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Corrugated Synergies International (CSI) Expanding to Santa Teresa, New Mexico
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez announced that Corrugated Synergies International (CSI) is expanding to Santa Teresa, creating 120 new manufacturing jobs. The company will invest more than $31 million in infrastructure, production equipment, and the renovation of their new facility. CSI is headquartered in Renton, Washington and is an innovative leader in sheet feeding for the corrugated cardboard industry. In November of 2017, Governor Martinez and staff members from MVEDA and the New...
The Meaning of Quality-of-Life in the Site Selection Decision Process
Earlier this month while on a sales trip to Southern California a feeling of nostalgia hit me as I drove past a few of the areas where I had spent a good part of my adult life. From the beaches of Venice to the glitter of Los Angeles, California always seems to have a lot to offer. But the nostalgia quickly dissipated as I merged onto the I-405. It was then that the realities of living in southern California quickly came back to the forefront of my memories over the next two hours as I...
Union Pacific Railroad Invests another $38 Million in New Mexico’s Infrastructure
New Mexico’s transportation infrastructure will receive a $38 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. The company’s planned private investment will enhance safety, operating efficiency and support customer service. Union Pacific builds and maintains its track without taxpayer funds and its trains reduce traffic on New Mexico’s congested highways. A single Union Pacific train can carry as much freight as 300 trucks and move one ton of freight 452 miles on a single gallon of diesel,...
SBIR/STTR Workshop on Thursday, March 22, 2018
Are you a small business or inventor looking for a way to fund your innovative idea or research? This workshop will explain how the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs can help move your innovation and business forward. Particular emphasis will be placed on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) SBIR program. The workshop will cover: An overview of the SBIR and STTR programs An overview of the NM FAST program, and how we can help...
Hear Virgin Galactic Update at MVEDA Forum
Jonathan Firth, Executive Vice President at Virgin Galactic, the anchor tenant at Spaceport America, will be the guest speaker at the April MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. Mr. Firth, who has been with Virgin Galactic since it started up in 2004, oversees the company’s activity to ready itself for commercial operations in New Mexico. As a Las Cruces resident, he has also led the collaborative community group that has developed the annual ‘Las Cruces Space Festival’ event, the first one...
Professional Sports in the Borderplex
Brad Taylor, Vice President and General Manager of MountainStar Sports Group and the El Paso Chihuahuas, will be the guest speaker at the March MVEDA Business in the Borderplex. Mr. Taylor, who has been with the Chihuahuas since May 2013, oversees the team’s ticket sales, corporate partnership sales, guest services, community programs, operations, marketing and merchandising. Mr. Taylor has been instrumental in Southwest University Park’s success as one of El Paso’s premier venues. Since its...
NMSU Announces 13th Annual Career Connections
January 30- January 31, 2018 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Corbett Center Student Union, Third Floor – Ballrooms January 30: the focus of the event will be on majors in the colleges of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education (non-teaching), and Health and Social Services. January 31: the focus will be on majors in Computer Science, Engineering, Life/Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology, but other majors are encouraged to attend. New Mexico State...
Personalizing Economic Development
This past year MVEDA initiated an effort to bring awareness to the importance of economic development and the role it plays in the everyday lives of individuals within our community. This campaign, called “MVEDA Matters,” narrated the stories of several people in and around Las Cruces that have been positively impacted by the economic development efforts of MVEDA. These individuals, referred to as “The Faces of MVEDA,” are entrepreneurs, business owners, friends and neighbors. We know their...
Ironhorse Resources Buys 1,244 Acres in Santa Teresa, New Mexico for Development
Ironhorse Resources, Inc. announced the purchase of 1,244 acres in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The Santa Teresa region, located on New Mexico’s border with Mexico, has been one of the fastest growing industrial areas in the Southwest. “We expect business development in the Southern New Mexico / El Paso / Juarez, known as the Borderplex region, will occur around Santa Teresa. We’re located adjacent to Union Pacific’s Intermodal & refueling terminal and we are connected to a heavy-haul truck...
Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing and Test Facility Built at Spaceport America
UP Aerospace and Cesaroni Aerospace have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art solid rocket motor manufacturing and test facility at Spaceport America. The project was completed in under one year with the culmination of three full scale SpaceLoft solid rocket motor static test firings. The new facility, called the Space Propulsion Center (SPC), is co-owned and operated by the two companies and is located adjacent to the UP Aerospace Sub-Orbital Space Launch Complex. The new capability was...
