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Department of Economic Development announces expansion of KC architecture firm

Clockwork Architecture + Design, a Kansas City-based firm, will be expanding their operations locally. The expansion project includes a $1,035,800 capital investment and is expected to create eight new jobs. “Clockwork ... Read More

Watson Metal Masters to invest $4.8 million in new manufacturing facility in Republic

The expansion is expected to create 77 new jobs A new $4.8 million manufacturing plant being built in Republic by Watson Metal Masters is expected to create 77 new jobs, Gov. ... Read More

North Kansas City lands big PBI-Gordon distribution facility

PBI-Gordon Corp. has leased 212,000 square feet of office, warehouse and distribution space at 1300 Quebec St. in North Kansas City from Zimmer Real Estate Services LC. PBI-Gordon, a Kansas City-based ... Read More

DED announces bio tech startup to expand in Columbia, expected creation of 50 new jobs

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that Nanova Biomaterials, Inc., (NBI), an early stage bio technology company in Columbia, is expanding its operations. The company’s expansion project includes ... Read More

Leading automotive parts supplier to bring 118 jobs to Kansas City, Gov. Nixon announces

Missouri’s resurgent automotive industry is bringing another leading automotive parts supplier and more jobs to the Kansas City region, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today. Grupo Antolin North America will invest more ... Read More

Gov. Nixon joins company officials in opening new Pharma Medica Research facility in St. Charles

Gov. Jay Nixon today joined leadership of Pharma Medica Research Inc. as well as local government and economic development officials in cutting the ribbon on the company’s new research facility in ... Read More

USA Mortgage expands to Kansas City, adds lenders in St. Louis

USA Mortgage/DAS Acquisition Co. is expanding to Kansas City, with the addition of two offices and eight lenders, and growing in St. Louis, with the hiring of two lenders from Pulaski ... Read More

BioMerieux builds ‘lab of the future’ in Hazelwood

BioMerieux, a French-owned medical diagnostics firm, has built a lab at its Hazelwood manufacturing center it says will foster quicker research and development of drugs. The lab of the future, as ... Read More

Cofactor Genomics invested $3.8 million in its St. Louis expansion, plans to create 24 new jobs

Gov. Jay Nixon today joined officials from Cofactor Genomics to celebrate the opening of the company’s new $3.8 million headquarters and laboratory facility in St. Louis. As part of this expansion, ... Read More

‘Remote presence’ provider beams into KC tech market

Suitable Technologies will be opening an international support office with eight or nine employees on the 23rd floor of City Center Square, 1100 Main St. Kansas City frequently is chosen for ... Read More