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Canada and Volkswagen Outline Plans for an Almost $15bn Battery Factory in Ontario

Volkswagen will be investing $5.1 billion in the plant while the Canadian government will provide an additional $9.7 billion in the form of a tax credit.

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IFC and Cambodia to Create Logistics Complex in Sihanoukville Province

The International Finance Corporation and the Cambodian government will extend an offer to a select qualified private developer that will finance, develop and operate the complex.

The Cambodian Royal Palace, in Chey Chumneas, Phnom Penh, surrounded by busy roads and streets. Photo: iStock.com/Nalidsa Sukprasert

JLL Finds Perfect Warehouse Location, Leading to $15M Grant for Startup

Challenge: An innovative clean energy startup needed a manufacturing site that could accommodate its growth and allow it to scale production as demand for its groundbreaking product takes off.

Reshoring Trend Has Companies 'Scrambling' for Facilities in the U.S. and Mexico

Kearney’s “10th Annual Reshoring Index Report” showed 96% of CEOs are considering reshoring operations, have decided to reshore operations, or have already reshored operations in 2023.

The word 'RESHORING' is written on a typewriter. Photo: iStock.com/pedrosala

Biden-Harris Administration Opens Applications for Program to Build EV Charging

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program will provide $2.5 billion over five years.

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Target Wants to Deliver Your Packages Faster With $100 Million Investment

The sorting centers are designed to further Target’s strategy of using its stores to handle online orders as it vies with Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. for sales.

Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts

Fabric, which operates small, automated distribution centers in densely-populated areas, is cutting its workforce and shifting its business strategy as grocers and retailers look instead to add automated operations inside stores.

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Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of U.S. Warehouses

MWPVL International Inc., which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space.

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Two More Southern California Cities Halt Warehouse Expansion

The freezes follow similar moves by a string of cities in the Inland Empire, the U.S.’s major warehousing and logistics mecca that stretches east and south of Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Warehousing Mecca Halts Expansion Just as Needs Soar

Communities in the Inland Empire, the U.S.’s logistics mecca east of Los Angeles, are suspending new warehousing projects to examine the impact from decades of pollution — putting the industry under pressure when it’s needed most.

Source: Bloomberg

Amazon Shows It Can Generate Sales While Slowing Spending

Amazon showed its e-commerce and cloud-computing businesses can churn out revenue even as consumers worry about inflation and the company gets serious about curtailing expenses.

An employee walks outside Amazon's SAN3 fulfillment center in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

American Factories Heat Up as CEOs Take Production Out of China

Rattled by the most recent wave of strict Covid lockdowns in China, the long-time manufacturing hub of choice for multinationals, CEOs have been highlighting plans to relocate production.

A U.S. flag is displayed on a factory floor in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

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