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SDG Client, Solvay, Announces Completion of its Thermoplastic Composites Manufacturing Facility in Greenville, South Carolina
Strategic Development Group was honored to assist Solvay with site selection activities for this important initiative and we look forward to seeing their continued success. This investment by Solvay will help support demand from energy, aerospace, and automotive industries for more environmentally sustainable products.
Summer 2021 Update from Strategic Development Group
At Strategic Development Group, we have spent the first half of 2021 helping our clients emerge from the pandemic with new growth strategies, radical moves, and strategies to help prepare for what comes next. Read on to learn more about EMF’s transition from northern California to middle Tennessee; Firestone’s strategy for meeting the tremendous growth in the electric vehicle industry; the impact CMC is having in Mesa, AZ; communities in Duke Energy service territory that are getting sites prepared for the exciting times to come and how SDG hopes to improve the lives of men and women in South Carolina though our funding of a scholarship for technical degrees in Advanced Manufacturing.
SDG President, Mark Williams, Quoted in June/July Issue of fDi Intelligence Magazine
Do incentives Matter? SDG President, Mark Williams, recently spoke with fDi Intelligence Magazine about the role incentives play in the site selection process for companies and competing communities across the United States.
Strategic Development Group President, Mark Williams, Releases First Book on Corporate Site Selection and Economic Development
Mark Williams, President of Strategic Development Group, Inc., a South Carolina-based professional site location firm, has released his first book, providing an informed and unique perspective based on his 30 years in corporate site selection and state level economic development.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
May 5
Bradley Forum
Presentation on Site Selection Trends
Nashville, Tennessee
Recent Speaking Engagements
April 5
North Carolina’s Northeast
Perspectives on Site Selection
Virtual Presentation
April 3
Business Facilities Magazine LiveXchange
Presentation on Site Selection Trends
Charlotte, North Carolina
March 29-30
Area Development Conference
Presentation on Trends and Best Practices in ED
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 10
Team Volusia Annual Conference Keynote Address
Daytona, Florida
March 2-4
Site Selectors Guild Annual Conference
San Diego, California
February 24
Next Move Group Annual Conference
Site Selection Speaker
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 17
Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC)
Winter Conference Keynote Address
Sugarland, Texas
December 7
Site Selectors Guild
December 2021 Virtual Table Talk
December 6-8
Site Selectors Guild
Advisory Forum
Monroe, Louisiana
November 8-10
Site Selectors Guild
Fall Forum
Dallas, TX
October 28
Site Selectors Guild
October 2021 Virtual Table Talk
October 20-22
Site Selectors Guild
Advisory Forum
Jekyll Island, Georgia
August 17, 2021
SEDC Annual Conference
Site Selectors Panel
Tampa, Florida
August 2-4, 2021
Site Selectors Guild
Advisory Forum
Detroit, Michigan
July 26, 2021
Economic Development Association of Alabama
Site Selection Trends with a Focus on EVs
Point Clear, Alabama
July 20- 22
Site Selectors Guild
Advisory Forum
Adams County, Colorado
July 7, 2021
MEDC Exchange
Panel: Trends in Site Selection
Biloxi, Mississippi
June 10-12, 2021
Site Selectors Guild
2021 Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida
April 19-20, 2021
Site Selectors Guild
One Day One Sector Summit
Supply Chain Management and Data Centers
Nashville, Tennessee
February 8-9, 2021
Site Selectors Guild
Site Selectors Summit, February 8-9, 2021, San Antonio, Texas
“Their fluid and flexible approach helped us to reachour project goals and timelines during our multi-state evaluationof sites for a new manufacturing facilitY.”
“Strategic Development Group truly understood that our project needs were evolving. Their fluid and flexible approach helped us to reach our project goals and timelines during our multi-state evaluation of sites for a new manufacturing facility in New Castle, Indiana. SDG’s ability to present concise summaries of site conditions, development costs, incentives and recommendations were critical for our management’s ability to make a final site location decision.”
– Ted Moore
Vice President of Operations, MICRONUTRIENTS, INC.
