Monthly Archives: November 2015

Black & McDonald expands U.S. headquarters in Missouri

The electrical contracting and engineering company acquired a 25,000-square-foot office complex adjacent to its existing facility at 6001 Front St. in Kansas City, a release from the Toronto-based company said. Kansas ... Read More

Two Missouri companies take home top Presidential honors

This year, half of the honored recipients of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Awards, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence, hail from Missouri! MidwayUSA in Columbia and Mid-America Transplant ... Read More

MMC Contractors will add 42 jobs as result of $3M expansion project

MMC Contractors is planning to add 42 jobs with an average annual salary of $94,000 through an expansion of its current location at 13800 Wyandotte St. in Kansas City’s Martin City ... Read More

Missouri Moves Up in Corporate Income Tax Index Ranking

Missouri’s corporate income tax rate of 6.25 percent, was bested only by South Dakota and Wyoming, which tied at No. 1 for having no corporate tax rates. Because Missouri allows 50% ... Read More

Cleveland chemicals company to move HQ to St. Louis

Cleveland-based chemicals firm Vectra, formerly known as OM Group, announced Monday it would be moving its headquarters to St. Louis. Vectra is a specialty chemicals company that includes three businesses — ... Read More

New Springfield call center promises 200 jobs

The center is scheduled to open December 1. The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce announced FLS Connect, a political communication and fundraising company based in Minnesota, has leased the former Strategic ... Read More

Long-time Missouri co. to embark on its largest expansion

The hunting, outdoor and sporting goods distributor Green Supply is creating 31 new jobs and growing its warehouse distribution center in Vandalia. The company is already hiring for six of these ... Read More

St. Louis Among Top 10 Markets with the Most Manufacturing Graduates

St. Louis ranked 5th for number of graduates according to Site Selection Group. Site Selection Group, a global site selection and economic incentive firm specializing in labor analytics, used recent data ... Read More

Kansas City and St. Louis Among the top 20 Metro Areas for Warehouse Construction

Site Selection Group researched the top metro areas that are trying to keep pace with the demand for facilities. Kansas City ranked 11th with 3.72 million square feet of warehouse real ... Read More

Fenton Logistics Park to break ground next summer

The business park is planned for the site that once was home to a Chrysler plant. Construction of the 190-acre Fenton Logistics Park is expected to start next summer, with occupancy ... Read More