Site Location Partnership Participates in the World’s Largest Food Science Expo and Economic Development Networking Event in New Orleans

New Orleans, LA (July 31, 2014) – Site Location Partnership (SLP), a Dallas-based site selection advisory firm, announced its successful participation at IFT 2014, where the firm exhibited and met with businesses planning to expand or relocate their operations. SLP provided registration badges for clients from Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Texas who attended the show. While in New Orleans, SLP also took part in an exclusive networking forum with others involved in location strategy, corporate real estate, and economic development.

The IFT 2014 Annual Meeting & Food Expo, organized by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), brought together over 16,000 food science and technology professionals from around the globe and 1,100 exhibitors showcasing ingredients, equipment, processing, and packaging solutions for the food industry. More than 100 educational sessions and 1,000 poster sessions provided information on the latest developments and industry trends in food science, technology, and R&D.

“We were able to effectively showcase our location advisory services to a worldwide audience of food processing industry leaders at the IFT Food Expo,” said Justin Thompson, CEO of Site Location Partnership. “We drew substantial booth traffic which led to many meaningful conversations with businesses in expansion or relocation mode. We expect several quality job-creating economic development projects to arise from companies we met with at the show.”

The networking event brought together a distinguished group of site selection, commercial real estate, and economic development executives. “This reception provided excellent opportunities to network with new business contacts while learning and sharing ideas amongst industry peers,” said Mark Darce, senior vice president of development at Site Location Partnership. “We look forward to building upon the relationships we developed in New Orleans.”

For more information on Site Location Partnership, visit http://www.sitelocationpartnership.com

About Site Location Partnership
Site Location Partnership (SLP) is a multi-disciplined advisory firm that enables the growth of businesses, communities and economies through its two primary consulting areas – corporate site selection and economic development. SLP’s Corporate Location Practice helps companies from industrial and commercial sectors select the optimal location for expansion, relocation or consolidation of business facilities. SLP’s Economic Development Practice assists various organizations in implementing business attraction strategies for new corporate investment, job creation and economic growth.

Media Contact
Jessica Eanes
Public Relations
Site Location Partnership
Phone: 972-874-7483
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http://www.sitelocationpartnership.com

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