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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3022297" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>BWAAAAAA! The SE Conference is the toughest in the country and the darling of ESPN. </p><p>Try that tears in your beer again. It didn't hurt a dammed thing. </p><p>Manufacturing is going rampant in the SE. </p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Manufacturers Choosing the Southeast?</strong></span></p><p>Manufacturing companies include an intangible trait -- trust---as part of the site selection consideration. </p><p><a href="http://www.industryweek.com/author/adrienne-selko" target="_blank">Adrienne Selko</a> | Oct 01, 2015</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.industryweek.com/competitiveness/airbus-opens-first-us-production-plant" target="_blank">U.S. plant last month </a>in Mobile, Ala. calling it the company’s flagship site in the U.S.</p><p></p><p>Why Alabama? “It gives them a larger industrial presence, which could be useful in pursuing defense contracts,” explains Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group Corp. “It puts pressure on trade unions back in Europe, because labor in Alabama costs less. And it diversifies their currency exposure, which could be useful if the euro gets strong again.”</p><p></p><p>The manufacturing base of this region was created in large part by the auto industry. In fact Atlanta has been dubbed “Stuttgart West” thanks to its position as the U.S. headquarters of German companies. Home to the newly revamped Porsche Cars North America headquarters — complete with a test track near the airport — it also lured the Mercedes-Benz USA head office away from another location. And BMW’s largest production plant in the world is in South Carolina.</p><p></p><p>Other auto manufacturers are represented as well. Kia Motors has a large Georgia production facility and Honda and Hyundai both have major operations in Alabama.</p><p></p><p>It’s not just the automotive industry that is attracted to the Southeast. Lenovo, the world’s leading PC vendor, opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in North Carolina last year. Starbucks even roasts its coffee beans in South Carolina. And Google recently-announced plans to invest $600 million into a new data center in Alabama.</p><p></p><p>To find out why this area is attracting so many manufacturing companies, IndustryWeek talked to William “Lee” Thuston, a 30-year veteran in Southeastern economic development and managing partner of Burr & Forman (Birmingham, Ala.). He has assisted economic development projects representing an estimated $17 billion of capital investment and over 26,000 new jobs. Thuston was involved in the site selection process for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, KIA Motors Corp. Mi-Tech Steel, Inc, IPSCO Steel and ThyssenKrupp.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.industryweek.com/expansion-management/trust-factor-manufacturers-choosing-southeast" target="_blank">http://www.industryweek.com/expansion-management/trust-factor-manufacturers-choosing-southeast</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3022297, member: 5412"] BWAAAAAA! The SE Conference is the toughest in the country and the darling of ESPN. Try that tears in your beer again. It didn't hurt a dammed thing. Manufacturing is going rampant in the SE. [SIZE=6][B]Manufacturers Choosing the Southeast?[/B][/SIZE] Manufacturing companies include an intangible trait -- trust---as part of the site selection consideration. [URL='http://www.industryweek.com/author/adrienne-selko']Adrienne Selko[/URL] | Oct 01, 2015 [URL='http://www.industryweek.com/competitiveness/airbus-opens-first-us-production-plant']U.S. plant last month [/URL]in Mobile, Ala. calling it the company’s flagship site in the U.S. Why Alabama? “It gives them a larger industrial presence, which could be useful in pursuing defense contracts,” explains Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group Corp. “It puts pressure on trade unions back in Europe, because labor in Alabama costs less. And it diversifies their currency exposure, which could be useful if the euro gets strong again.” The manufacturing base of this region was created in large part by the auto industry. In fact Atlanta has been dubbed “Stuttgart West” thanks to its position as the U.S. headquarters of German companies. Home to the newly revamped Porsche Cars North America headquarters — complete with a test track near the airport — it also lured the Mercedes-Benz USA head office away from another location. And BMW’s largest production plant in the world is in South Carolina. Other auto manufacturers are represented as well. Kia Motors has a large Georgia production facility and Honda and Hyundai both have major operations in Alabama. It’s not just the automotive industry that is attracted to the Southeast. Lenovo, the world’s leading PC vendor, opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in North Carolina last year. Starbucks even roasts its coffee beans in South Carolina. And Google recently-announced plans to invest $600 million into a new data center in Alabama. To find out why this area is attracting so many manufacturing companies, IndustryWeek talked to William “Lee” Thuston, a 30-year veteran in Southeastern economic development and managing partner of Burr & Forman (Birmingham, Ala.). He has assisted economic development projects representing an estimated $17 billion of capital investment and over 26,000 new jobs. Thuston was involved in the site selection process for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, KIA Motors Corp. Mi-Tech Steel, Inc, IPSCO Steel and ThyssenKrupp. [URL]http://www.industryweek.com/expansion-management/trust-factor-manufacturers-choosing-southeast[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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