Yearly Archives: 2017

Dollar Tree to invest more than $100M and create 375 new jobs in Missouri

Today, the Missouri Department of Economic Development announced that Dollar Tree will invest approximately $110 million to build a 1.2 million square foot distribution facility in Warrensburg, Mo. Dollar Tree expects ... Read More

Advanced Manufacturing Company Expands In Missouri, Adds 105 New Jobs

Altec Industries, a provider of products and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs, and contractor markets, announced plans to expand near St. Joseph, Missouri. The expansion ... Read More

Missouri Zoo Named “Best Zoo In U.S.”

The St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri, has been named the 2017 USA Today Readers’ Choice for Best U.S. Zoo, according to a USA Today poll. A panel of zoo ... Read More

Food Solutions Company Expands In Missouri, Adds 70 New Jobs

SugarCreek, a food manufacturing company that provides a wide range of value added raw and fully cooked products for some of the largest brands in the industry, is expanding in Carthage, ... Read More

Forbes: Agtech Leadership; It’s Missouri’s Story

Recently, on Forbes.com, Missouri’s global agtech leadership and our work to promote that to companies around the world was featured by Steve Olenski. Agtech is not necessarily one of those areas ... Read More

Missouri Companies May Soon Have Access to Talent 240 Miles Away

Every day across the U.S. employees commute to and from their place of work. In Missouri, that commute could soon be as long 240 miles one way. Does it seem like ... Read More

Food Solutions a Huge Part of Missouri’s Economy

In the January issue of Trade & Industry Development magazine, reporter Jennifer Alten highlighted Missouri as home of some exciting examples of successful agricultural businesses and food processing centers. Missouri’s robust ... Read More

Health Innovation Company Expands In Missouri

Catalent Pharma Solutions, a leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, has expanded their facility in Kansas City, Missouri. The new ... Read More

Event Highlights Foreign Direct Investment In Missouri

Economic development partners from around Missouri met with representatives from 13 countries this week to discuss the past and future of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Missouri. Economic professionals from China, ... Read More

Food Solutions Company Announces Plans To Invest $100 Million, Create 150 New Jobs In Missouri

Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading producer and processor of store-brand organic milk and butter for U.S. retailers, announced plans to construct a new dairy processing facility in Columbia, Missouri. The new ... Read More