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aThe National Association of Manufacturers has some great news and advice on relocating and expanding manufacturing facilties.

In one recent post, Bill Canis writes about Joe Loughrey, the CEO of Cummins, a maker of diesel engines. Mr. Loughrey was asked to speak at the Rocky Mount, NC chamber of commerce (where he is planning to invest $22 million in a plant expansion this year) about his company grappling with globalization, competiveness, and lack skilled workers. He said,

Let me stress that for North Carolina and Rocky Mount--as well as other communities where Cummins does business--the big issue is finding enough skilled labor...employees who are prepared to use statistical methods, operate higher technology equipment, work well with colleagues and are eager to learn new, more efficient ways of getting their jobs done. Solving this problem is absolutely necessary to being and remaining a world-class manufacturer....and if we can't find it here, we and others will have to look elsewhere.

Yup. We know all about looking elsewhere.

aI can't stop reading the Private Sector Development Blog, an Economic Development blog written by members of the World Bank (the content is the individual's opinions, of course, and not the WB's).
This blog's mission is to "gather together news, resources and ideas about the role of private enterprise in fighting poverty."

You can search by regions or by topic. Thinking about doing business in Poland? Thinking of expanding your company into a post-conflict area? Among the writers of this blog are lead economists and managers at the World Bank, the oh-so-controversial international economic development organization. Love it or hate it, the global E.D. information here is from the experts.