St. Louis Region

Missouri Business Attraction Project, American Foods Group, Wins Business Facilities’ 2023 Impact Award

Missouri was honored with Business Facilities’ 2023 Impact Award for American Foods Group’s (AFG) $800 million investment in the state. With plans to create 1,300 new jobs and a projected annual ... Read More

How Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff Fell in Love with Missouri 

In an ironic twist of fate, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first wifi doorbell, Jamie Siminoff appeared as a Guest Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank. Five years prior, he and ... Read More

German Security Company Opens First North American Facility in Missouri

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – January 10, 2024 – Frogfish Corp., a German security company specializing in surveillance cameras and other safety products, recently announced plans to open an office in St. ... Read More

Fortune 100 Food Distributor Investing $120 Million in St. Louis Missouri

One of North America’s largest food distributors, Performance Food Group (PFG), is expanding in the St. Louis area, investing $120 Million and creating nearly 100 jobs in the NorthPark District of ... Read More

Boeing-Backed Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center to Launch Workforce Development Program in Early 2024

AMICSTL (Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center-STL), recently marked the development of its private and publicly funded cutting-edge facility in St. Louis with a groundbreaking ceremony. AMICSTL aims to create an epicenter for ... Read More

Tech Hubs and Top Talent: Missouri Cities Recognized for Tech Innovation and Workforce

Kansas City and St. Louis have been gaining ground in the tech industry for years. Now the world is taking notice of these larger metros as well as Missouri’s up-and-coming communities.  ... Read More

Homegrown Success: St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear Workshop Opening its First Store in Italy

Italy’s first Build-A-Bear store will be located inside Hamleys, the world’s oldest toy store chain, on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, a well-known historic shopping street in Milan. The store will be ... Read More

Missouri’s High School Apprenticeship Programs Aim to Ready Students for Workforce While Filling Skills Gap

Apprenticeship programs have gained recognition for their effectiveness in bridging the gap between education and the formalized training required for various careers. Many technical jobs in Missouri’s key industries require specialized ... Read More

Missouri Companies Make Inc. 5000 

71 Missouri companies made this year’s Inc. 5000, a ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Landing at number three, Birch Creek Energy from St. Louis is in the top ten. ... Read More

Sustainable Agtech Firm Opens New 48,000-square-foot Manufacturing and R&D Facility in Missouri

Pivot Bio Inc., a California-based agtech firm, is opening a new 48,000-square-foot manufacturing and research & development facility in Hazelwood, Missouri. St. Louis has become a midwest hub for Pivot Bio’s ... Read More