Emerald Automotive, a British company, plans to build hybrid electric vans and add 580 jobs at a new $175 million plant in Hazelwood, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.
Hazelwood’s city council on Wednesday night approved a $3 million loan for the plant. The Missouri Technology Corp. also plans to provide a $2 million loan for the factory. Emerald Automotive officials said they looked at 25 different states and visited nine of them before picking Missouri.
Missouri-based Boeing Defense, Space and Security opened its new 81,000 square-foot Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory, nicknamed “the Castle,” in St. Charles, Missouri, as a testing site for autonomous drone technology. The research ... Read More
Missouri is a center for advanced manufacturing excellence Every summer hundreds of thousands of spectators will head to air shows, and look to the skies to watch the U.S Navy Flight ... Read More
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just announced the first rules for the commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones. With these new rules in place, companies ... Read More
Karen Vangyia, managing partner of KPMG, talks about the talent in the St. Louis, Missouri region, and the growth taking place for KPMG in Missouri. <!–cke_bookmark_59S–><!–cke_bookmark_59E–> Missouri talent is top-tier and ... Read More
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
Kraft Heinz recently announced a new $250 million expansion project for its Kirksville, Missouri, plant calling it a “win” for both the company and the city of Kirksville. The expanded Kraft ... Read More
When a company looks at expanding into a new area one of the first things they look at is the availability of highly skilled talent. Companies want employees who are hard ... Read More
Missouri-based tech startup Varsity Tutors opened their new 20,000 square foot facility in Clayton, Missouri, on June 16, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Varsity Tutors, is an online learning platform that ... Read More
Missouri-based apparel and home décor company, Soft Surroundings, recently announced plans to expand in the state with a new 300,000 square-foot distribution center near its existing facility in Mexico, Mo. The ... Read More