Adrienne Selko

Senior Editor, IndustryWeek

Focus: Expansion Management & the Biotech & Life Sciences Industries

Email: aselko@industryweek.com

Follow Adrienne on Twitter: @ASelkoIW

Call: 216-931-9235

Senior Editor Adrienne Selko manages IndustryWeek’s Expansion Management, delivering ideas and information about how successful manufacturers leverage location to gain competitive advantage. She explores the strategies behind why companies located their headquarters, research institutes, factories, warehouse and distribution centers and other facilities where they did, and how they benefit from the decision.

Adrienne is also the editorial coordinator of the IndustryWeek Expansion Management Roundtable events, which unites economic development professionals to network and discuss the latest trends in site location.

As well, Adrienne tells the stories of successful companies in the biotechnology and life sciences industries.

In the past, Adrienne has managed IndustryWeek’s award-winning website, overseeing eNewletters, webinars, and contributed content. Before joining the staff, Adrienne was managing editor of corporate publications at a large regional financial institution. She also ran a public relations and marketing company that published a best-selling healthcare book.

Adrienne received a bachelor’s of business administration from the University of Michigan and is especially interested in wellness and natural health. 

Posts by Adrienne Selko

in Manufacturing Savvy Jan. 24, 2013

Should India Lose Its US Duty-Free Status?

“If India continues to prevent open access to their markets, the United States must take action to address measures that not only harm the U.S. and....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Jan. 22, 2013

Plea to President Obama -- Keep Promise of Creating Manufacturing Jobs

  By now most of us know the statistics. The US lost 5.5 million manufacturing jobs over the past 10 years. In the past two and a half....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Jan. 15, 2013

Will Walmart Be the Ringleader in Bringing More Manufacturing Back to US?

  Mark today, Jan. 15, 2013 as a new beginning. The company announced that it will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S. products over the....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Jan. 4, 2013

Is Canada Getting It Right by Funding Auto Innovation?

Prime Minister Steven Harper;s announcement of a five-year extension of the $250 million Automotive Innovation Fund is a sound economic investment....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Dec. 6, 2012

Apple Better Be True Blue USA Says Industry Group

While Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) was very happy to hear that Apple is returning to the US to....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Dec. 5, 2012

This Holiday Season Choose America

The average American will spend $700 in holiday purchases this year for a total of $465 billion. If that money was spent entirely on U.S.- made....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Nov. 16, 2012

Can Chicago's Kids Build Advanced Manufacturing Hub?

In a vote of confidence in the youth of Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel took part of the $5.6 million in Tax Increment Finance (TIF) funds that was....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Oct. 17, 2012

How You Manufacture Matters to Millennials

Your future customers, the Millennials, will increase their buying power by $50 billion annually, and they care deeply about how their products are....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Oct. 2, 2012

US Moving Goods Out of Country at Fast Pace

Between 2010 and 2011, 36 metropolitan areas expanded their exports by $1 billion or more. Last year merchandise exports from 367 U.S. metropolitan....More
in Manufacturing Savvy Sep. 19, 2012

Can Stalled Government Regulations Cause Job Loss in Manufacturing?

Unfortunately, the answer is yes; at least according to Siemens AG. Yesterday DesMoinesRegister.com reported that Siemens announced it will lay off....More
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This would be valid if only colleagues could interact. I have seen many workplaces in large organizations where only management can interact. All infomation must flow through managers. To make it worse the work layout does not support interactions. ... If you want the benefits of co-location you have to have the right management structure and the right physical structure!!!

on Feb. 26, 2013
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