Big Boost to the Solar Panel Industry Promised by Thin Wafer Technology
- March 28, 2012
Twin Creeks Technologies and Silicon Genesis’ thin wafering systems promise to return solar to its place in the alternative energy race. more ... Read More
Business News
Ascent, a St. Louis-based developer and operator of data centers, plans to build a new $85 million data center in St. Louis.
The data center will be built near the Plymouth Industrial Park in Wellston and be called the STL1. Ascent CEO Phil Horstmann said the data center will be designed to tap into the growing biotechnology, life sciences and startup communities in St. Louis.
Pentair to acquire Tyco Flow division for $4.43 billion
- March 28, 2012
Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based Tyco International Ltd. has agreed to spin off its Tyco Flow division to Minneapolis-based Pentair for $4.53 billion, Bloomberg reports. Tyco, which creates valves and other flow-control instruments, said ... Read More
St. Louis ranks 7th in low cost of doing business
- March 26, 2012
St. Louis ranked seventh among 27 U.S. cities in a study of the least-costly locations to do business in the United States. KPMG LLP, an audit, tax and advisory firm, completed ... Read More
MU hydrogen car to compete in Eco-marathon
- March 22, 2012
University of Missouri engineering students have a lot of faith in their third made-from-scratch hydrogen-powered street car. The hydrogen vehicle team expects Tigergen III to reach the equivalent of 500 miles ... Read More
Covidien to buy Israeli device maker for $300 million
- March 19, 2012
Covidien to buy Israeli device maker for $300 million more ... Read More
Expansion at Mo. auto parts plant to add 200 jobs
- March 19, 2012
A $39 million expansion at the TG Missouri auto supply plant in Perryville will result in 200 new jobs over the next five years. Gov. Jay Nixon was in the southeast ... Read More
Sanofi-Aventis to Buy Pluromed to Expand Biosurgery Offerings
- March 16, 2012
Sanofi-Aventis agreed on Friday to buy Pluromed, a maker of plastic inserts for medical procedures, for an undisclosed amount to add to its biosurgery offerings. more ... Read More
Monsanto to test first USDA-approved corn genetically engineered to tolerate drought
- March 13, 2012
U.S. farmers across the Western Great Plains will soon plant Monsanto’s newest drought-tolerant corn as part of on-farm trials. The DroughtGard Hybrids are designed to help farmers mitigate the risk of ... Read More
Chemical Giant Asahi Kasei to Buy Zoll
- March 12, 2012
CEO of Asahi Kasei says U.S. leads world in medical device business both in size and technological innovation, so establishing a strong infrastructure in the U.S. is an important step for ... Read More
MRIGlobal forms new health and security unit
- March 12, 2012
MRIGlobal has formed a new operating unit for global health and security. The life sciences unit will focus on drug development, biosurveillance, diagnostics and food safety for the Kansas City-based research ... Read More