Yearly Archives: 2016

FedEx Ground Package System Expands In Springfield, Missouri

FedEx Ground Package System hosted a ribbon-cutting event for their new 225,000 sq. ft. facility in Springfield, Missouri. The expanded facility includes 55 loading doors, 125 van loading locations and is ... Read More

Hallmark Cards Inc. Expands In Missouri With New Distribution Center

Hallmark Cards Inc. cut the ribbon on their new 500,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Independence, Missouri. Tom Lesnak, president of the Independence Council for Economic Development, said the ribbon-cutting ceremony ... Read More

Cushman & Wakefield Expands In Missouri, Adds 600 New Jobs

Cushman & Wakefield U.S. Inc., a global leader in commercial real estate services, plans to locate its new 90,000 sq. ft. office in Town and Country, a suburb of St. Louis, ... Read More

Boeing Opens New Commercial Airplane Facility in Missouri

Boeing Co. opened their first commercial aircraft facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The 424,000 sq. ft. facility will be used to manufacture composite parts for the new 777X commercial jetliner. Production ... Read More

Missouri Expansions & Accolades On Rise In October

As the weather begins to cool, announcements of expansions and accolades are heating up in Missouri. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a global producer of water management solutions and manufacturer of high ... Read More

McDonald & Nodaway Become Latest In Long Line Of Missouri Counties To Earn CWRC Status

McDonald & Nodaway counties have become the latest in the long line of Missouri counties to earn Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status. CWRC is an American College Testing (ACT) designation ... Read More

Missouri-based Advanced Manufacturing Company Expands, Adds New Jobs

American Discovery Textile Manufacturing, LLC is expanding their operations in Glasgow, Missouri. The expansion represents more than $577,000 in new investment and the company plans to add 38 new jobs in ... Read More

Monsanto’s Fraley Discusses GMOs & Their Importance To The Future

“Thousands of independent researchers have consistently found that GMOs benefit not only farmers and the public, but also biodiversity, soil quality, water quality, carbon sequestration—in short, the environment.” These are the ... Read More

Every Aluminum Coca-Cola Bottle In North America Is #MadeInMissouri

Did you know that every aluminum Coca-Cola bottle in North America is made right here in Missouri? Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in Truesdale, Missouri is the sole producer of the aluminum bottles ... Read More

Missouri Cities Among Top In Nation For Global Trade

Joplin, Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri, have been named among the top U.S. cities for global trade, according to Global Trade Magazine. Joplin, Missouri was named among the top 15 ... Read More