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Right Location
- Crossroads of America: 75% of the U.S. population can be reached within day’s drive.
- Indiana has more than 11,000 total highway miles and is intersected by eight interstate highways – more than any other state in the nation.
- Each year, 724 million tons of freight travel the roads and highways of Indiana, making it the 5th busiest state for commercial freight traffic.
- Indianapolis is home to the second largest FedEx hub in the world.
- Indiana has initiated Major Moves, a massive $12 billion infrastructure investment program, as part of the country’s largest ever monetization of public infrastructure. The program will fund more than 200 infrastructure improvement projects statewide.
- Indianapolis International Airport is currently investing over $1 billion in expansion and upgrades
- Indiana has earmarked $2.8 billion in new highway construction in the next 10 years (over and above previously earmarked funds)
- Indiana has three international airports, including the Indianapolis International Airport, the Gary Chicago International Airport (which serves Chicago as well as northern Indiana), and the Ft. Wayne International Airport, as well as 114 other public airports.
- Indiana ranks ninth in the United States in railroad mileage and 14th in water-borne shipping.
- Indiana ranks fifth in total freight volume nationwide.
- Indiana is served by a rail system of more than 4,700 miles of mainline track.
- Indiana is known as an international leader in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics.
- A total of 150 million people live within 500 miles of Indiana.
- The expansion of the I–69 artery will connect the NAFTA superhighway through southwest Indiana.
- Indiana has a workforce of 250,000 logistics professionals; Central Indiana alone employs 90,000 people in the TDL industry.
- Indiana has three fully modern ports. Ships can sail directly from Indiana to the Atlantic Ocean, or to the Gulf of Mexico from an Indiana port.
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“As we researched potential locations to grow our company, it became apparent that Indiana values the life sciences and health industry. We are eager to leverage the assets available in the state and introduce our technologies to the global market.”
Frank Cheng
President and Chief Executive
Oxford BioSignals Medical
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