St. Louis Region

Boeing’s Missouri Facility Wins $2.2 Billion Air Force Contract

Boeing has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce small diameter bombs (SDB) at its St. Charles, Missouri, facility. The SDB is a long-range weapon known ... Read More

General Motors Announces Plan to Operate Missouri Facility Using 100 Percent Renewable Energy

General Motors (GM) recently announced plans to transition its manufacturing plant in Wentzville, Missouri, to run on 100 percent renewable energy. The company says it plans for the Missouri plant to ... Read More

Financial Services Company Leaves Coast to Grow in Missouri

Upswot, a financial services company, has announced plans to relocate from San Francisco, California, to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Upswot is also targeting future investment in St. Louis. Founded in 2018, Upswot ... Read More

Show Me Recovery Brings New Opportunities, Investment to Missouri

Earlier this year, Missouri rolled out the “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan. It outlined the state’s strategy to safely reopen economic and social activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Missouri ... Read More

NGA, Harris-Stowe State University Partner to Expand STEM Education

Saint Louis, Missouri-based Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have partnered to develop future science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educators. “Our national security depends on the ... Read More

Missouri Companies Rank Among Best Workplaces for Women

Two Missouri companies recently ranked among the nation’s Best Workplaces for Women. Edward Jones ranked 5th on the list compiled by Fortune, while Veterans United Home Loans ranked 11th. Both companies ... Read More

Missouri Health Innovation Company To Launch Center For “Defense Medicine”

BioSTL, a St. Louis-based health innovation booster, announced plans to launch a new center designed to advance technologies to support the military. The Center for Defense Medicine will use BioSTL’s investment ... Read More

Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded $20 Million Grant to Develop AI Farm of the Future

The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program has awarded a five year, $20 million grant to scientists at the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The grant money will ... Read More

Washington University Leads Worldwide Effort to Test MMR Vaccine in Fight Against COVID-19

Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri, is leading an ambitious, worldwide study to see if giving adults the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, a common vaccine administered to ... Read More

Life Science Company Invests with New Facility, Jobs in Missouri

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a life science company, has opened a new 3,500 sq. ft. facility in St. Louis, Missouri, as part of an ongoing investment that could potentially create up to ... Read More