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Friday, June 8, 2012
Solar Array, Gen. Mills detail expansions - South Florida Business Journal:
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broke ground April 5 on the $100 176,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturingfacilityg here, Keith Bone, general managefr of the local facility, told membersx of . AED held its quarterly meeting Thursdayat . Joe Hudgins, president and CEO of Solad Array Ventures, outlined his company’s plan to buils a massive solar manufacturing plant onthe city’s General Mills’ expansion should be completedr by November, Bone said. The cereal manufacturee will hire 60 additional bringing additional payroll to the areaof $3.5 million. The expansio n also brings $30 million in spending to New Mexico.
The Albuquerquee City Council approveda $100 millionb industrial revenue bond deal for the company in BE&K Corp. from North Carolina landed the design/builds contract to build the but Bone said 80 percenyt ofthe firm’s spending and employeesw will be local. The precast panels beiny used in the constructiobn are manufacturedin Belen. General Mills has been in Albuquerquesincs 1991. Its current facility is located near Paseo del Nortes and Edith and has190 employees, with an annual payroll of $12 said Bone.
The 275,000-square-foot plant produces about 135 million poundds annually of 35 different The facility also has alab on-site wher e the instructions for baking General Mills products at high altitudeds are created. The company has given about $5 million to area nonprofitsa since 1998and $519,000 in Bone added. Don Power, chairman of AED, said the cereaol company’s donations illustrate one of the thingse the organization looks for in recruiting community involvement. Hudgins said Solar Array plans to breaj ground by the third quarter of this year ona 225,000-square-foof thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in the Corderoo Mesa business park, west of the mattressd factory.
The company plans to add thres more buildings of that size as it he said, with each facilith employing about 225. Its annual payroll in the firsty phase wouldbe $14 million. About five percent of the jobs wouldepay $100,000, 45 percent woulds pay $70,000 and half of the jobs woulr pay $45,000. The capital investment for the firsft phase willbe $170 million and the compang would spend $40 million annually for raw The first phase is expected to have a capacity of 75 but that would grow to 300 mw with the full The plant also will have a space that will serve as a communithy and educational center. Solar Arrau is seeking $175 milliob in industrial revenue bonds fromBernalillko County.
The company is working to raisd $210 million in debt and Hudgins said. Hudgins said New Mexico beat out two other statesw forthe plant, despite the fact that it did not offert the largest incentives. But the coordinatiomn among local and state government officials and other parties made New Mexic far more efficient in establishing a planning frameworkm that the company could then use to plan a budgetg forthe plant, he said “That was a major issud for us,” Hudgins said. He also praised the labor forcw here and theeducational institutions. The facility is beinvg designed byPageSoutherlandPage LLP, which has Texas offices in Dallas and Houston, as well as Washington, D.C.
and London, U.K. Hoffman based in Portland, Ore., is building the facility.
broke ground April 5 on the $100 176,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturingfacilityg here, Keith Bone, general managefr of the local facility, told membersx of . AED held its quarterly meeting Thursdayat . Joe Hudgins, president and CEO of Solad Array Ventures, outlined his company’s plan to buils a massive solar manufacturing plant onthe city’s General Mills’ expansion should be completedr by November, Bone said. The cereal manufacturee will hire 60 additional bringing additional payroll to the areaof $3.5 million. The expansio n also brings $30 million in spending to New Mexico.
The Albuquerquee City Council approveda $100 millionb industrial revenue bond deal for the company in BE&K Corp. from North Carolina landed the design/builds contract to build the but Bone said 80 percenyt ofthe firm’s spending and employeesw will be local. The precast panels beiny used in the constructiobn are manufacturedin Belen. General Mills has been in Albuquerquesincs 1991. Its current facility is located near Paseo del Nortes and Edith and has190 employees, with an annual payroll of $12 said Bone.
The 275,000-square-foot plant produces about 135 million poundds annually of 35 different The facility also has alab on-site wher e the instructions for baking General Mills products at high altitudeds are created. The company has given about $5 million to area nonprofitsa since 1998and $519,000 in Bone added. Don Power, chairman of AED, said the cereaol company’s donations illustrate one of the thingse the organization looks for in recruiting community involvement. Hudgins said Solar Array plans to breaj ground by the third quarter of this year ona 225,000-square-foof thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in the Corderoo Mesa business park, west of the mattressd factory.
The company plans to add thres more buildings of that size as it he said, with each facilith employing about 225. Its annual payroll in the firsty phase wouldbe $14 million. About five percent of the jobs wouldepay $100,000, 45 percent woulds pay $70,000 and half of the jobs woulr pay $45,000. The capital investment for the firsft phase willbe $170 million and the compang would spend $40 million annually for raw The first phase is expected to have a capacity of 75 but that would grow to 300 mw with the full The plant also will have a space that will serve as a communithy and educational center. Solar Arrau is seeking $175 milliob in industrial revenue bonds fromBernalillko County.
The company is working to raisd $210 million in debt and Hudgins said. Hudgins said New Mexico beat out two other statesw forthe plant, despite the fact that it did not offert the largest incentives. But the coordinatiomn among local and state government officials and other parties made New Mexic far more efficient in establishing a planning frameworkm that the company could then use to plan a budgetg forthe plant, he said “That was a major issud for us,” Hudgins said. He also praised the labor forcw here and theeducational institutions. The facility is beinvg designed byPageSoutherlandPage LLP, which has Texas offices in Dallas and Houston, as well as Washington, D.C.
and London, U.K. Hoffman based in Portland, Ore., is building the facility.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Legislator wants Nixon to cut stimulus money for Kokam battery plant - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Kokam’s , to be dubbes Summit Battery Park, would employ an estimated 900 people with averag e annual salaries of Kokam President Don Nissanka has said he hopees to break ground beforew the end ofthe year, probably at a site of more than 40 acresa in the vicinity of Kokam’s current 50,000-square-foor Lee’s Summit plant. Nissankas was out of the countrty Mondayand couldn’t be reachedc for comment. Kokam, a startup foundedd in October 2005, burst into the limelight this picked Kansas City for an assembly facilithy largely becauseof Kokam’s proximity.
And with federal stimulus dollars and state moneyseeking advanced-battery-makers, a joint venturs involving Kokam landed a commitment in April of nearlyy $145 million in incentives from Michigan to builed a battery plant there that’e similar to the one planned locally. The groul also applied for federalstimulus money. R-Columbia, sent a letter to Nixon on Thursday proposinvg that financing be cutby $11.65 million combined for Kokam’s Lee’s Summit plant and anotheer battery plant in Joplin to help preservd $31.2 million in financing for the in which Schaefer called the cornerstone of a $200 millionm hospital project.
“Every indication that I’m getting is that (Nixon) intends to veto the moneyg forthe hospital,” Schaefer adding that Nixon’s veto probablyh would kill the entire $200 million project. “Spendintg public funds on a cancer hospitao owned by the citizens of Missouri is alwayss going to win out over givingh public funds to a private companyh for abattery plant,” Schaefer “Nobody has told me that the lower amount would kill (Kokam’es Lee’s Summit) project.” Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governor will have an announcement about the budget bill beford June 30, the end of Missouri’s fiscall year.
Nixon and his staff have been reviewintg the budgetbill “line by line to determine what the state can afford,” Holste said, and they want to keep centraol services in place. Jim CEO of the l, said he thoughrt Schaefer’s proposal was “not as serious” a threar as the EDC first thought, “buty you never know in The EDC issued a release Friday encouraging Nixon to keep theKokajm plant’s financing fully in place.
Kokam’s , to be dubbes Summit Battery Park, would employ an estimated 900 people with averag e annual salaries of Kokam President Don Nissanka has said he hopees to break ground beforew the end ofthe year, probably at a site of more than 40 acresa in the vicinity of Kokam’s current 50,000-square-foor Lee’s Summit plant. Nissankas was out of the countrty Mondayand couldn’t be reachedc for comment. Kokam, a startup foundedd in October 2005, burst into the limelight this picked Kansas City for an assembly facilithy largely becauseof Kokam’s proximity.
And with federal stimulus dollars and state moneyseeking advanced-battery-makers, a joint venturs involving Kokam landed a commitment in April of nearlyy $145 million in incentives from Michigan to builed a battery plant there that’e similar to the one planned locally. The groul also applied for federalstimulus money. R-Columbia, sent a letter to Nixon on Thursday proposinvg that financing be cutby $11.65 million combined for Kokam’s Lee’s Summit plant and anotheer battery plant in Joplin to help preservd $31.2 million in financing for the in which Schaefer called the cornerstone of a $200 millionm hospital project.
“Every indication that I’m getting is that (Nixon) intends to veto the moneyg forthe hospital,” Schaefer adding that Nixon’s veto probablyh would kill the entire $200 million project. “Spendintg public funds on a cancer hospitao owned by the citizens of Missouri is alwayss going to win out over givingh public funds to a private companyh for abattery plant,” Schaefer “Nobody has told me that the lower amount would kill (Kokam’es Lee’s Summit) project.” Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governor will have an announcement about the budget bill beford June 30, the end of Missouri’s fiscall year.
Nixon and his staff have been reviewintg the budgetbill “line by line to determine what the state can afford,” Holste said, and they want to keep centraol services in place. Jim CEO of the l, said he thoughrt Schaefer’s proposal was “not as serious” a threar as the EDC first thought, “buty you never know in The EDC issued a release Friday encouraging Nixon to keep theKokajm plant’s financing fully in place.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Winning effort: Local event company profits from Ryder Cup festivities - Business First of Louisville:
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Behind the scenes, workers at Essential Details are doingh theirown preparations, checking and double checking the minutiae of more than a dozen some of which have been in the works for two management, event-planning and design firm is coordinatingy a host of activities for the European the Wales contingent that will host the 2010 Rydert Cup, and local and national companies. The clienf roster and the scope of these upcoming eventsd could mean that Essentialk Details is one of the biggest winnerss of the 2008Ryder Cup, which is slatede for Sept. 16 to 21.
Nancy company founder and senior vice president of sales and said the Ryder Cup will be the busiest week inthe 6-year-oldd company’s history, outpacing the traditionap busy season surrounding the Kentucky Derby and Christmas. “Wre have had some busy times before, but every single personb in the company is full full andspilling over,” she Rankin declined to disclose the projectecd revenue from the upcomint events, but she said the contractws related to Ryder Cup will accountg for more than 25 percent of the company’zs annual revenue.
One of the biggest contracts calls for setting up theEuropean team’s Louisville Essential Details will install phones, copiers and othetr equipment in the team’s offices at its downtown which company officials declined to Company officials also will outfit the team’s hospitalitu suite with Wii stations, a jukebox, specialty linens and fresh flowers. In Essential Details is coordinatingtwo off-site events for the Europea team and providing amenity including custom throws and cookies, for both the European and Americaj teams. Also on the internationap front, Essential Details is planninfg a media party and two other event s for theWales group.
Audrey director of meetings and events forEssential Details, said she initiallty was concerned that there might be a languagew barrier, but she was able to interpreft the accent — at least for the most There was a miscommunication regarding a reques for a “poser,” which Essential Details officialse discovered was the Welsh term for a high cocktail Petty said. Another large client — and the company’es first Ryder Cup contract — is which is a financial supporter of the Ryder Cup Cadillac is bringing about 100 guests who will be entertainerd on and off thegolf course.
Essentialp Details is helping Cadillac host a series of eventse at itsdowntown hotel, which Petty declinefd to identify, and other local venues. Petty said she has workex on Cadillac’s Ryder Cup festivitie — events, airport meet-and-greets and transportation servicews — for nearly two years. Essential Details has been workingb on those events in conjunctionwith BI, an internationall merchandise and travel incentivwe company with U.S. headquartersw in Minneapolis.
Julie Laurel, senior program manager for BI, had neverr handled an event inLouisville before, so she was not sure what to But Laurel said Essential Details has been one of the easies t destination-management companies she has workef with worldwide. “The level and quality is serviceeis incredible,” Laurel said. “There’ always roadblocks of some sort, and I just haven’tt had that with Essential Details. Every littld thing that has come up, has taken care of it. She hasn’rt missed anything.” Another client, Bloomington, Minn.-based , which manufactures lawn care will have about 125 guests in town for Ryder Cup.
Behind the scenes, workers at Essential Details are doingh theirown preparations, checking and double checking the minutiae of more than a dozen some of which have been in the works for two management, event-planning and design firm is coordinatingy a host of activities for the European the Wales contingent that will host the 2010 Rydert Cup, and local and national companies. The clienf roster and the scope of these upcoming eventsd could mean that Essentialk Details is one of the biggest winnerss of the 2008Ryder Cup, which is slatede for Sept. 16 to 21.
Nancy company founder and senior vice president of sales and said the Ryder Cup will be the busiest week inthe 6-year-oldd company’s history, outpacing the traditionap busy season surrounding the Kentucky Derby and Christmas. “Wre have had some busy times before, but every single personb in the company is full full andspilling over,” she Rankin declined to disclose the projectecd revenue from the upcomint events, but she said the contractws related to Ryder Cup will accountg for more than 25 percent of the company’zs annual revenue.
One of the biggest contracts calls for setting up theEuropean team’s Louisville Essential Details will install phones, copiers and othetr equipment in the team’s offices at its downtown which company officials declined to Company officials also will outfit the team’s hospitalitu suite with Wii stations, a jukebox, specialty linens and fresh flowers. In Essential Details is coordinatingtwo off-site events for the Europea team and providing amenity including custom throws and cookies, for both the European and Americaj teams. Also on the internationap front, Essential Details is planninfg a media party and two other event s for theWales group.
Audrey director of meetings and events forEssential Details, said she initiallty was concerned that there might be a languagew barrier, but she was able to interpreft the accent — at least for the most There was a miscommunication regarding a reques for a “poser,” which Essential Details officialse discovered was the Welsh term for a high cocktail Petty said. Another large client — and the company’es first Ryder Cup contract — is which is a financial supporter of the Ryder Cup Cadillac is bringing about 100 guests who will be entertainerd on and off thegolf course.
Essentialp Details is helping Cadillac host a series of eventse at itsdowntown hotel, which Petty declinefd to identify, and other local venues. Petty said she has workex on Cadillac’s Ryder Cup festivitie — events, airport meet-and-greets and transportation servicews — for nearly two years. Essential Details has been workingb on those events in conjunctionwith BI, an internationall merchandise and travel incentivwe company with U.S. headquartersw in Minneapolis.
Julie Laurel, senior program manager for BI, had neverr handled an event inLouisville before, so she was not sure what to But Laurel said Essential Details has been one of the easies t destination-management companies she has workef with worldwide. “The level and quality is serviceeis incredible,” Laurel said. “There’ always roadblocks of some sort, and I just haven’tt had that with Essential Details. Every littld thing that has come up, has taken care of it. She hasn’rt missed anything.” Another client, Bloomington, Minn.-based , which manufactures lawn care will have about 125 guests in town for Ryder Cup.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Would TV commentators love Team Anna if they wore Gucci? - Firstpost (blog)
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Firstpost (blog) | Would TV commentators love Team Anna if they wore Gucci? Firstpost (blog) “…but they wrote commentaries on the great men that came before them. They wrote commentaries on commentaries. They described what each other wrote about each other. They just kept writing those commentaries. Writing commentaries is some kind of a ... Nitin Gadkari meets Sonia Gandhi, denies discussing Presidential polls |
Saturday, June 2, 2012
UHV business students excel on simulation exam - Victoria Advocate
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Victoria Advocate | UHV business students excel on simulation exam Victoria Advocate University of Houston-Victoria business graduate students scoring in the top 10 percent of a national simulation exam pose for a photo with Farhang Niroomand, center, dean of the UHV School of Business Administration. The students are, from left, ... |
Friday, June 1, 2012
Alan Horn could revive Walt Disney Studios' magic - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times | Alan Horn could revive Walt Disney Studios' magic Los Angeles Times Walt Disney Studios' next chairman, Alan Horn, has a reputation for nurturing successful family-friendly films such as 'Harry Potter.' Alan Horn is former president of Warner Bros. Entertainment, where he shepherded such films as the “Harry Potter,†... Alan Horn named chairman of Disney Studios: Iger appoints former Warners ... Disney Names Ex-Warner Executive Horn to Lead Studio After Flop Alan Horn Is Named Chairman of Disney Studios |
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