Yearly Archives: 2016

Missouri-Made F/A-18s Perform in Front of a Home Crowd

Missouri-made F/A-18s flown by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team participated in the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow Over the past several days, Missouri’s skies were filled with aircraft ... Read More

Kansas City claims title of “Most Connected City on Earth”

Kansas City is now the most connected city on Earth, according to the city’s chief innovation officer. The Missouri city claimed the title after Sprint Corporation launched its free Wi-Fi along ... Read More

NGA Jumping Into the Cortex Innovation Community With Both Feet

In a speech in Orlando, Florida earlier this week, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo once again singled out the Cortex Innovation Community as a key reason the new NGA West ... Read More

2015/2016 Motor Trend Truck of the Year Made in Missouri

The Chevy Colorado is the Motor Trend Truck of the Year for 2015 and 2016. And every Chevy Colorado is made right here in Missouri. KSDK Newschannel 5 takes us behind ... Read More

Missouri Health Services Companies Are Growing, Creating New Jobs, Serving More Customers

Missouri-based Centene Corporation and Cerner Corp. are seeing tremendous success and are demonstrating the limitless potential of health services companies in Missouri. Cutting-edge medical care and research is taking place across ... Read More

Global food packaging manufacturer opens first U.S. location in Rolla with ground breaking ceremony

Global food packaging manufacturer Brodrene Hartmann A/S opened its first U.S. location in Rolla, Missouri, with a ground breaking ceremony and event. The $30 million project is expected to bring 50 ... Read More

Video: Advanced Manufacturing Company Hartmann Enters US Market Via Missouri

On June 2, 2016, Brodrene Hartmann entered the US market with the groundbreaking at its first US manufacturing plant. We grabbed our iPhone 6 and heading out to Rolla, Missouri, to capture ... Read More

Video: CertainTeed Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Missouri

On June 7, CertainTeed Roofing opened its new $100 million facility in Jonesburg, Missouri. The 60,000 square-foot manufacturing plant and adjacent 150,000 square-foot warehouse will serve as the production and distribution ... Read More

How did St. Louis become an entrepreneurial boomtown?

Last year, Popular Mechanics deemed St. Louis to be one of the 14 best startup cities in America; in January, Business Insider said it had the “fastest-growing startup scene” in the country. ... Read More

President Obama Highlights Missouri’s AgTech Strength in Keynote Address

On June 20, 2016, President Barack Obama gave the keynote speech at the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington DC. At the 2015 “summit, an agricultural tech company from Surat [India] ... Read More