Buffalo is Showing its True Colors, by Site Selection Magazine
In mid-September Invest Buffalo Niagara hosted a reporter from Site Selection Magazine for a two-and-a-half day visit throughout the region.
Matthew Hubacher | Nov 01, 2022
2022 Immigration Roundup: Cross-Border Visa Processing Delays Require Preplanning
Cross-border travel and business have made a significant comeback with life largely returning to normal in the post-COVID-19 world. Canadian businesses and United States (U.S.) businesses employing Canadian nationals should be aware of the post-pandemic U.S. immigration processing times for Canadian nationals and formal and informal policy changes impacting certain visas frequently used by companies for cross-border business. These include:
Guest Author | Oct 05, 2022
New Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Dashboard Shows Opportunity
Buffalo Niagara’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem employs nearly 70,000 members of our community and has a gross regional product of $13.2 billion. Economic data points are critical in helping companies – and communities – make critical investment decisions and inform strategic development efforts.
Tags: Advanced Manufacturing
Rob Leteste | Aug 25, 2022
CHIPS Act opens opportunity in Buffalo Niagara
On August 9, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, investing more than $50 billion into research and manufacturing of semiconductor chips in the United States. Semiconductor chips are in, well, everything nowadays - computers, iPhones, medical devices, cars, and more. Currently, American companies only produce about 10% of the world’s semiconductor chips and none of the world’s most advanced, according to whitehouse.gov. The legislation is intended to spur and incentivize domestic manufacturing - and it could have an impact in Buffalo Niagara soon.
Tags: Advanced Manufacturing
Olivia Hill | Aug 23, 2022
POD: Kyle Ciminelli, on real estate in Buffalo Niagara
Tags: Bell Ringer
Greg Pokriki | Aug 17, 2022
POD: Marnetta Malcolm & JJ Tighe, on Ralph C. Wilson Centennial Park
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Greg Pokriki | Aug 03, 2022
POD: Courtney & Dr. Tye Caldwell, on ShearShare in Buffalo
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Greg Pokriki | Jun 29, 2022
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) Impact on the U.S. Marketplace
Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) refers to a range of standards and initiatives that companies are implementing in their internal operations to evaluate and address its own environmental performance, social impact and self-governance. This ESG criteria is rapidly becoming a priority for businesses of all sizes, including a number of our clients. Below are a few key factors that companies should be aware of:
Guest Author | May 24, 2022
Power your business and lower utility costs in Buffalo Niagara
Plastic injection molding. Food processing. Steel fabrication. All of these industries have one thing in common: Heavy power use. These operations often run multiple shifts or even 24 hours per day using an immense amount of power. Soaring operational costs, especially utility costs and energy needs, are a hot topic for companies across the nation. The Buffalo Niagara region offers a solution: A combination of low electric utility costs and unique incentive programs like hydropower allocation.
Matthew Hubacher | May 05, 2022