Missouri’s 13 community and technical colleges have received a $20 million federal grant to train as many as 4,600 people for careers in health care. Gov. Jay Nixon announced the MoHealthWINS ... Read More
Trade & Industry Development, a leading magazine dedicated to site selection, has announced its 6th annual CiCi (Corporate Investment & Community Impact) Awards. The CiCi Awards are unique in that they ... Read More
AT&T Inc. announced this morning that it will spend more than $20 million on infrastructure upgrades at two facilities in Bridgeton. The company also said it has nearly completed the hiring of 64 additional technicians in the Bridgeton area to support the growth of its U-verse services. AT&T is upgrading a work center at 3746 Pennridge Drive that will house U-verse technicians and management teams. The company also is renovating a data center building at 12976 Hollenberg Drive that the company said it is purchasing after having leased it for 20 years. ... Read More
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. will gain ownership of Twin Cities dairy operation Kemps LLC. Kemps, based in St. Paul, Minn., said in a statement that its parent company, HP Hood LLC, had entered an agreement that would make DFA the 100 percent equity owner of the company. DFA is a giant in the dairy industry and is the largest private company in the Kansas City area. ... Read More
The Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences if evolving into BioSTL, a new organization to promote the growth of bioscience business in the St. Louis area, and has received an initial ... Read More
Researchers from the University of Missouri and Texas A&M received two grants totaling $14 million to study effective cattle feeding and bovine respiratory disease, the Columbia Tribune reports. ... Read More
Alliant Techsystems Inc.has received a contract worth at least $58.7 million to provide the U.S. Army with ammunition. The contract was awarded to Alliant Techsystems’ Integrated Weapons Systems Division in Mesa, ... Read More
Missouri’s report card doesn’t look too bad. The U.S. Department of Education’s State of the States in Education report shows 83 percent of high school students are graduating, well above the ... Read More
Microgrid Energy, a St. Louis-based solar installer and energy efficiency company, said it installed an electric vehicle charging station at the St. Charles headquarters of animal nutrition firm Novus International. The ... Read More
ProEnergy Services plans to invest $25.7 million in its Sedalia, Mo., facilities and create more than 300 jobs there during the next three years. The Sedalia-based company serves the energy industry ... Read More