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The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance (PRA) is your gateway to discovering why “America’s Most Livable City” is also the smartest place to locate and grow your business. Explore our economic development services, which we customize to meet your needs for growth.
Today’s Pittsburgh region is fueled by a diverse, technology-driven economy; a center of innovation that is changing the world. From cars that drive themselves to the pioneering transplants and regenerative medical techniques, we imagined it, created it and are impacting the globe with it.
Our success is propelled by a skilled workforce graduating 31,000 students annually from 35 colleges and universities. Our uniqueness is defined by particular strengths in three cutting-edge areas – Life Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) – and the places where they intersect. Although all kinds of businesses thrive here, our economic development efforts center on these target sectors and other key industries.
The Alberta Oil Sands: Filling the Pipeline with Pittsburgh Products, Services and Technologies
A delegation from Alberta, Canada will be in Pittsburgh the week of July 7th to meet with local business representatives to explore opportunities for exports and commercial partnerships related to Alberta’s burgeoning oil sands industry. The oil sands industry presents a huge opportunity for U.S. exporters, since Alberta’s local industry is only able to supply about half of that region’s development needs. Alberta companies need a wide range of goods and services provided by Pittsburgh-area firms, including pressure vessels, industrial furnaces, cooling towers and heat exchangers, instrumentation and control systems, pumps and gas compressors, engines, steel pipe & tube, valves and environmental technologies. The trip is part of an ongoing relationship between the two regions.
On July 8th a business luncheon will be held for companies interested in learning more about the opportunities presented by the oil sands. For more information, please read (PDF file) or contact Ann-Marie Terry at the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, 412-281-4783, ext. 3540.
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