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The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s U.S. Economic Development Administration, announced another funding round of approximately $504 million in implementation grants to 12 Tech Hubs to scale up the production of critical technologies, create jobs in innovative industries, strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness and national security, and accelerate the growth of industries of the future in regions across the United States. https://lnkd.in/ekQWFiVp

The final numbers are in! On Wednesday, SelectUSA's 10th Investment Summit came to a close, marking the LARGEST Investment Summit in SelectUSA history, with over 5,000 attendees, 96 international markets and ALL 56 U.S. states and territories represented. Learn more 🔽 https://lnkd.in/eF5WKPET

As the world moves towards automation and AI, we are presented with an incredible opportunity to challenge traditional gender roles within manufacturing and promote greater inclusion and diversity. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is at the forefront of this movement. With a U.S. footprint of more than 15,500 employees across 74 facilities in 22 states and the District of Columbia, over half of our facilities are dedicated to manufacturing. This requires that we grow and recruit a diverse set of candidates to work at the forefront of science and technology. It is essential that we continue to engage with students, parents, and educators to reinforce a positive message about the exciting career opportunities that exist within manufacturing. I applaud the Department of Commerce for their efforts to address this crucial topic. It was an honor to serve on a panel alongside Megan Myungwon Lee and Beatrix Praeceptor to discuss women in manufacturing with Under Secretary Marisa Lago at the SelectUSA Summit. I am encouraged by the conversation and the focus from both the public and private sector and believe these efforts will help women make great strides in manufacturing. #SelectUSASummit #Manufacturing 

Yesterday, Oerlikon Chairman Prof. Dr. Michael Suess spoke at the #SelectUSA Investment Summit, organized by SelectUSA and the U.S. Department of Commerce for the foreign direct investment community. As a global Swiss-based leader for surface and polymer processing  solutions Oerlikon has today a footprint of 29 sites in the US that enable our customers to achieve top performance, sustainability and efficiency. The US is a dynamic growth region for us and we will continue to invest into footprint, technology and hire hundreds of new talents as part of our growth strategy.

This year’s SelectUSA is a special one for US and Singapore as its marks the 20th anniversary of our Free Trade Agreement. Over the course of the last 4 days , Smobler Studios had the popular meet in-market partners, state and city economic development organisations, varied economic agencies, thought leaders , SME entrepreneurs and gained valuable insights to market opportunities across the various states. The enduring partnership between Singapore and the US at SelectUSA 2024 began with a reception featuring opening addresses from Enterprise Singapore Assistant Managing Director @Johnny Teo, Singapore’s Ambassador to the US @Lui Tuck Yew and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets Arun Venkataraman. Smobler also had the distinct honor of speaking and presenting at the closing panel on Innovation with Yvonne Hao , Secretary of Economic Development and Best Haputpong from @igloo. It was indeed exceedingly memorable and heartwarming to be able to actively participate in the 20th anniversary of years the United States – Singapore Free Trade Agreement. Here’s to 20 more good years ! Seow Hui Lim Michael Ang Sharon (ShokHoon) BEH Ruel Sarmiento Bruno Sousa Rafaela Rizzi Gianna Bui Joyce Gan Christian Koschil 史森Brinc The Sandbox Monk's Hill Ventures Horizon Ventures Tin Men Capital Hyphen Capital Plug and Play Tech Center Animoca Brands Mike K. Temasek Juliet Teo

Welcome to the final day of the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit! We can't believe it has gone by so quickly, but we are so excited to hear about all of the networking success, FDI deals, and productive info sessions our attendees made the most of during their time at the #SelectUSASummit. 🎉🙌

That's a wrap on the third day of the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit! Today kicked off with opening remarks from U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves, followed by a panel of global company executives discussing why they continue to select the U.S. as an investment location, a U.S. Governor panel on workforce development in the clean energy era, and remarks from U.S. Cabinet officials. As part of our SelectUSA Tech programming, we saw startup tech companies take the Exhibition Hall stage for the chance to claim the title of SelectUSA Investment Summit World Finals Pitching Session Champion. We are excited to announce that the first-place winner is Syenta! Syenta builds manufacturing equipment to accelerate and enable the production of high-performance semiconductor chips. Leveraging their innovative Localized Electrochemical Modeling (LEM) technology, their product Achyon promises to fabricate advanced chip structures with unparalleled speed — up to 100 times faster than current photolithography methods. Congratulations from SelectUSA! Day 3 wrapped up with a reception event commemorating the 10th #SelectUSASummit. Since 2013, SelectUSA Investment Summits have facilitated more than $110 BILLION in new U.S. investment projects, supporting over 85,000 JOS across the U.S. Thank you for taking a walk down memory lane with us!

NEWS 📢 Aditya Birla Group plans to establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D center in Texas with the goal of bringing greener, more sustainable, performance-oriented solutions that underline corporate environmental responsibility! Congrats from SelectUSA 🌟

Join us in congratulating Prodapt on their #SelectUSASummit announcement! The company plans to invest $2M Puerto Rico and hire 200 engineers! This expansion includes the establishment of a Network Engineering Center that will serve Prodapt's key clients.

INVESTMENT NEWS 📢 Norwegian solar energy company NorSun has selected Tulsa, Oklahoma, for its first U.S.-based factory! During this announcement, the company presented Governor Kevin Stitt with a silicon wafer. This $620M investment will create 320 new jobs and provide critically needed domestic production of ingot and wafer capacity to meet the increasing demand from U.S. solar cell and panel manufacturers, supporting the growth of the renewable energy sector. Congrats from SelectUSA!