Yearly Archives: 2021

Looking At Business Expansion? Start With These Four Criteria

Expansion could be a key to growth, but if you don’t know why you’re doing it, it’s going to be hard to find the right spot. Missouri Partnership CEO, Subash Alias, ... Read More

Swift Prepared Foods Opens New Meat Production Facility in Missouri

Swift Prepared Foods, a leading food solutions company, cut the ribbon on its new $68 million facility in Moberly, Missouri. The new facility will produce ready-to-eat, fully cooked bacon, and it’s ... Read More

New Global Cybersecurity Initiative Launches in Missouri

The Global Center for Cybersecurity @ Cortex (GCC), a new cybersecurity initiative backed by the Cortex Innovation Community and aimed at fostering collaboration globally within the cyber industry, has launched in ... Read More

Advanced Manufacturer Invests in Moscow Mills, Missouri

Elite Tool, an advanced manufacturing company specializing in machining and fabrication, recently announced plans to invest more than $3 million in its existing facility in Moscow Mills, Missouri. The company’s expansion ... Read More

#ThrowbackThursday: Veteran United Sees Unprecedented Growth in Missouri

Columbia, Missouri-based Veterans United Home Loans (VU) is the nation’s leading full-service VA mortgage lender, and has seen tremendous growth in Missouri in recent years. In 2020, VU announced plans to ... Read More

#MissouriMade T-7A Red Hawk Completes First Production Digital Splice in Record Time

Leading global aerospace and defense manufacturer Boeing has completed its first digital splice of the new T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet at its St. Louis, Missouri, facility. The front fuselage of ... Read More

Amazon Is Finding Missouri to Be A “Prime” Location; Hires More Than 6,000 Employees in Three Years

When Amazon announced its first fulfillment center in Missouri in 2018, the retail giant expected to hire around 1,500 workers at its facility in St. Peters. Today, that location is 6,000 ... Read More

Financial Services Company Announces Plan to Double Workforce in Missouri

P Paddio, a full-service mortgage lender specializing in conventional and FHA home loans, recently announced the successful creation of 100 new jobs at its office in Springfield, Missouri. The company, which launched ... Read More

Missouri Partnership Celebrates Economic Development Week 2021

Communities across the globe spent the past few days participating in the 2021 Economic Development Week, which was created by the International Economic Development Council. The goal of Economic Development Week ... Read More

#ThrowbackThursday: Global Fintech Leader Comes Home to Missouri

In January 2016, Square Inc., a leading financial services and technology company, began the process of moving from Silicon Valley to St. Louis. This was a homecoming of sorts for the ... Read More