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including trucking, transportation, manufacturing and distribution, textiles, oil and gas, staffing agencies and more. Companies use the cash generated from factoring to pay for inventory, buy new equipment,
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including automobile manufacturing, mineral extraction, steel production and fabrication. By 2006, crop and animal production in Alabama was valued at $1.5 billion. In contrast to the primarily agricultural
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In addition, Indianapolis hosted auto parts companies such as , which provided acetylene generators for brass era headlights and acetylene gas starters.ATA ) was headquartered in Indianapolis prior to
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Joseph River led to an industrial based economy in the late 19th century and early to mid 20th century. In 1923, industrialist and entrepreneur Vincent H. Bendix selected South Bend as the site of his
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First, much of the heavy manufacturing, such as industrial machinery and steel, requires highly skilled labor, and firms are often willing to locate where hard-to-train skills already exist. Second, Indiana'
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and the Auto Speedway on the site of the Steel Mill. Fontana also hosts the Fontana Days Half Marathon and 5K run. This race is the fastest half marathon course in the world.[11]The United States Census
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Pennsylvania quickly emerged as the nation's leading steel producer, but the industry has since declined dramatically. Another Pennsylvania resource, anthracite coal, found in the northeast, long made
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in January 2006 a New York based think tank, the Intelligent Community Forum, selected Cleveland as the sole American city among its seven finalists for the ""Intelligent Community of the Year"" award.
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coal, oil, and finished materials (including steel and automobile parts). In spite of massive industrial decline since the 1960s, which has made Ohio the center of the ""Rust Belt,"" the state retains
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when steel output tripled. In recent times, the Port of Brownsville has become a major economic hub for South Texas, where shipments from Mexico, other parts of the United States and the world arrive.