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ILLINOIS: Putting Science to Work Grow Your High-tech or Bio-tech Business in Illinois Even in today’s globally connected marketplace, where you locate or expand your business can be a major factor in determining your long-term success. And no other location in the world offers as many advantages as the state of Illinois and its largest city, Chicago. Illinois is an emerging biotech hotbed because of an unmatched combination of Chicago’s bustling big-city economy and the state’s vast, productive agricultural community. Illinois ranks sixth in the nation in total number of biotech businesses and organizations. In 2006 the prestigious Bio International Convention came to Chicago for the ﬁrst time. Based on the convention’s tremendous success in the Midwest, it will return to Chicago in 2010. We look forward to showing you our world-class biotech business community, our elite research institutions and universities, our positive business climate and one of the greatest cities in the world. ® World-Class Research Institutions and Universities Illinois is home to more than 200 academic, government and non-proﬁt research institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Illinois Medical District. The state also boasts such world-class academic institutions as University of Illinois, Northwestern University, the Illinois Institute of Technology and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Large Concentration of Life Science Industry Leaders More than 2,300 life science companies operate in Illinois, and some of the national and international industry leaders are based in Illinois, including Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland, Astellas U.S., LLC Baxter International, Hospira, Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America. Deep Talent Pool Easily Accessible Centrally located in the heart of the Midwest, Chicago is one of the nation’s most accessible and busiest transportation hubs. Illinois has one of the world’s most educated and besttrained workforces, supporting more than 80,000 jobs in the life science ﬁeld. For more information call the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity at 1-800-252-2923 or visit www.illinoisbiz.biz Putting Science to Work® is a registered mark of the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization #2513 at www.BusinessFacilities.com http://www.illinoisbiz.biz http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities- September 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves:�Mississippi Editor's Location Picks 2008 The Palmetto State Reaches Across the Sea Corporate Moves:�Tennessee Metro Spotlight:�Spokane, WA Biotech: Building Block for Development Wind Power Lifts Iowa Germany:�Europe's Economic Juggernaut California Here We Come Up, Up and Away in North Carolina Corporate Moves:�West Virginia Metro Spotlight:�Decatur/Greensburg, IN Advertiser Index Ask the Expert

Business Facilities - September 2008

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