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The Belgian chemical company Solvay has agreed to buy the French specialty chemicals maker Rhodia, gaining a greater exposure to high-growth emerging markets.Read More…

Plastics manufacturer will add 110 jobs in KC

A Portugal plastics manufacturer will add to its Kansas City-area presence by investing $35 million and creating 110 new jobs in the next five years. Logoplaste will make Kansas City its ... Read More

Missouri’s automotive industry continues to grow with the expansion of JASPER Engines

The company will embark on a $2.5 million expansion to increase the size of its facility and workforce with the expected creation of 24 new jobs in the area. Based in ... Read More

Missouri home to three of the top 20 museums in the nation according to Yelp

Coming in at number one on the list: the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. The other two Missouri museums on the list are the National World War I Museum ... Read More

St. Charles among nation’s best counties for tech job growth

In what may come as a surprise to some, St. Charles County is among the best in the nation when it comes to tech job growth. That’s according to recent data ... Read More

Cerner will invest $500M in data center facility in Lee’s Summit

The company plans to buy space it has been leasing for a data center and add equipment there, The Lee’s Summit Journal reports. The North Kansas City-based health care IT company ... Read More

St. Louis: The tech capital for cancer

Goggles that can see cancer cells the naked eye cannot. Lasers that extract proteins from tumors to develop personalized cancer medicine. A camera that captures up to 100 billion frames per ... Read More

Missouri S&T Develops Microsatellite for Air Force

Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, and his students won the final round of an Air Force competition to develop the spacecraft. Pernicka and ... Read More

Brewer Science tapped to develop new technology for military

Brewer Science Wednesday announced a new cooperative agreement at Missouri State University’s Jordan Valley Innovation Center for developing and commercializing new nanotechnology with a wide range of applications to protect servicemen ... Read More

Columbia and St. Louis included in the Top 10 college towns and cities in America

The listomaniacs at Wallet Hub have released another ranking, one that puts Columbia and STL in the Top 10: Best college cities and towns. Number crunchers looked at 23 areas — ... Read More

Boulevard selects site for new distribution center

Boulevard Brewing Co. announced that it entered into a long-term lease for a new distribution center in Kansas City that will give it three times more space. As the Kansas City ... Read More