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Switzerland Global Enterprise Business Exchange – October 19 – 21, 2020
Most Americans are familiar with the U.S. Department of Commerce whose professional staff around the world provide U.S. firms with export trade support. This agency also promotes the American investment environment to international firms. Every country organizes their business investment programs differently, and the Swiss provide their companies with inbound- and outbound investment support through…
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On a Personal Note: C2ER/LMI Conference Reflections
The nation’s premier community & economic research organization, C2ER Council for Community and Economic Research, joined forces with a leading labor & work force analytics firm, LMI Labor Market Information, to host an analytics-oriented conference in Atlanta June 4-8 for economic development managers, analysts and researchers. Many of the presentations and workshops were dedicated to…
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Corvaglia: Global Atlanta Interview
J.B. Fisher, President and General Manager of Corvaglia Closures USA Inc., and our very own Managing Director, James Blair, were interviewed by Phil Bolton at Global Atlanta. Both granted Phil insights into how our team, in cooperation with corvaglia management, approached their site selection project in the Southeastern USA. The corvaglia President further sheds light on their…
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Speaking: James Blair @C2ER Conference on Using Data as Site Selectors
Work force quality and availability is on the minds of every Economic Development Organization. On June 6-8 two worlds collide when the Labor Market Information Institute and C2ER Council for Community and Economic Research host an Economic Development Conference in Atlanta GA. Navigator Consulting Managing Director James Blair will join Carol Henderson (Cushman Wakefield), Kate…
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Congratulations! Corvaglia Group Wins Prix SVC 2018
We would like to congratulate the corvaglia Group, one our recent success stories, for winning the prestigious Prix SVC Eastern Switzerland in 2018! In his laudation speech, the Head of the Jury, Professor Thomas Zellweger, made it clear: The jury was in awe by the success story of Romeo Corvaglia and the entire corvaglia Group. The…
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Speaking: Jim Blair @GEDA 2017 Annual Conference, Sep 20-22
Together with Carter Wood from Ernst & Young, our Managing Director, Jim Blair, will be speaking at the 2017 Annual Conference of The Georgia Economic Development Association (GEDA), held at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah from Wednesday, September 20 through Friday, September 22, 2017. The presentation will take place at 3:45pm in the Regency Ballroom and the topics…
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Jim Blair About Preparing for Foreign Direct Investment
Our Managing Director, Jim Blair, who had been invited to speak at the Economic Development Summit organized by Electric Cities of Georgia (ECG) in April 2017, was recently featured in ECG’s second quarter newsletter “fyi – GA’s Energy Cities at Work“. In the article, Jim Blair was asked for ways to reduce risks associated with attracting foreign direct investment. Overall,…
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Sentury Tire Preparing to Break Ground
In 2016, we had the privilege of assisting Sentury Tire, a Chinese manufacturer of automotive and aircraft tires, in identifying an ideal location for its North American headquarters. See our case study for a detailed look at the project. Since the announcement of the $530m investment and planned creation of 1,000 new jobs in September 2016, the project received a lot of…
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Switzerland Global Enterprise Recognizes Navigator Consulting
We are proud to announce that our team of site selection experts has been recognized by Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) as U.S. site selection experts. On behalf of the Swiss Confederation, S-GE supports Swiss companies in their business development efforts abroad and is the first point of contact for all questions relating to internationalization. It maintains a strong network of experts…
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Meet us: Hannover Messe 2017 with SelectUSA & EAIC – April 24-28
We are excited to announce that we will be at this year’s Hannover Messe, April 24-28. You will find us under the roof of SelectUSA, as a co-exhibitor with the European American Investment Council (EAIC).