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LM The state's base of medical-prod- the Minneapolis area has a large sheet,if you will,adding up all of cilities.The company has main- ucts firms is one reason that Pos- quantity of those type of people." the costs of being in any particu- tained its headquarters and sis Medical. Inc.,stayed in the Other state economic develop- lar state,"says Jeffrey Green, largest facility in Hutchinson,em- area when it needed to expand ment efforts are directed at com- chairman of the board at Hutch- ploying 3,000 of the towns 11,000 its facilities.Despite offers from bating the aggressive marketing inson Technology.A business will residents.In addition.Hutchinson Iowa, Wisconsin, and South blitz and bidding tactics that other factor in the cost of recruitment. Technology opened a metal- Dakota,the company relocated states deploy.In many cases,it's a retraining and replacing workers, stamping plant in Brooklyn Park from Plymouth to a 50,000- competition that is tough to win. dealing with the legislature,taxes, in May that created 100 jobs- square-foot facility in Coon -Businesses will shop their wares and so forth.-Then you look at Rapids earlier this year. with many states or many com- the state with the lowest cost to "We're a latter-stage develop- munities within a state for the run the operation we're running." Improved ment company in a high-tech best deal,"Gustafson says."in he says.However,it's not always business medical-device field. We rely something like that,you need to a black-and-white issue.Some- resources quite extensively on Minnesota's be in the perspective of the busi- times a business has to make Minnesota is beefing up some of source of high-tech labor,"says ness. If it's available and you can some concessions on costs to se- its informational programs,and Bob Dutcher,president and CEO lower the cost of doing business cure other advantages,such as la- its first step has been to establish of Possis Medical."Any kind of a and improve the profit margin for bor and training.he says. a database of economic profiles of move would be extremely disrup- your shareholders.you'll do what- Hutchinson Technology has ex- Minnesota communities. "We tive to not only our existing labor ever it takes,"he says. But the panded into neighboring states have information on all communi- force but our ability to tap into an state is optimistic that seeking with plants in Sioux Falls.South ties with populations of more additional labor source for such handouts is not businesses' Dakota.and Eau Claire.Wiscon- than 100,and we are able to do growth,"Dutcher says."We felt only criterion. sin,while at the same time contin- pretty sophisticated sorts."Novak that Minnesota and particularly Businesses run a balance uing to expand its Minnesota fa- says.Companies interested in ex- i • it 1 f t i i