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Michelin Partners with Chicago-Based Mobility Company to Facilitate Infrastructure Optimization for Safer Transportation

Michelin is partnering with Arity to create data-driven solutions for transportation departments to make mobility safer and to transform road management across the United States.

TE Connectivity Is Ranked Among America's Best Employers for Diversity by Forbes

TE Connectivity works to ensure that inclusivity and diversity are key pillars of its business. The company strives to achieve a workplace that’s as diverse as the markets and customers it serves around the world.

BAE Systems Is Investing $100 Million to Build a New Facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

BAE Systems is building a new facility with modern manufacturing, engineering and office space to support the production of mission-critical GPS products.

Michelin’s Most Recent Announcement Shows the Company Is on Track to Achieve its Ambitious Sustainability Goals

At the beginning of 2021 Michelin set a target to achieve 40 percent sustainable materials in its tires by 2030. Michelin just announced it is now partnering with a company that can transform plastic waste into tires.

Toyota Motor North America is Named to the 2021 Top 50 Companies for Diversity

DiversityInc recognizes the nation's top companies for diversity and inclusion management. This year, Toyota ranks number seven, which marks the company as the only automotive manufacturer ranked in the top ten.

Airbus Opens New Helicopter Simulator in Grand Prairie, Texas

The training center offers pilots initial and recurrent training on the new Thales full-motion flight simulator, which is the first one outside of Europe.

Volvo Trucks Helps Georgia-Headquartered Saia to Scale Zero-Emission Fleet

Volvo’s battery-electric trucks will be deployed in Saia’s fleet that will provide regional freight distribution services throughout Southern California.

Michelin Commits to Ambitious Sustainability Goals and Creates Method to Recover and Reuse Tires

Michelin committed to producing 100 percent sustainable rubber by 2050 and is implementing a new method to recover and reuse MotoE race tires.

BAE Systems Receives $326 Million Contract to Support U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy

BAE Systems will be creating GPS receiver parts and providing inventory services. The work will occur in Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia.

Volvo Trucks and California-Based Lytx Partner on Video System Designed to Improve Driver Safety

Lytx designed a system to help improve driver safety, accident avoidance, operational efficiency and DOT compliance and serves as a tool for driver training that will now be installed in all model-year 2022 or newer Volvo trucks.

BAE Systems Collaborates with New York-Based Power Plug to Create Hydrogen-Based Electric System

BAE Systems, a leader in electric propulsion solutions, will incorporate Power Plug’s fuel cell engines into its electric systems to offer a hydrogen-powered solution for electric busses. This will help scale zero-emissions transit operations in North America.

Enel Green Power Announces Plans to Build Three Solar Farms in Texas, One of Which Will Be Its Largest in North America

Enel Green Power is building solar farms in Grimes County, Abilene and southeast of Waco. The projects would have a combined capacity to generate nearly 1,200 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 240,000 Texas homes on a hot summer day. Enel is anticipating the projects will create 900 construction jobs and 26 permanent positions.

ABB Announces Multimillion-Dollar Investment in Florida

ABB Installation Products is making a multimillion-dollar investment this year and filling more than 25 full-time positions to expand its custom production capabilities in Ormond Beach, Florida.

TSMC Is Planning to Open More Manufacturing Facilities in Arizona in Addition to the $12 Billion Factory in Phoenix

TSMC is planning to open up to five more chipmaking factories, which is in line with its announcement earlier in the month to invest $100 billion over the next three years to increase production capacity in the United States.

Growing the Global Investment in American Jobs Caucus

The Caucus focuses on the important role global investment plays in the U.S. economy, as well as policies that ensure the United States remains the most attractive location for international investment.

UK-Based BAE Systems Reaches Agreement with Latham, NY-Based Plug Power to Produce Zero-Emission Powertrains in North America

The powertrains will be produced in North America and will be a combination of Plug Power’s hydrogen-powered fuel cell engines and BAE’s electric technology. They powertrains will be supplied to North American transit bus manufacturers.

Compass Group USA Announces Acquisition of California-Based EAT Club, a Food-Delivery Tech Platform

Compass will use EAT Club’s technology to improve and expand the company’s efforts to meet corporate customers’ workplace dining needs as employees return to the office.

Airbus Celebrates the Delivery of Its 10th A220 Aircraft Made on US Soil

The plane was assembled at the company’s facility in Mobile, Alabama. The company states that there are nearly 650 A220 orders, and plans to use the recently expanded Alabama facility to help complete these orders.

New Name — Same Mission

After 30 years, the Organization for International Investment (OFII) is now the Global Business Alliance. We remain dedicated to promoting and defending a fair economy that welcomes international companies to invest in America.

When America is open for business, we all benefit.

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