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Ford seeks 900 workers for new Kansas City plant shift

Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo will begin operating around the clock as the company prepares to hire 900 more workers to fill another F-150 production shift, The ... Read More

$2B wind power transmission project promises 5,000 construction jobs

The project is expected to create 5,000 construction jobs when work begins in 2016 and 500 operational jobs after it starts operation in 2018. Clean Line Energy Partners LLC, the Houston-based ... Read More

Boeing’s Hazelwood facility to build $66 million in tailkits for U.S. Air Force

The work will be performed at Boeing’s Hazelwood facility and is expected to be complete by March 31, 2015, Air Force officials announced. The contract involves foreign military sales for Israel. ... Read More

Missouri S&T focuses on next-generation reactors

Researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology are conducting work that could shape the next generation of nuclear reactors. The state’s first nuclear reactor was constructed more than 50 ... Read More

Union Pacific Railroad Invests $21 Million to Strengthen Missouri’s Transportation Infrastructure

Union Pacific Railroad will strengthen Missouri’s transportation infrastructure by investing $21 million to construct a more-than-nine-mile second main line track in the Bell City area, in southeast Missouri. The project, funded ... Read More

Missouri S&T to experiment with solar microgrids

Missouri University of Science and Technology says four solar homes built by students soon will be part of an experimental microgrid to demonstrate the feasibility of such small-scale projects. The project ... Read More

Michigan auto supply company to locate manufacturing facility in Kansas City, creating 39 jobs

Adrian Steel, a producer of commercial van interiors, will be making a $4.7 million capital investment An automotive supply company that specializes in producing commercial van interiors will be locating a  ... Read More

MU researcher needs $6 million to cure cancer

University of Missouri researcher and professor M. Frederick Hawthorne developed a breakthrough cancer treatment using a new form of radiation, which put cancer cells in remission in mice. Unlike traditional radiation ... Read More

KC area earns high ranking for growth of professional services sector

The ranking supports what should be a key boast about Kansas City — that it’s one of the top areas in the country for growth in the professional, technical and scientific ... Read More

3M expansion could add 50 jobs in Columbia

3M started producing Ultra Barrier Solar Film, a protective film for solar panels, at the Columbia facility in 2010, the Columbia Tribune reports. The $20 million investment was expected to add ... Read More