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Twenty-eight communities benefit from $8.5 million energy loans, save $1 million, create 205 jobs

The Missouri Department of Economic Development [DED] today announced that more than $8.5 million in low-interest energy loans has been approved by the state to assist 28 community organizations and institutions ... Read More

Dailys Premium Meats to Build New Facility in St. Joseph, Create 212 New Jobs

Daily’s Premium Meats, a meat processing company specializing in “sliced-to-order” naturally smoked bacon, announced it will build a new, 100,000 square-foot facility in St. Joseph, Mo. Daily’s expects to hire 212 ... Read More

Missouri healthcare organizations earn top rankings

Five Missouri-based organizations have been named in Becker’s Hospital Review’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare in 2015. The annual list includes both healthcare providers and other types of healthcare-specific ... Read More

Missouri communities earn top ecodevo rankings

Three Missouri communities recently earned a spot on Site Selection’s 2015 list of America’s top micropolitan areas. The communities, which were quantified for the rankings as “an urban core of at ... Read More

Thistle Expansion in Owensville to Create 16 New Jobs, DED Announces

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED)  announced today that Thistle, Inc. a manufacturer of marketing products, will invest more than $1.9 million to increase operations in Owensville. The company’s expansion ... Read More

Rolla Is One of the Top 15 Metro Areas with Highest Growth of Engineering Graduates

Site Selection Group, a full service location advisory firm, identified the metro areas that experienced the greatest growth in engineering graduates from 2013-2014. Rolla experienced an increase of greater than 10% in ... Read More

SyMyco ships first St. Louis-made plant boosters

Plant science startup SyMyco Inc., which moved to St. Louis from India in 2011, has shipped its first locally-made products that reduce the need for fertilizer and increase crop yield. The ... Read More

EaglePicher breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Joplin expected to create 171 jobs

Gov. Jay Nixon today joined local officials and company leaders of EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, a leading producer of batteries and energy devices, to break ground on the company’s new 100,000 square-foot ... Read More

Missouri’s AAA credit rating reaffirmed by S&P

Missouri’s spotless AAA credit rating will save taxpayers $1.6 million through action taken today by the Missouri Board of Public Buildings to refinance bonds, Gov. Jay Nixon said. The savings will ... Read More

European auto supplier Universal Components Group establishes its first North American facility

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that Universal Components Group (UCG), a UK-based aftermarket automotive parts supplier, will expand operations to the U.S., selecting O’Fallon as the location ... Read More