittsburg, CA USA  $100.0  N/A
Kankakee, Kankakee, IL USA  $100.0  N/A
Frontier Refining, Cheyenne, WY USA  $100.0  N/A
Abengoa, West Franklin, IN USA  $169.0  56 / N/A
Osage Bio, Union County, SC USA  $161.0  75 / N/A
Mann Research, Port St. Lucie, FL USA  $100.0  N/A / 400
Corning, Erwin, NY USA  $95.0  N/A / 325
Merck, Darmstadt  GERMANY  $62.0  N/A
Volkswagen, Mlada Boleslav  CZECH REPUBLIC  $51.0  370 / N/A
CNY bio, Syracuse, NY USA  $40.0  N/A / 40
GM, Macomb County, MI USA  $36.0  N/A 
S&S, Schoolcraft, MI USA  $30.0  22 / 25
CME, Oxford, MS USA  $22.0  N/A / 47
HIT, Inc, Kirksville, MO USA  $22.0  164 / N/A
Benton Bio, Lancaster, PA USA  $20.0  N/A / 40
PPD, Athlone  IRELAND  $19.0  250 / N/A
Charles Stark Labs, Pinellas County, FL USA  $18.0  165 / N/A
Wacker Corp, Macungie Twp, PA USA  $16.0  32 / 67
Lancaster, Inc., Leacock Twp, PA USA  $16.0  105 / 50
Northrop Grumman, San Diego, CA USA  $12.0  N/A / 141
Lincoln Energy, Anderson, SC USA  $12.0  6 / N/A
SSAB, Montpelier, IA USA  $11.0  13 / N/A
HSD, Inc., Greenfield, IN USA  $10.0  N/A / 77
JCL, Hoffman Estates, IL USA  $10.0  30 / 25

This Group is a full-service, location advisory firm delivering comprehensive global site selection services for projects such as distribution centers, manufacturing, R&D, data centers, call centers and headquarter operations. Our Group’s executives have completed over 1,000 site selection projects across the world for leading corporations in various industries. For information about finding your next strategic location, please contact [snip]

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