By Danny Seiden | Chamber Business News
A recent article published in Foreign Policy arguing against corporate investment in Arizona completely misses the mark. Not only does it misstate the facts, but it also dismisses Arizona’s decades of success advancing sustainable growth while ignoring the many climate challenges present in other states.
Arizona is one of the leading states fueling the United States’ advanced manufacturing resurgence. Many of the world’s most innovative companies have chosen to invest here, including Intel, TSMC, LG Energy Solution, Virgin Galactic, Proctor and Gamble, American Battery Factory, Northrop Grumman, Insight Enterprises, Benchmark Electronics, Leonardo, EMD Electronics, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Fujifilm Electronic Materials. All of these firms have expanded their operations in Arizona—and that’s just in the last two years.
These companies value Arizona’s many competitive advantages, such as our rapidly growing skilled labor force, top-notch universities and community colleges, modern transportation infrastructure, and a favorable low-cost business environment. They’re also betting on Arizona’s long-term vitality, and they’re right to do so.
For decades, Arizona has embraced a forward-thinking approach to conserving its most precious resource—water—and securing its long-term future. In fact, many of the world-class conservation efforts being implemented elsewhere as emergency measures were established in Arizona decades ago as a way of life.
