Southern Business & Development - Corporate and Industrial Sites in the World's Third-Largest Economy

August 30, 2010

Microsoft to Locate $499 Million Data Center in Rural Virginia

Approval Near for Largest Solar Farm in U.S.

Blade Dynamics to Create 600 New Jobs in New Orleans

Arkansas to Get $102 Million Broadband Grant

Texas Towns to Form Economic Development Alliance

Jobs and Investment in Georgia Increase in 2010

German Automotive Parts Supplier Announces New Georgia Plant

Toyota Starts Hiring at Delayed Tupelo Assembly Plant

BorgWarner Drivetrain Expanding Mississippi Plant

Tier 1 Toyota Supplier to Restart Operations in Mississippi

Florida Launches Rural Development Web Site

Job Growth in Maryland

Caterpillar Picks another Site in the South for a New Plant

CAT Plans North Carolina Expansion

Texas Company Investing $500 Million in Five Mississippi Biofuel Plants

Mississippi Continuing Summer Deal Surge

Kysor/Warren Adds 200 Production Jobs in Columbus, Ga.

SNF Flopam Breaks Ground on New $350 Million Louisiana Facility

Two Steel Processors Locating in Columbus, Miss.

Zeolyst Expands in Kansas

Virginia "Vulnerable" to Defense Policy Shift

Virginia Cited as Top Pro-Business State

Boeing Relocating C-130 AMP, B-1 Program to Oklahoma City

Duke Energy Pulls Out of North Carolina Coastal Wind Project

CQMS Razer Announces Expansion in Rural Louisiana

Hamilton Beach Moving Operations to Mississippi

Mercedes Opens New Body Shop at Alabama Plant

Tacoma Production Begins at S.A. Toyota Plant

Great Dane to Open Plant in Statesboro, Ga.

Hyundai to Expand U.S. Plant Capacity

U.S. Foodservice Undergoing $33M Expansion in Central Florida

Comdata Adds 120 Nashville Area Jobs

Alabama Call Center Adding 250 Jobs

Ethan Allen Expansion Generates 90 New Jobs in Rural North Carolina

SAATI Announces New Plant in South Carolina

New York Diaper Company Investing $200 Million in Macon, Ga.

Melaleuca Opens Knoxville Distribution Facility

Expedia Moving 320 Jobs to Missouri

ShoreTel Adding 150 Jobs in Austin

Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu Says V-Vehicle "Very Promising"

VIAM Investing $4 Million in Tennessee

TB Kawashima Announces S.C. Expansion

Canadian Manufacturer Picks York County, S.C. for First U.S. Plant

FPL Food Announces New S.C. Facility

ThyssenKrupp Rolls Out First Coil of Steel at Alabama Plant

Kia Supplier Glovis Announces Major Expansion in East Alabama

Ford to Bring 200 New Jobs to Kansas City Plant

Wingard Moving into VW Supplier Park

Lockheed's Atlanta Plant Lands F-35 Work

Big River Adding 70 Jobs with $24M Stimulus

Louisiana FastStart Named Best State Workforce Training Program

Green Motor Manufacturing to Hire 55 in Arkansas

MVR Hiring 360 in Frankfort, Ky.

Architect Relocating Kansas Headquarters

Palmetto Synthetics Investing $7 Million in Rural South Carolina

German Investment in Arkansas Grows in 2009

Maverick Equipment Locating Plant in South Carolina

Insurer Adding 80 Jobs in Sarasota, Fla.

Magna Car Top Investing in Kentucky

Another Automotive Supplier Expands in Bowling Green

Bowling Green Racking Up the Deals

Viper Motorcycle Relocating to Alabama

DuPont to Make Nanofibers in Virginia

Automotive Parts Supplier Announces Project in Tennessee

Companies Move into VW Supplier Park

Canadian Biotechnology Company Opening Vaccine Facility at Research Triangle

Michelin Investing $11M in Rural N.C.

Zenta Mortgage Adding 100 More in Charlotte

Ply Gem Adding Workers in Raleigh Area

United Technology Locates Fire and Security Units in Tampa Bay

Pipe Manufacturer to Land in South Alabama

San Antonio Firm Adding Jobs

Bombardier Receiving $27M to Expand Learjet Facility in Wichita

Raytheon to Build Missiles in Huntsville

Medical Device Manufacturer Oscor Expanding in Tampa Bay