The Oregon Advantage

How Oregon Ranks

Oregon has the #1 lowest
effective tax rate in the U.S.
Ernst & Young COST Study, 2010

Oregon ranks #6 best state
for business
Forbes, 2010

Oregon ranks in top 10 for
overall business climate and
business tax climate
Business Facilities, 2009

Portland is America's
greenest city
American City Business Journals, 2010

Oregon Welcomes ...

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    GALENA BIOPHARMA

    Arrived: 2011
    Industry: High Technology
    Location: Lake Oswego

    Galena is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative, targeted oncology treatments that address major unmet medical needs to advance cancer care. The company decided to relocate it research operations and headquarters to Lake Oswego from Chicago and create 15 high-paying jobs.

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    HOME DEPOT

    Arrived: 2011
    Industry: High Technology
    Location: Salem

    Home Depot opened a high-tech distribution center on a certified industrial site in Salem creating more than 230 new jobs for Oregonians. The center ships merchandise to stores in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

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    UTi WORLDWIDE

    Arrived: 2011
    Industry: High Technology
    Location: Portland

    Long Beach, Ca.-based UTi Worldwide chose Portland for the first of its three information technology centers around the world. UTi expects to set up three IT and finance management centers to yield savings of $75 million to $95 million per year starting in 2016.

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    SANYO SOLAR OF OREGON

    Arrived: 2009
    Industry: Clean Technology
    Location: Salem

    Sanyo Solar's Salem facility produces silicon ingots and wafers used for solar cells. The company's investment of an estimated $100 million-plus in its new plant and equipment for the 20-acre property helped lift Oregon to its status as the top U.S. state for solar manufacturing.

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    FEDEX GROUND

    Arrived: 2010
    Industry: High Technology
    Location: Troutdale

    FedEx Ground's new state of-the-art, $129 million package distribution hub features advanced material-handling technology that moves packages at 540 feet per minute along nearly 15 miles of conveyor belts, processing up to 22,500 packages per hour. The facility is located on a formerly contaminated property, bringing it back into productive use and employing as many as 1,000 from the area.

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