Evogene Ltd., a biotech company that has partnered with Monsanto for nearly a decade, has plans in place to build a 6,000-square-foot research and development facility at Bio-Research & Development Growth (BRDG) Park.
The project is estimated to cost $10 million and will broaden the company’s existing predictive discovery and validation capabilities. The facility will serve Evogene’s growing insect control activities and is projected to be fully operational by the end of 2015.
Post Holdings Inc., the branded cereal business being spun off by Bill Stiritz’s Ralcorp Holdings Inc. , will create at least 150 jobs locally, most of them in downtown St. Louis. ... Read More
A unit of Lafarge said Wednesday that it will move its offices — and 50 jobs — to Kansas City, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. Lafarge Cement North America’s River ... Read More
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines plan new nonstop flights from Kansas City International Airport. On Monday, Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) announced what will be Kansas City’s only nonstop ... Read More
Union Pacific unveiled today its new AutoFlex rail car, built and designed at the company’s De Soto plant. The 90-foot-long AutoFlex, which carries vehicles, can be transformed from two to three ... Read More
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed a 10-year deal with U.S. industrial group Caterpillar under which the American company will recondition turbine parts to boost Vestas' servicing capabilities. ... Read More
Missouri's once robust auto industry is making a comeback, with more good news Thursday: General Motors will add pickup trucks to its line of products made in Wentzville, creating more than 1,200 new jobs. ... Read More
Procter & Gamble and Teva unveiled details of a joint venture to develop branded generic medicines. P&G also boosted its full-year earnings guidance to include contributions from the venture, as well as a gain from the planned divestiture of Pringles. ... Read More
Just a few months into the development of its miscanthus-growing Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas, solid biofuels producer Aloterra Energy LLC sees the BCAP program’s job creation goal rapidly coming ... Read More
Emerson’s new Industrial Energy Group plans to convert huge power plants used in manufacturing facilities, refineries and foundries into bio-mass-burning hybrids to produce the needed energy to run these giant plants ... Read More
Gov. Jay Nixon today signed Senate Bill 7, the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA), passed by the General Assembly during the special session. Passage of the MOSIRA bill was ... Read More