Manufacturing

Missouri Businesses Awarded $5.1 Million For Workforce Training Assistance

Missouri’s Department of Economic Development’s Division of Workforce Development recently announced it has awarded $5.1 million to 186 companies across Missouri to help train workers for new and existing positions. The ... Read More

Boeing Awarded $9.2 Billion Contract For U.S. Air Force T-X Trainer Jet

Boeing Co., a global aerospace and defense manufacturer, has been awarded a $9.2 billion contract by the U.S. Air Force to produce the T-X trainer jet. Boeing and its partner Saab ... Read More

Fifteen Missouri Counties Earn Work Ready Status

Fifteen Missouri counties recently earned Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status. Knox, Osage, Gasconade, Holt, Atchison, Texas, Gentry, Taney, Worth, Bates, Ralls, St. Clair, Montgomery, Ozark and Cass counties each earned ... Read More

Site Selection: Show Me the Skills

To get a glimpse of the Show Me State’s resourceful nature, just look at its people. Missouri’s workforce boasts a work ethic and high level of skill that can only be ... Read More

Site Selection: Feast of Plenty

As the geographic center of the nation’s population, Missouri lies at the crossroads of America’s food and food production sectors. The Show Me State is home to nearly 100,000 farms, second-most ... Read More

Missouri Universities Named Among Best In U.S.

Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri, was recently named among the best U.S. colleges in an annual ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The Missouri university tied for the 19th ... Read More

Advanced Manufacturing Company Expands In Missouri

Apex Plastics, a plastics manufacturing company with capabilities in blow molding, injection molding and profile extrusion, recently announced plans to expand with a new 22,275 sq. ft. warehouse at its state-of-the-art ... Read More

Distillery Announces Expansion In Missouri, 30+ New Jobs

J. Rieger & Co. Distillery recently announced plans to expand in Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms neighborhood. The expansion will help the distillery quintuple production to meet growing demand, and expects ... Read More

Boeing Awarded $805 Million Drone Contract

Boeing, an aerospace and defense manufacturing company, has been awarded an $805 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to design, build and deliver four MQ-25A Stingray drones. The unmanned ... Read More

Two Missouri Cities Ranked Among Best In Midwest For Startups

St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, have been ranked among the best cities in the Midwest for startups in 2018 by MidwestStartups.com. St. Louis ranked fourth on the list of 54 ... Read More