DuPont Buys Danish Danisco for $6.6 Billion
- May 16, 2011
Tender offer had been repeatedly delayed until DuPont upped its bid. ... Read More
Manufacturing
Ameren forms separate transmission business
- August 02, 2010
Ameren Corp. said Monday it created a new subsidiary dedicated to electric transmission infrastructure investment and identified $3 billion in potential projects. The new company, Ameren Transmission Co. (ATX), will build ... Read More
GE orders 100 jets from Boeing, Airbus
- July 19, 2010
General Electric’s aircraft leasing unit announced at the Farnborough airshow on July 19 that it has placed an order for 100 planes from Boeing and Airbus. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) ... Read More
Nixon signs the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act, Ford Incentives in Kansas City
- July 15, 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday afternoon signed the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act in the Kansas City area, which has a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant that could be a key beneficiary ... Read More
Tech Aerospace to add 100 jobs in Washington, Mo
- July 12, 2010
Tech Aerospace Group Inc., a Kansas City airplane parts maker, plans to build a new $17.5 million 75,000-square-foot plant and add 100 jobs in Washington, Mo. The company, which had also ... Read More
MU noted for energy efficiency
- June 24, 2010
The University of Missouri has been recognized by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency for using a variety of alternative energy sources to power its campus. MU was one of three universities ... Read More
Boeing gets $1.5B air force contract
- June 23, 2010
Boeing Co. has received a $1.53 billion U.S. Air Force contract for eight C-17 transport planes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday in a daily list of contract awards. It said $734 ... Read More
Ford taps Toshiba to make motors for hybrid
- June 23, 2010
Toshiba said on June 23 it will build electric motors for a new Ford hybrid vehicles at its plant in the United States. The company, already building motors for bullet trains, ... Read More
Caterpillar’s global sales jump
- June 21, 2010
Caterpillar Inc. said Friday that its machine sales worldwide jumped 11 percent in May compared with a year ago as a rebound in North American and Asian business markets helped offset ... Read More
Pioneer Power to enter wind turbine market
- June 04, 2010
Most of the assets of AAER Inc., a Quebec-based company that once aspired to establish itself as a wind turbine manufacturer but ended up in bankruptcy court, are being sold to ... Read More