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 $30 million funding commitment.
Washington University, BJC HealthCare and the St. Louis Life Sciences Project have each committed $2 million per year for each of five years to the BioSTL, what organizers call “the next step” in a 10-year-old collective effort to increase economic activity in the medical and plant biosciences in St. Louis.
The Missouri Department of Economic Development today announced that Paradise Locker, a Missouri-grown, sustainable meat processing company based in Trimble, is doubling its size and increasing its workforce to about 30 ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Economic Development today announced that Cardinal Health will expand its Moberly manufacturing facility, creating 50 new jobs for the area over the next six years. “Cardinal Health’s ... Read More
LockerDome, the St. Louis-based startup led by CEO Gabe Lozano, plans to add hundreds of jobs as it moves across Washington Avenue to a larger space owned by the McGowan brothers. ... Read More
Commonwealth Inc., a Cincinnati-based third-party logistics firm, has signed a lease for its first Kansas City location — a 101,567-square-foot space at NorthPoint Development’s new Three Trails Industrial Park. Whitney Kerr ... Read More
The hunting, outdoor and sporting goods distributor Green Supply is creating 31 new jobs and growing its warehouse distribution center in Vandalia. The company is already hiring for six of these ... Read More
St. Louis ranked 5th for number of graduates according to Site Selection Group. Site Selection Group, a global site selection and economic incentive firm specializing in labor analytics, used recent data ... Read More
Site Selection Group researched the top metro areas that are trying to keep pace with the demand for facilities. Kansas City ranked 11th with 3.72 million square feet of warehouse real ... Read More
Cleveland-based chemicals firm Vectra, formerly known as OM Group, announced Monday it would be moving its headquarters to St. Louis. Vectra is a specialty chemicals company that includes three businesses — ... Read More
The center is scheduled to open December 1. The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce announced FLS Connect, a political communication and fundraising company based in Minnesota, has leased the former Strategic ... Read More
Missouri’s corporate income tax rate of 6.25 percent, was bested only by South Dakota and Wyoming, which tied at No. 1 for having no corporate tax rates. Because Missouri allows 50% ... Read More