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Nebraskas history as a transportationcenter goes back to the days o our coun-trys westward expansion, when pioneersollowed the Great Platte River Road west.Te Oregon rail, Mormon rail, CaliorniaRoad, and the route o the Pony Express

all converged in the valley o NebraskasPlatte River. When it came time to buildthe nations irst transcontinental rail-way, the rails ollowed those older pathsacross Nebraska, running through thePlatte River Valley to connect Omaha withSacramento, Cali.

oday, Nebraska remains an importantcenter or transportation and logistics. Testates location at almost the precise cen-ter o the contiguous 48 U.S. states makesit a natural hub or commercial transpor-

tation. More than 55 million people livewithin 500 miles o Nebraska. Tats a tre-mendous advantage to transportation andlogistics leaders operating in the state, suchas Union Pacic Railroad (UP), BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), WernerEnterprises Inc., Crete Carrier Corp., andCargo Zone LLC.n higwas. With 482 miles o

Interstate 80 crossing the state rom east towest, Nebraska lies in the middle o one othe nations busiest transportation corridors.I-80 and connecting interstate roadwaysoer easy, direct transportation to majormarkets such as Denver, Salt Lake City, andSacramento to the west, and Des Moines,Chicago, and Detroit to the east.

Seven U.S. highways run north and souththrough Nebraska, and I-80 connects withI-25 just west o the state. Tese roads putNebraska in the center o the NAFA tradecorridor. For businesses in Omaha, SouthSioux City, and other points at the east-ern end o the state, its an easy hop to I-29,another major north-south route.

ransportation opportunities in thesoutheastern part o the state will continue

Since 2000, the state o Nebraska has made transportation and logistics a target indus-try, says erry McMullen, a board member o the Nebraska Logistics Council. Te stategovernment, local communities, and their corporate partners work together to ensure thatwhen a business wants to locate a actory, distribution center, or other logistics acility inNebraska, it gets plenty o help.

Tese eorts clearly pay o. Forbes magazine named Nebraska the ninth-best state orbusiness in 2009, and CareerBuilder.com named it the ourth-best state or jobs in 2008.As o February 2010, Nebraskas unemployment rate stood at only 4.7 percent less than

hal the national rate.Companies that locate in Nebraska enjoy a business-riendly political climate; an enthu-

siastic, well-educated workorce; reasonable labor rates; abundant, low-cost real estate; andsome o the lowest utility bills in the nation. People who work or those companies enjoyuncongested highways, a clean environment, and an excellent quality o lie in Nebraskascommunities.

Nebraska also is located right in the middle o the continental United States and is well-connected to markets across the country and around the world. Its a prime location or amanuacturing plant or distribution center.

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Omaha, there are likely to be 200 trucks ina 100-mile radius to choose rom, he says.

Te seasonal nature o manuacturingin many other markets means that at sometimes o the year, its nearly impossible toget your reight on a truck, Marinello says.In Omaha, by contrast, many manuactur-ers ship year-round, and theres plenty ocapacity to meet that steady demand.n Rail. Te two largest railroads in the

nation UP and BNSF operate extensivelyin Nebraska. In act, Nebraska is home to

UPs headquarters, its dispatch center, andits largest rail yard. From its base o oper-ations in Omaha, the railroad providesservice spanning 32,000 route miles to 23states across the western two-thirds o thecountry. UP serves every major West Coastand Gul Coast port, and, through its gate-ways in Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, andNew Orleans, customers can also reachthe East Coast. Its north-south corridorsprovide links to Canadas rail systemsand connections to Mexicos six major

gateways.Among UPs acilities in Nebraska isBailey Yard, the worlds largest classii-cation yard. Located in North Platte, theacility is more than eight miles long andtwo miles wide, covering more than 2,850acres and incorporating about 315 miles otrack. Te yard handles more than 10,000rail cars daily, sorting them and assemblingthem into trains.

UP is so important as an employer inthe North Platte region that the NebraskaDepartment o Labors Nebraska WorkorceDevelopment division set up a acility tohelp recruit employees. Tey do most othe ront line screening or UP out o aretail storeront in downtown North Platte,says Baier.

Although BNSF is based in exas, its par-ent company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., isa prominent ixture in Omaha, and therailroad maintains rail yards in Lincolnand Alliance. BNSF operates about 32,000route miles in 28 states and two Canadianprovinces.

n Air. Nebraska has 95 municipal air-ports, including nine that oer direct

10. In all, those companies operate morethan 815,000 pieces o power equipment.

Te number o trucking companies hereguarantees a reliable reight pattern in andout o the state, which moderates rateswithout the seasonal highs and lows manyareas have, says Larry Johnson, presidento the Nebraska rucking Association.

Jarrod Marinello, a partner in non-asset-based service provider BA Logistics,Papillion, Neb., appreciates that truckcapacity in the state is abundant and reli-

able. I you need a load picked up in

to grow as Nebraska upgrades I-80 to sixlanes rom Omaha to Lincoln and pointswest. Were also hoping to build newMissouri River bridges south o Omaha,says Richard Baier, director o the NebraskaDepartment o Economic Development.

Nebraska maintains more than 8,500miles o interstate, reeway, and arterialroads. Among the businesses that ben-eit rom that highway network are thestates 11,500 trucking companies, two owhich Werner Enterprises Inc. and Crete

Carrier Corp. are among the nations top

Perfectly PotoneNebraskas position in the center o the country makes it an ideal location or an asset-based

logistics rm such as Omaha-based Ford Moving and Storage Co. Nebraska oers speed to mar-

ket, says Chad Ford, the companys vice president o business development. Trucks can cover

approximately 91 percent o the domestic United States within two travel days.

Ford Moving and Storage operates two warehouses in Omaha and three in La Vista, Neb.,

along with another acility in Kansas City, Kansas. Besides warehousing and ulllment, it oers

truckload transportation and intermodal drayage and serves as an agent or Allied Van Lines. Ford

serves customers in many industries, with a special ocus on mixed commodities, ood grade

products, animal health, and seasonal businesses.

Many organizations consider transportation costs, transit periods, and access to railways as

deciding actors when locating manuacturing and distribution services, Ford says. Nebraska

rates well in all those areas, making it an excel-

lent choice.

The states central location also is a major

plus or Distribution Inc., which provides ware-

housing and distribution services rom a

200,000-square-oot acility in Lincoln. Were

right on I-80, so we can deliver overnight ser-

vice between Denver and Chicago, says Bob

Winter, the companys CEO and president. And

we sit on I-29, which goes to Sioux Falls, Sioux

City, Minnesota, and Kansas City.

For some o its customers, Distribution Inc.

receives and stores raw materials and then

delivers them to local plants or use in manu-

acturing. Other companies in the Lincoln area

use Distribution Inc. to warehouse their n-

ished goods and transport them to customers. The company operates a feet o trucks that covers

a radius o about 300 to 500 miles.

In some cases, suppliers outside the Midwest ship materials to Distribution Inc. or eventual

delivery to their customers in the region. One overseas shipper has customers in Denver, Chicago,

and Kansas City, Winter says. From our site, it can service all three locations overnight.

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NEBRASKA RANKS AMONG THE BEST4th Best States for Jobs2008 CareerBuilder.com

4th Lowest Cost of Doing BusinessMilken Institute Cost of Doing Business Index

Top 10 Pro-Business StatesJune 2009 Pollina Corporate Real Estate Inc.5th Best State for BusinessNational Association of Corporate Directors Directorship magazines2008 Boardroom Guide to the Best States for Business

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Room to ExpanIn te past several ears, Nebrasa as

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commercial airline service to major hubs.Te principal airports are Lincoln Airport,Eppley Aireld in Omaha, North PlatteRegional Airport, and Kearney RegionalAirport. In addition, UPS operates hubs inOmaha, Scottsblu, and Grand Island.

wenty jet service carriers and eightreight carriers oer service rom EppleyAireld, with approximately 90 departureseach day.

Service rom the airport includes non-stop travel to 18 cities. In 2009, the airport

handled 102 million pounds o cargo.Built originally as a military air base,

Lincoln Airport provides service on Delta/Northwest and United. Te airport oerssignicant inrastructure capacity, includ-ing property with development potential.Te Lincoln Chamber o Commerce andthe Lincoln Partnership or Economic

Development are starting to map a masterplan or industry utilization o the airport,including development o a cargo hub.

he property already is served by UPand BNSF rail lines, and its immediatelyadjacent to I-80. here are potentiallyhundreds o acres that can be developed oruture logistics opportunities, Baier says.n River. Along with highway, rail, and

air, Nebraska also boasts another cost-eec-tive transportation option: the MissouriRiver. Barge service on the Missouri oers

access via all-water routes to both the Gulo Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.

Te construction o Fort Calhoun Station,a nuclear power plant owned by the OmahaPublic Power District, provides an exampleo strategic barge shipping. Several yearsago, this acility received two steam gen-erators, a pressurizer, and a reactor head,


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to businesses with high energy usage, suchas rerigerated warehouses.

Because the public power companiesown both the generation and transmissionacilities, no money goes into paying a mid-

dleman. Te companies also are not tryingto maximize corporate prots or reinvest-ment, says Baier.

Since public utilities report directlyto the citizens they serve, they take greatpains to maintain low costs, says oddHall, vice president, consumer servicesat Lincoln Electric System (LES), whichserves about 130,000 accounts in Lincolnand the surrounding area. We run on athin margin, but we operate successullyand still maintain a double-A bond ratingand exceptional nancial perormance, hesays.

Besides being inexpensive, the electricalsupply in Nebraska also is highly depend-able. LES is operational 99.996 percent othe time, says Hall.

NPPDs reach is wide; its chartered terri-tory includes all or parts o 91 o the states93 counties. Our major transmission anddistribution lines cross the state, saysNPPDs Hall. Te utility relies on a varietyo power sources, including hydroelectric,low-sulur coal, natural gas, nuclear, and

some o the newer renewable sources.NPPD owns the second-largest wind

typically average about 42 percent less thanthe national average, says Baier.

According to the Edison Electric Institute,the average monthly bill or industrial ser-

vice in Nebraska in the summer and winter

o 2009 was $2,882.Tat made Nebraska theeighth least-expensive state or power. Tiseconomical power supply oers big savings

all enormous equipment manuacturedin Kobe, Japan. Te components made thenal leg o their trip via barge.

PoWER AT A GREAT PRICE

Another actor that makes doing busi-ness in Nebraska a bargain is the low costo electrical power.

Nebraska is the only U.S. state servedentirely by publicly controlled utili-ties either municipal power companies,rural public power districts, or electricity

co-ops. Nebraskas ocus on public powerdates to the 1930s, when the states U.S.Senator George Norris authored legis-lation that created both the ennesseeValley Authority and the Rural ElectricAdministration.

In Nebraska, he was an advocate or alaw that allowed or the ormation o publicpower districts, says Dennis Hall, eco-nomic development manager at NebraskaPublic Power District (NPPD), the stateslargest generating electrical utility.

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Advantage gained an additional component,called Super ier 6, in 2009. Businesses eli-gible or the Nebraska Advantage programinclude manuacturing, distribution, stor-age/warehousing, and transportation.

he Nebraska Advantage Programincludes:

Tier 1: For companies that make $1 mil-lion in new investments and create 10 newjobs. A business is eligible or a reund oone-hal the sales tax paid or capital pur-chases at the project; a sliding scale wage

credit o three to six percent, depending onwage level; and a three-percent investmenttax credit.

Tier 2: For companies that make $3 mil-lion in new investments and create 30 newjobs. A business is eligible or a reund o allsales tax on capital purchases at the project;the sliding scale wage credit; and a 10-per-

uacturer engaged LES to help it study thebenets o expanding into Lincoln. Wedid a ull-on comparison o all the sitesthey were considering, evaluating actorssuch as utility operations and cost o living,odd Hall says. Te analysis showed thatthe liecycle cost o operating in Lincolnwas signicantly lower, even compared tolow-cost operating parts o the world, suchas India. Tat study enabled us to bring100 new jobs to our community and keepan international corporation satised with

doing business here.

CoMPELLING INCENTIVES

Since 2006, businesses that locate inNebraska have beneted rom a ormida-ble array o economic incentives under theNebraska Advantage program. Originallydesigned as a ve-tier program, Nebraska

arm in the state, and we have a power pur-chase agreement to buy wind energy romthe largest wind generator in the state, saysKen Lemke, an NPPD economist.

Along with generating power at acompetitive price, Nebraskas utilities par-ticipate ully in the partnership that makesit easy or businesses to locate or expandin the state. For example, working withthe Nebraska Department o EconomicDevelopment, local communities, therailroads, rural power districts, and other

partners, NPPD helps to ensure that com-panies can get all the inormation andservices they need to increase their oot-prints in the state or to nd new locations.Tat eort includes keeping an inventory oland available or development and existingindustrial sites on the NPPD Web site.

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opportunities or companies that engagein logistics activities. he NebraskaAdvantage economic development pack-age is one o the ew that has tax credits

or material-moving equipment, says theNebraska rucking Associations Johnson.Anything rom orklis to power racking toconveyor belts receives a tax incentive.

Beyond Nebraska Advantage, Nebraskaholds many other attractions or busi-nesses. A ew o the highlights are: no stateproperty or inventory tax; no personalproperty tax on intangibles; and no salestax on raw materials used as ingredientsor components in manuacturing, waterused exclusively in manuacturing andprocessing, or manuacturing machinery,equipment, and related services.

STABLE ECoNoMy

While Nebraska oers an array o attrac-tive business incentives, an equally largeattraction is the stable economic climate.

Nebraska runs a balanced budget, saysDerek Leathers, chie operating ocer atWerner Enterprises Inc., a major truckloadcarrier and logistics services provider basedin Omaha. Its not a state thats burdenedwith extreme debt. Tereore, its not a state

thats going to suddenly and abruptly raisetaxes just as quickly as it lowered them.

all sales tax on capital purchases or theproject; a 10-percent job credit on newemployees who meet certain wage thresh-olds; and personal property tax exemption

or all personal property at the project orup to 10 years.Nebraska Advantage oers special

cent investment credit.Tier 3: Jobs-only tier, or companies that

create 30 new jobs. Te company receivesthe sliding scale wage credit with no capi-tal investment required.

Tier 4: For companies that make $11million in new investments and create 100new jobs. Te company receives a sales taxreund, jobs and investment credit, and apersonal property tax exemption or tur-bine-powered aircra, computer systems,agricultural processing machinery, and

personal property used in distributionacilities or up to 10 years.

Tier 5: For companies that make $34million in investments and maintainemployment. he company receives areund o all sales tax on the projects capitalpurchases, and a personal property exemp-tion up to 10 years on computer systems ora Web portal.

Super Tier 6: For companies that make$10 million in new investments and create75 new jobs, or $102 million in new invest-

ments and 50 new jobs. he program isopen to any business activity other thanretail. Te company receives a reund on

Airpark West is an exceptionallocation in Lincoln, Nebraska for

warehouse distribution, lightmanufacturing and assembly.

Located in the geographic centerof the country on Interstate 80,Airpark West is one of the onlysites in the country served bytwo rail lines, BurlingtonNorthern and Union Pacific.

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character. heres not a lot o specula-tive building here, says Bruce Meyers,co-owner o Omaha-based NebraskaWarehouse Company, which provides

public and contract warehousing in threelocal warehouses. Its trucking company,Cannonball Express, oers rerigerated

modities. SL also moves equipment suchas center pivot irrigation systems whichare widely manuactured in the state andgrain bins.

Along with its agricultural heritage,Nebraskas economy beneits rom theconservative nature o the Midwestern

Also, government leaders at all lev-els rom mayors to the governor areextremely accessible. I you have concerns,you can express them, Leathers says.

Several years ago, or example, ocialsat Werner questioned how their unemploy-ment taxes were calculated. We didnt eelthat companies were rewarded or havinglow turnover, he says. So we expressedthose concerns, and eventually they passedlaws that do reward companies that retaintheir employees.

he strong agricultural ocus oNebraskas economy has a lot to do withthe states economic stability, says omHastings, president and CEO o SLCompanies. A steady and growing demandor products produced in Nebraska keepsthe economy on an even keel.

Based in Omaha, SL Companies con-sists o our subsidiaries whose servicesinclude: transporting ocean containers toand rom rail heads; storing empty con-tainers or steamship lines; non-vesseloperating common carriers (NVOCC) ser-

vice; and reight orwarding.We export rom Nebraska constantly,

Hastings says. Products that his companyhelps on their way to overseas markets

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less-than-truckload (LL) service andintermodal transportation in the Omaha-Lincoln market. Te company also buildslarge warehouses and warehouse oice/showroom acilities that it leases to othercompanies.

he company does not, however, con-struct those buildings without a reasonablecertainty that theres a tenant waiting.

Overbuilding is rare here. Very ew devel-opers do commercial or industrial realestate on spec, Meyers says. I we build

100,000 square eet, we may need 60,000or ourselves, and then wed try to lease theother 40,000. We take some risk, but nota lot.

Nebraskas government shares that knackor scal prudence. We have a provisionin our constitution that prohibits the staterom borrowing money, says Baier. Somestates are borrowing their way out o prob-lems with no plans or repaying. Tat wontbe the case in Nebraska.

It took state legislators in Nebraska only

12 days to trim approximately $350 mil-lion rom the states budget, and lawmakershave made a conscious decision not to raisetaxes. We eel very ortunate that not onlyhave we been able to cut taxes in the pastour years, weve also been able to controlour spending through good decision-mak-ing, Baier says.

WoRk EThIC BREEDS SUCCESS

As o 2008, approximately 964,700 peo-ple were employed in non-agriculturaljobs in Nebraska. Te states large pool ohard-working, dedicated employees is oneo Nebraskas major attractions. Te qual-ity o Nebraskas workers is a huge part oWerners success, says Leathers.

Leathers attributes Nebraskas work ethicto the states agricultural heritage. But itsnot only on the arm that you nd workerswho get up early and make it to their jobsite even in the most dicult conditions.

On a snowy Nebraska day, our parking lotis ull o cars. Our workers make the extraeort to come in, he says. Tat dedica-

tion translates into a high level o serviceor our customers.

College an

UnverteNebrasas well-educated wrrce is a direct result its numerus clleges and

universities. Te states publicl and privatel unded institutins iger learning

include te llwing:

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Bellevue Universit Bellevue

Cadrn State Cllege Chadron

Cllege St. Mar Omaha

Cncrdia Universit Seward

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Creigtn Universit Omaha

Dana Cllege Blair

Dane Cllege Crete, Lincoln, Grand Island

hastings Cllege Hastings

Metrplitan Cmmunit Cllege Omaha, Bellevue, Elkhorn, Fremont, La Vista

Midland Luteran Cllege Fremont

Mid-Plains Cmmunit Cllege McCook, North Platte

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Nebrasa Weslean Universit Lincoln

Nrteast Cmmunit Cllege Norfolk, ONeill, South Sioux City, West PointPeru State Cllege Peru

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icate in logistics. And Bellevue Universityoers a Bachelor o Science in logisticsmanagement and a Master o BusinessAdministration with a concentration in

supply chain management.McMullen has experienced rsthand the

advantage o operating a business withinreach o Bellevues logistics programs. Anemployee at one o his businesses, CargoZone LLC, currently is going through theBachelor o Arts program and consider-ing continuing there to earn an MBA. Hehad the interest rom working as a ware-house laborer, and he has already becomethe oreign trade zone administrator, saysMcMullen.

A urther indicator o Nebraskas commit-ment to the logistics industry is the $75,000job training grant that the Department o

High School also oers a our-year DWLsequence designed to train students orcareers in areas such as driving, dieselengine repair, transportation sales, and

supply chain management.Millard South Public Schools in west

Omaha are also starting a DWL careeracademy program, so young adults haveanother learning opportunity, saysMcMullen. Tese students graduate highschool with a signicant head start on anassociates degree in logistics.

he commitment continues with die-sel driver and diesel technology trainingprograms at our community colleges:Metropolitan in Omaha, Southeast

in Lincoln, Central in Hastings, andNortheast in Norolk. he University oNebraska - Lincoln oers a graduate certi-

Hastings agrees that workers in Nebraskademonstrate a tremendous sense o respon-sibility. Over the years, that has been anadvantage or us as a company, he observes.

Were doing business worldwide, and com-peting against companies that arent locatedhere and may not have the labor resourceswe have.

hanks to the low cost o living inNebraska, staing up with dedicated,educated employees doesnt have to meanthat a company pays top dollar. When

Marinello and his business partner weredeciding where to start a third-partylogistics company, they considered bothOmaha, where the partner was work-ing or UP, and Atlanta, where Marinellowas located. One major actor that tippedthe scales toward Omaha was the cost olabor.

Applicants in Omaha were asking 20 per-cent less in salary than people in Atlanta,Marinello says.

LoGISTICS-oCUSED EDUCATIoNPart o the secret behind Nebraskas out-standing workorce is the states educationsystem. Nebraska boasts one o the highestteacher-to-pupil ratios in the country, andone o the best rates o high school grad-uation. Ater high school, students whoseek urther education within the state canchoose rom among eight community col-leges, three our-year state colleges, ivepublic universities, and 12 independentinstitutions o higher learning.

Nebraska has made a special com-mitment to creating a pool o trainedemployees to work in transportation andlogistics positions. Tat eort is intenseand starts early. Government and industrypartners have taken a middle school-to-masters-degree approach, providingopportunities to train or careers in logis-tics at numerous levels.

McMillan Middle School in Omaha,a magnet school ocused on mathemat-ics, engineering, communication arts,and technology, oers a curriculum in

ransportation, Distribution, Warehousing,and Logistics (DWL). Omahas Bryan

Located at the crossroads of I-80 and US 71,Kimball, NE is ideally located.

Kimball provides easy access to and fromlarger towns and cities, 2 hours from Denver,with Cheyenne, WY 60 miles west andScottsblu, NE 45 miles north.

Enhancing and strengthening thelocal economy through the support and

expansion of new and local businesses.

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transportation systems engineering, tech-nology transer, public administration andnance, structural and saety engineering,health, saety education, hydraulics andfuid mechanics engineering, and geotech-nical engineering.

In addition, the universitys Departmento Industrial Management Systems

Engineering operates the RFID andSupply Chain Logistics Lab, ocused onapplications o radio requency identi-ication (RFID) technologies. he labrepresents an alliance between the univer-sity and partners such as Square D, LincolnPlating, Riviana, UPS, General Dynamics,and the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration.

One o the labs current projects isimproving grain transer rom truck totrain. Te researchers seek to cut the cost

o making these transers, save energy,and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Another project is investigating the useo RFID technologies to help astronautsbetter manage onboard inventory duringspace missions. By integrating RFID witha real-time location system, the research-ers hope to produce a system that can makeinventory updates automatically and helpastronauts locate misplaced equipment.

ThE oMAhA ADVANTAGE

Te roots o trade and the transportationindustry run deep in Omaha. Omaha grewup as a trading post. Tats how the areawas ounded, says Rod Moseman, vicepresident o economic development at theGreater Omaha Economic DevelopmentPartnership.

oday, the Omaha metropolitan areais home to about 840,000 residents.Businesses in the region enjoy abundantservice via all our transportation modesthat connect Nebraska with the rest o theUnited States and the world. Omaha sits at

the crossroads o Interstates 80 and 29. Itsthe headquarters o Union Pacic Railroad

trucking companies to send one o theirexperienced drivers to a state communitycollege to become a driver trainer.

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portation research. he Nebraskaransportation Center at the University oNebraska - Lincoln operates programs in

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the airport that is already pre-designatedas a general purpose oreign trade zone,Moseman says. A company that builds aacility on that property would be able tooperate its own FZ.

Omaha has its own U.S. Customs andBorder Protection oce as well. Shippersdont have to wait or a Customs agent todrive here rom hundreds o miles away,Moseman says. Omaha is truly a port oentry.

Businesses looking to site logistics acili-

ties enjoy a special advantage in the Omaharegion. he Greater Omaha EconomicDevelopment Partnership is a regionalenterprise, including organizations romboth the city o Omaha and several sur-rounding counties. Tey all work out othe same oce, and they all collaborate inhelping businesses.

nental ber optic cable routes, ensuringabundant access to bandwidth.

Tat communications capacity has per-suaded many companies to establish datacenters in Omaha. It also oers a price-less resource or logistics a sector wherethe movement o reight has becomeinextricably tied with the movement oinormation.

Omaha is a center or global trade as well.he Omaha Chamber is the grantee orForeign rade Zone Number 19, Moseman

says. he public warehouse operated byCargo Zone LLC provides FZ servicesor companies that dont move enough

volume to justiy establishing a acility otheir own. One manuacturer, SyngentaCrop Protection, operates its own sub-zonewithin the general purpose FZ.

In addition, we have property near

and home to Berkshire Hathaway, the par-ent company o Burlington Northern SantaFe Railway. Omaha also is home to thestates largest airport, Eppley Aireld, andprovides access to barge transportation onthe Missouri River.

Moseman cites a h vital transporta-tion mode in Omaha: the movement oinormation over telecommunications lines.Te region has been a telecommunicationscenter since the days when Outt Air ForceBase, just south o Omaha, became head-

quarters or the Strategic Air Command(SAC), which commanded the U.S. nucleararsenal during the Cold War.

SAC required excellent communicationscapacity. As a result, rom the very earlydays, redundant cabling came into Omaha,Moseman says. Since then, the region hasbecome a node on numerous transconti-

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expansion. Within the old Air Force basearea itsel, there is open land, and all theinrastructure streets and utilities isthere, says John Wood, executive directoro the Lincoln Airport Authority. Northo the airport, land that has not yet beendeveloped oers space or businesses thatrequire large parcels.

Part o that property could be served by

both Union Pacic and BNSF, he says.Tat undeveloped section o the Air Park

also boasts an FZ, making the advantageso that designation available to companiesthat locate on the property in the uture.

Lincoln Air Park West is only 1.5 milesrom I-80 and, o course, the airport is rightnext door. I a company had an industrialneed or access to the runway and taxiwaysystem, we could accommodate it, saysWood.

Because the Air Park is publicly owned,

it is not subject to local property taxes. Also,i the Authority is doing a build-to-suitdevelopment or a tenant, public inanc-ing is available through industrial revenuebonds issued by the Airport Authority.

Tats a very economical method o nanc-ing, Wood says.

ALoNG I-80

For companies that locate in centralNebraska along the I-80 Corridor, one othe biggest attractions is the transportationinrastructure. Not only does AmericasMain Street run through the region, butthe area aords easy access to our majorU.S. highways running north and south.he Corridor also oers several accesspoints to the UP and BNSF railroads.

In Hall County, Bualo County, andAdams County, both railroads crosseach other, says Marlan Ferguson, presi-dent o the Grand Island Area EconomicDevelopment Corp., which is a member othe I-80 Nebraska Coalition.

Easy access to these acilities makes

transportation a simple matter or busi-nesses in locations such as the Platte

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the tenants are engaged in light manuac-turing or warehousing.he park also has plenty o room or

Our team operates as i there were nocity limits or county lines, Moseman says.Companies that locate in the region canchoose rom urban, suburban, or ruralsettings.

Were not constrained by artiicial orgovernmental boundaries. We have roomto grow, he adds.

RESh PoTENTIAL IN LINCoLN

In economic terms, lie in Lincoln todayis terric. According to a Feb. 18, 2010, arti-

cle in USA Today, the unemployment ratein the Lincoln metropolitan area stands atonly 4.1 percent, the second-lowest in thecountry. In act, unemployment in Lincolnhas never gone above ve percent in the120 years that the ederal government hasbeen tracking such numbers. And the realestate bubble and subsequent collapse thatwreaked so much havoc on the nationaleconomy barely aected Lincoln.

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Valley Industrial Park in Hall County. Its three miles rom theInterstate and has access rom two our-lane highways that goto the Interstate, Ferguson says.

With their abundant, inexpensive real estate and pro-devel-opment attitudes, communities along the I-80 Corridor areattracting interest rom companies in several key industries.Nova-ech, a manuacturer o pharmaceuticals or animals, hasbeen expanding in the Platte Valley Industrial Park. Te areaalso has caught the attention o businesses looking to locate dis-tribution centers, and businesses that manuacture products orwind energy production.

Te interest is partly based on our location, Ferguson says.

Central Nebraska stands in the center o a triangle ormed bywind arms in Minnesota, Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, andexas. Also, thanks to the areas agricultural roots, many work-ers have experience in manuacturing machinery and buildings,giving them skills that transer easily to manuacturing windturbines and associated products.

NEW CoNSTRUCTIoN IN kIMBALL

In western Nebraska, the City o Kimball oers quick accessvia I-80 to points east and west, and via U.S. Highway 71 tomarkets rom Mexico to Canada. Highway 71 is part o theHeartland Expressway, a ederally designated transportation

corridor created to provide multi-lane transportation betweenRapid City, S.D., and Denver and to link Colorado Springs withcities in exas.

Union Pacic Railroad also serves Kimball, with a small railspur on the west side o town. By the end o 2010, the city plansto have a second, larger spur in operation to serve the east sideo town, says J.P. Komorny, director o economic developmentor the city.

Te new, $7-million acility will include a high-speed linewith two high-speed switches and several tracks or loading,unloading, and distributing rail cars. Te project also includes9,500 eet o main line connecting to Union Pacics track.

In conjunction with the rail construction, Kimball is devel-oping about 60 acres o land, with more possible. We couldpotentially develop 600 acres, Komorny says.

Castronics, a manuacturer o pipes or oil and water wells,recently leased land along the new spur. City ocials also aretalking with several other companies about taking space there.

Another transportation upgrade in the works in Kimballis a bypass that will connect I-80 and U.S. 71, with outlets onHighways 30 and 71. Tat project, too, is expected to attractnew businesses.

oward Highway 30 East, we are developing plans to increasethe inrastructure to support new construction, Komorny says.

Im currently in discussions with a ew large rest areas and truck

stops, and some additional developers or purchasing land anddeveloping commercial sites.

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highway and rail systems have helpedto draw manuacturers and distributorsto Norolk and the surrounding region.

Between our ive largest manuacturers,about 500 semi truckloads leave this areadaily, says David Simonsen, executivedirector o the Elkhorn Valley EconomicDevelopment Council.

Aliated Foods Midwest has a distribu-tion center in Norolk. Nucor Corporation,a leading manuacturer o steel products,operates our acilities in the community.

Milk Specialties, a producer o ingredientsused in protein drinks, recently closed on aproperty in Norolk. Tats a $10-millionproject, Simonsen notes.

Plans to develop a new stretch o roadconnecting Highways 35 and 81 out-side o Norolk will spell good news bothor companies already operating in thatarea and or others that might want tolocate nearby. A joint venture o the cityo Norolk, Madison County, and StantonCounty, the project to build the approxi-

mately three-mile-long connector is set tostart this spring. Te targeted completiondate is in 2011.

Our businesses wanted the new road,says Simonsen. Nucor Steel, Norolk Ironand Metal, Apache (a division o armequipment manuacturer Sinco Industries,Inc.), and a Louis Dreyus ethanol plantare all located near the proposed connec-tor and all will enjoy easier highway accessbecause o it.

Norolk and the two counties are con-ducting the $13-million constructionproject without any state or ederal unds.ogether with a $1.4-million road projectthat the city o Norolk is conducting in thesame area, the connector will help to opennew land or industrial development, pos-sibly including a multi-county industrialpark. Teres a lot o untapped potential,Simonsen says.

NEBRASkA ADDS UP

Many virtues that make Nebraska a greatplace to do business also make it an attrac-

tive home or the people who work in thosebusinesses. No wonder Business Facilities

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NEWS RoM NoRoLkIn the northeastern section o Nebraska,transportation opportunities via the U.S.

Another actor stimulating interest inKimball is the growth o wind energy inthe region. Wind turbines are alreadyoperating in Kimball, and new construc-tion will begin this year in Banner County,

just north o Kimball, and Weld County,Colo., just south o town. As these instal-lations grow, Kimball is becoming a key

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estate, and an educated, dedicated work-orce. aken together, these advantagesmake Nebraska an outstanding businesslocation. n

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an Ecnmic Develpment Supplement,cntact james o. Armstrng at 815-334-9945 r

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Nebraska attractive, says Baier. Couplethat with sound government, low crime,and quality healthcare, and you have a long-term oundation or a successul state.

Add those quality o lie actors to all thevirtues that make or a fourishing logistics

operation central location, strong trans-portation inrastructure, numerous serviceproviders, abundant and inexpensive real

magazine ranked the state ourth on itsBest Quality o Lie list in 2008.

he same low costs that beneit busi-nesses in Nebraska make the state aneconomical place to live and raise a am-ily as well. Te cost o living is 89 to 90

percent o the national average, says Baier.Whether youre shopping or ood, hous-ing, utilities, transportation, or health care,youll get more value while spending lessin Nebraska.

Even hospital care is a bargain: the aver-age daily cost o a hospital stay in Nebraskais 27 percent lower than the nations aver-age. While the price may be low, though,the quality o care is high. Te ratio o hos-pital beds to patients in Nebraska is one othe highest in the country, and the stateshospitals are equipped with the latest tech-nology. In 2007, Expansion Managementmagazine ranked Nebraska among thetop 10 states that received ve stars on itsHealthcare Cost Quotient.

Nebraskas low unemployment lev-els even in the midst o a recession meanthat willing workers ind a warm recep-tion throughout the state. And getting towork in Nebraska is quick and easy: the U.S.Bureau o the Census nds that Nebraskanshave the ourth-lowest average travel timeto work in the country.

Strong communities, a clean environ-ment, and quality education make lie in

The Elkhorn Valley Economic Development Council is a collaborative public-privatepartnership formed to promote new economic development opportunities in the Madison,Pierce and Stanton three-county region.

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industrial park, a logistics service provider in the western part o the state

has given new lie to a ormer military installation.

Adams Industries Inc. in Sidney has taken over part o an old World

War II Army munitions depot, creating 700,000 square eet o indoor

warehouse space and more than 500 acres o outdoor storage.

The property is close to I-80 and is served by both the Union Pacic and

Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads. In act, the company has just been

designated a BNSF Premier Transload Partner.This acility has become popular or distribution into Colorados

Front Range, says Richard Baier, director o the Nebraska Department

o Economic Development. Adams has attracted signicant attention

because o the on-site dual rail, trucking capacity, and available vacant

buildings.

Among other uses, Adams is transporting specialty pipe, used in the

natural gas industry, rom ocean ports in Texas to this inland port via rail,

says Larry Johnson, president o the Nebraska Trucking Association. From

there, Adams transports the pipes by truck to their nal destination.

Adams can keep the shipments on the largest vehicle longer and

transport them to a central point, Johnson says.

The wind energy industry is also discovering Adams as a central siterom which to distribute components used in wind turbines to surround-

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Brwn Transer Cmpan www.browntransfer.comFounded in 1925, Brown ranser Company is now a third-generation amily-owned-and-operated business. Our corporate headquarters is located in Kearney, Neb., atthe heart o the state. Seven strategically located terminals throughout our service

area provide our customers with consistent, dependable service. Our Omaha, Denver,and Kansas City acilities enable us to extend our services coast to coast through ournetwork o transportation partners.

Distributin Inc. www.distributioninc.bizLocated in Lincoln, Neb., Distribution Inc. is a 120,000-plus-square-oot

warehouse that supplies value-added services to companies that realize the cost-saving advantages o outsourcing their warehouse needs. With its 24/7 warehouse

services and feet o late-model power units and trailers to handle your cartage,

Distribution Inc. is your logistics and warehousing partner.

BAT Lgistics www.batlogistics.comBA Logistics oers a variety o transportation solutions to the shipping

community. Our e cient and experienced logistics proessionals providesuperior execution and customer service. We understand great partnershipsare about trust, reliability, and consistency. We hire only the best employees,

source the most reliable transportation providers, and maintain industry-leadingtechnology to ensure we meet or exceed all your needs. What separates us rom

our competitors is our sense o urgency and our ability to deliver as promised.

Adams Industries, Inc. www.adamsindustriesinc.com

For more than 30 years, Adams Industries has been a leader in industrial logistics,transportation, and storage. Te company is a common and contract carrier specializingin fatbed and van hauling in both interstate and intrastate capacities or a wide variety oshippers. Adams warehousing capabilities which include 700,000 square eet o secureand USDA-approved indoor warehouse space, graded and treated multi-acre stabilizedground, and a ootprint o 550-plus acres o outdoor storage can be tailored to any oyour industrial storage needs. I you would like to speak with a representative regardingour services, please call 800-525-6958.

Elrn Valle Ecnmic Develpment Cuncil www.elkhornedc.comTe Elkhorn Valley Economic Development Council (EVEDC) is a collaborative public-private partnership ormed to promote new economic development opportunities andto support existing small businesses in the Madison, Pierce, and Stanton three-countyregion. Te EVEDC Resource eam approach to economic development customerservice assures access to all agencies and programs that can be o assistance on yourproject. Te regional approach and collaborative philosophy or economic developmentin the three-county, 13-community Elkhorn Valley cuts through the red tape to provide a

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The bet of Neraa on the We

I-80 Nebrasa Calitin www.I80nebraska.com/logistics.aspTe I-80 Nebraska Coalition was organized in 2003 by local economicdevelopers out o a recognized need to work together as a region. Made upo nine counties spanning 250 miles across central Nebraska, the Coalitionrepresents a region with a population exceeding 230,000. Te common threadlinking these counties is the transportation lieline known as Interstate 80.Looking or a new location? Nebraska has what you need right here!

Te Cit kimball www.kimball-ne.orgTe City o Kimball is considered the Gateway to Nebraska. Located in western

Nebraska, at the crossroads o Interstate 80 and U.S. 71, Kimball is ideally located,and oers easy access to and rom larger towns. Te citys economic development

mission is to enhance and strengthen the local economy through the supportand expansion o local companies and the attraction o new businesses.

Greater omaa Camber Cmmerce www.accessomaha.comTe Greater Omaha Chamber o Commerce represents an eight-county metro

area o more than 800,000 people (1.1 million within a 60-minute drive) and oersa ull range o consultative services: current data on available sites and buildings;

manpower availability, wage rates, and productivity levels; energy rates and availability;training programs; and guidance on use and application o development incentives

including major tax credits, reunds, and exemptions or new and expandingbusinesses. For inormation, contact Rod Moseman, vice president, EconomicDevelopment, at 800-852-2622 or via e-mail at [email protected].

rd Strage & Mving Cmpan www.fordstorage.com

Ford Storage and Moving Company, Omaha, Neb., is an asset-based logistics companyspecializing in the successul execution o all logistics activities required to take yourproducts rom production to delivery. Let Ford be your partner in resource managementincluding production assistance, materials handling, storage, and distribution. Tecompanys transportation programs include truckload and LL shipments; in-transitmerge; postponement; inbound materials management; order ulllment; and reverselogistics. Te Web site provides online inventory management capabilities so you cantrack your products every step o the way.



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Nebraska

Lincln Electric Sstem (LES) www.les.comLES is the electric utility serving the City o Lincoln and Lancaster County, Neb.

LES rates are competitive, with industrial 22 percent and commercial 40 percentbelow the national average. In addition, Nebraska has recently introduced some

important incentives or logistics companies, such as rerigerated warehouses, whichare based upon a companys overall investment. Call 402-473-3273 or e-mail us at

[email protected] or more inormation.

Lincln Air Par West www.lincolnairport.com/industrial-park.cfmLincoln Air Park West is a 1,000-acre industrial park operated by the Lincoln Airport

Authority, an independent political subdivision o the state o Nebraska. Te industrialpark is located within three miles o Interstate 80, is served by Burlington Northern SantaFe Railway, and has direct access to the runways and taxiways o the Lincoln Airport,which is capable o handling the largest aircra in service today. Te Authority oersa wide variety o leasing options, including build to suit. Zoned heavy industrial, thepark can accommodate any tenant. Currently the Authority is engaged in developing aportion o the park as a rail center capable o accommodating almost one million squareeet o rail-accessible buildings suited to warehousing or light manuacturing. For moreinormation visit our Web site and click Industrial Park Ino or call 402-458-2400.

Mannings Truc Brerage Inc. www.mtbinc.comAs a national third-party logistics company, Mannings ruck Brokerage Inc. oersshippers a wide range o transportation, logistics, warehousing, and supply chainsolutions. Our specialty is providing dependable next-day truckload delivery service topoints within 600 miles o point o origin. We also maintain a strong carrier ollowing ortruckload and less-than-truckload service to the East and West Coasts.

Nebrasa Department Ecnmic Develpment www.neded.orgRight in the middle o it all: Nebraska is a great place to do business. An ideal location,

low tra c congestion, positive business climate, quality aordable workorce, industry-leading business to meet your needs, and the absence o inventory taxes are just a ew othe many reasons to make Nebraska the home o your next transportation, distribution,

and logistics center. Te Nebraska Logistics Council serves its members as a orum orproessional and educational advancement in the area o worldwide transportation,warehousing, distribution, and logistics. Te Council is available to meet with your

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Werner Enterprises Inc. www.werner.comWerner Enterprises Inc. is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage

throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. Werner maintains its globalheadquarters in Omaha, Neb., oering 24/7 service 365 days a year. Werner is among the

ve largest truckload carriers in the United States, with a portolio o services that includeslong-haul, regional and local van capacity, temperature-controlled, fatbed, dedicated, and

expedited. Werner's value-added services portolio includes import and export reightmanagement, PO and vendor management, truck brokerage, intermodal, load/mode

and network optimization, and global visibility. Internationally Werner provides reight

orwarding and customs brokerage services, and is a licensed NVOCC.

Nebrasa Public Pwer District www.sites.nppd.com

One Web site with everything you need to know about doing business in Nebraska. Findvaluable inormation including sites and building availability; community proles; actsbooks; population characteristics; labor availability; prot opportunity studies; contactinormation; and much more. Its the one place to go to nd out why doing business inNebraska is a smart move. Contact Nebraska Public Power District, 800-282-6773 x5541,e-mail [email protected], or visit the Web site.

Nebrasa Wareuse www.nebraskawarehouse.comWarehousing is more than a building with obsolete inventory; it is a logistics opportunity

that can open new markets, enhance and improve current markets, and improve yourbottom line. Leverage that opportunity by letting Nebraska Warehouse help you maintainJI inventories with min-max monitoring; label or price promotional items; process and

inspect merchandise returns; provide light assembly o parts and components; processimport merchandise or customs clearance; prepare and package export shipments, and

much more. Visit the Web site or more inormation.

TSL Cmpanies www.4tsl.comSL Companies is an integrated, value-added, ull-service, asset-based logisticsorganization. International Logistics Inc. (ILI), a SL Company, is a licensed NVOCCand reight orwarder with more than 100 a liated o ces located worldwide.We service all domestic markets in North America with intermodal contractsencompassing all Class I railroads and a network o contracted over-the-road, or-hire trucking companies. SL Companies has been a global supply chain solutionsprovider or 30 years, oering ocean, air, rail, and trucking logistics.

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