Yearly Archives: 2012

U.S. Solar Market Seen Doubling

The U.S. market for solar panels is likely to double in 2012, thanks to government policies and falling prices, although new tariffs on panels imported from China could contribute to slower ... Read More

Missouri’s economy gaining momentum

The Missouri economy is gaining momentum as exports and manufacturing remain strong and the housing market correction was relatively mild, according to the State Monitor Report released today by BMO Capital ... Read More

Seven Missouri companies included in Computerworld’s list of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT

Seven Missouri-based firms are among Computerworld’s 2012 list of the 100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology: Monsanto (29th), Scottrade Financial Services Inc. (31st), National Information Solutions Cooperative (54th), Ascension ... Read More

Mallinckrodt inks marketing deal with Horizon Pharma

Mallinckrodt, the Hazelwood-based pharmaceuticals business being spun off from Covidien, said it has entered a co-promotion agreement with Horizon Pharma Inc. to promote Duexis, a proprietary single-tablet combination of ibuprofen and ... Read More

Ralcorp acquires Italian frozen meal maker Gelit

Ralcorp Holdings Inc. has completed the acquisition of Gelit S.r.l., an Italian producer of private-brand, frozen ready made meals that has annual sales of $45 million, Ralcorp officials said. Terms of ... Read More

Missouri wins Area Development Silver Shovel Award

Missouri was recently awarded the Silver Shovel award for states with 5+ to 9 million population by Area Development magazine. Missouri previously received a Silver Shovel award in 2007. The state ... Read More

Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant is top-producing U.S. factory, report says

Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo ranks as the top-producing U.S. factory, according to a report in Automobile Magazine. And the General Motors Co. Fairfax Assembly Plant in ... Read More

3M expands a photovoltaic film plant to power up its solar sales

3M Co. has completed the expansion of a solar-film manufacturing plant in Missouri, a move aimed at growing its presence in the highly competitive solar panel segment. The Maplewood-based conglomerate said ... Read More

Missouri Cities Rank in Forbes “Best Small Places for Business and Careers”

Forbes’ 14th annual ranking of the “Best Small Places for Business and Careers” looks at 12 metrics relating to job growth (past and projected), costs (business and living), income growth over ... Read More

Study predicts dramatic decline in lithium ion battery costs

The price of automotive lithium ion batteries is expected to fall dramatically by the end of the decade and even further by 2025, according to a McKinsey Research study released today. ... Read More