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Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - georgia_tech_swagger - 06-25-2015 01:08 PM
All this is from just the last 30 days:
Volvo opens new manufacturing plant in Charleston, SC
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/automobiles/volvo-selects-south-carolina-for-500-million-assembly-plant.html?_r=0
Spanish auto supplier Ficosa to build 900-job plant in Cookeville, TN
Powertrain maker BorgWarner expands plant in Seneca, SC
Japan-Based Riken Elastomers Corp. invests $22 million to double Kentucky plant (I use Rikens on my car!)
GM investing $439 million to upgrade Bowling Green, KY plant
Aston Martin to make new plant decision by the end of the year; Alabama "obvious choice"
Ten year anniversary of Hyundai production in Montgomery
Honda rolls out all-new Pilot SUV at Alabama plant
Proper Polymers, an automotive supplier of lighting and trim parts, selects Pulaski, TN for new plant
GM proposes $1.29 billion expansion of Arlington, TX SUV plant
Porsche opens $100 million headquarters in Atlanta
Paris Machining, automotive supplier of heavy components like freight axles and steering arms, to expand in Paris, KY
http://www.southernautocorridor.com/061715/tabid/500/Default.aspx
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - blunderbuss - 06-25-2015 01:11 PM
love it. Used to live in Cookeville, TN. Nice place IMO, good for them.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - Fitbud - 06-25-2015 01:17 PM
Makes sense, lots of unskilled labor there.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - dfarr - 06-25-2015 01:20 PM
Google is opening up a huge $600mil data center in Alabama. Yes, I know it's not auto related but still pretty huge
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/google_building_600_million_da.html
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - dfarr - 06-25-2015 01:21 PM
(06-25-2015 01:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote: Makes sense, lots of unskilled labor there.
But but but union members are all highly skilled and well trained employees! /sarcasm
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - georgia_tech_swagger - 06-25-2015 01:22 PM
(06-25-2015 01:20 PM)dfarr Wrote: Google is opening up a huge $600mil data center in Alabama. Yes, I know it's not auto related but still pretty huge
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/google_building_600_million_da.html
To go with their existing datacenters in Lenoir, NC and Atlanta, GA and Charleston, SC. And they're rolling out Google Fiber to RDU, CLT, and ATL.
Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - South Carolina Duke - 06-25-2015 01:41 PM
(06-25-2015 01:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote: Makes sense, lots of unskilled labor there.
Says a guy with a "teachers certificate ".
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - Niner National - 06-25-2015 01:43 PM
Mercedes is also moving their North American HQ to Atlanta.
BMW is expected to follow Mercedes to the south and will likely end up with the HQ in Atlanta or Charlotte. Either gives good proximity to Greenville operations and I believe both have direct flights to Munich. I know Atlanta having direct flights to Stuttgart played a role in their selection by Mercedes over Raleigh and the other locations being considered.
Re: RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - Fitbud - 06-25-2015 01:47 PM
(06-25-2015 01:21 PM)dfarr Wrote:(06-25-2015 01:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote: Makes sense, lots of unskilled labor there.
But but but union members are all highly skilled and well trained employees! /sarcasm
Give it a few years and the same will happen there.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - stinkfist - 06-25-2015 01:48 PM
(06-25-2015 01:17 PM)Fitbud Wrote: Makes sense, lots of unskilled labor there.
is that akin to those that live 20 per 1000 ft2 dwelling, barely know english, and are affectionately known as yard tards?
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - vandiver49 - 06-25-2015 01:49 PM
(06-25-2015 01:08 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote: All this is from just the last 30 days:
Volvo opens new manufacturing plant in Charleston, SC
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/automobiles/volvo-selects-south-carolina-for-500-million-assembly-plant.html?_r=0
Spanish auto supplier Ficosa to build 900-job plant in Cookeville, TN
Powertrain maker BorgWarner expands plant in Seneca, SC
Japan-Based Riken Elastomers Corp. invests $22 million to double Kentucky plant (I use Rikens on my car!)
GM investing $439 million to upgrade Bowling Green, KY plant
Aston Martin to make new plant decision by the end of the year; Alabama "obvious choice"
Ten year anniversary of Hyundai production in Montgomery
Honda rolls out all-new Pilot SUV at Alabama plant
Proper Polymers, an automotive supplier of lighting and trim parts, selects Pulaski, TN for new plant
GM proposes $1.29 billion expansion of Arlington, TX SUV plant
Porsche opens $100 million headquarters in Atlanta
Paris Machining, automotive supplier of heavy components like freight axles and steering arms, to expand in Paris, KY
http://www.southernautocorridor.com/061715/tabid/500/Default.aspx
I'm not going to tap dance on Detroit's grave. That city's failure is something that shouldn't have happened. The big 3 retreating from the South was something the Unions wanted, which opened up the opportunities you listed above. The Great Lakes region should be enjoying similar growth in the automotive sector. Mismanagement and shortsightedness is what doomed them.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - Redwingtom - 06-25-2015 01:50 PM
Thanks Obama!
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - ECUGrad07 - 06-25-2015 01:50 PM
Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - stinkfist - 06-25-2015 01:53 PM
(06-25-2015 01:49 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:(06-25-2015 01:08 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote: All this is from just the last 30 days:
Volvo opens new manufacturing plant in Charleston, SC
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/automobiles/volvo-selects-south-carolina-for-500-million-assembly-plant.html?_r=0
Spanish auto supplier Ficosa to build 900-job plant in Cookeville, TN
Powertrain maker BorgWarner expands plant in Seneca, SC
Japan-Based Riken Elastomers Corp. invests $22 million to double Kentucky plant (I use Rikens on my car!)
GM investing $439 million to upgrade Bowling Green, KY plant
Aston Martin to make new plant decision by the end of the year; Alabama "obvious choice"
Ten year anniversary of Hyundai production in Montgomery
Honda rolls out all-new Pilot SUV at Alabama plant
Proper Polymers, an automotive supplier of lighting and trim parts, selects Pulaski, TN for new plant
GM proposes $1.29 billion expansion of Arlington, TX SUV plant
Porsche opens $100 million headquarters in Atlanta
Paris Machining, automotive supplier of heavy components like freight axles and steering arms, to expand in Paris, KY
http://www.southernautocorridor.com/061715/tabid/500/Default.aspx
I'm not going to tap dance on Detroit's grave. That city's failure is something that shouldn't have happened. The big 3 retreating from the South was something the Unions wanted, which opened up the opportunities you listed above. The Great Lakes region should be enjoying similar growth in the automotive sector. Mismanagement and shortsightedness is what doomed them.
unions and lack of innovative engineering doomed them....they sat on their arse and have deservedly had it handed back to them....
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - Redwingtom - 06-25-2015 01:54 PM
(06-25-2015 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote: Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
Translation: Places that give them huge concessions and tax breaks.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - stinkfist - 06-25-2015 01:55 PM
(06-25-2015 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote: Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
yup
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - stinkfist - 06-25-2015 01:57 PM
(06-25-2015 01:54 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:(06-25-2015 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote: Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
Translation: Places that give them huge concessions and tax breaks.
what stops michigan from doing the same?
it's a dog-eat-dog world....or are you stuck in the liberal utopic brainwash tomfoolery?
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - blunderbuss - 06-25-2015 01:57 PM
(06-25-2015 01:54 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:(06-25-2015 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote: Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
Translation: Places that give them huge concessions and tax breaks.
Places without union Marxists.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - Kaplony - 06-25-2015 02:00 PM
(06-25-2015 01:54 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:(06-25-2015 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote: Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
Translation: Places that give them huge concessions and tax breaks.
Evidently that isn't the only reason
http://startup.ny.gov/
New York state couldn't get these same industries despite offering no taxes for ten years.
RE: Detroit is officially irrelevant. All hail the South. - SuperFlyBCat - 06-25-2015 02:01 PM
(06-25-2015 01:54 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:(06-25-2015 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote: Businesses are wise to move their operations out of destitute liberal strongholds and into attractive, business-friendly, fiscally conservative areas.
Translation: Places that give them huge concessions and tax breaks.
You have to, Cincy and Ohio gave a blow job to GE who is building a global operations
center here. Did you miss the NY commercials all over the place? Open a business in NY state no taxes for 10 years? Maybe they are a little late, lol.