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ICYMI: Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech and President Obama

In case you missed it, here is our July newsletter. You can sign up to receive future newsletters here.   Missouri: A Center of Advanced Manufacturing Excellence President Obama Highlights Missouri’s ... Read More

President Obama Highlights Missouri’s AgTech Strength in Keynote Address

On June 20, 2016, President Barack Obama gave the keynote speech at the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington DC. At the 2015 “summit, an agricultural tech company from Surat [India] ... Read More

Video: CertainTeed Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Missouri

On June 7, CertainTeed Roofing opened its new $100 million facility in Jonesburg, Missouri. The 60,000 square-foot manufacturing plant and adjacent 150,000 square-foot warehouse will serve as the production and distribution ... Read More

Video: Advanced Manufacturing Company Hartmann Enters US Market Via Missouri

On June 2, 2016, Brodrene Hartmann entered the US market with the groundbreaking at its first US manufacturing plant. We grabbed our iPhone 6 and heading out to Rolla, Missouri, to capture ... Read More

Global food packaging manufacturer opens first U.S. location in Rolla with ground breaking ceremony

Global food packaging manufacturer Brodrene Hartmann A/S opened its first U.S. location in Rolla, Missouri, with a ground breaking ceremony and event. The $30 million project is expected to bring 50 ... Read More

Online retailer Yogabed chooses Missouri for new distribution center

The Atlanta-based mattress retailer’s decision to open a new distribution and fulfillment center in Chesterfield Valley was largely influenced by Missouri’s strategic location. Yogabed expects to employ 10 to 20 workers ... Read More

AAIPharma/CML creating 30 new jobs in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO—The Missouri Department of Economic Development today announced that AAIPharma Services Corp. / Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc., (AAI/CML) will invest $10.7 million in area operations to move its St. ... Read More

Global food packaging manufacturer selects Rolla for its first U.S. location

Copenhagen, Denmark-based Hartmann US will embark on $30 million-expansion and create 50 new jobs. Weeks after meeting with company officials, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that Danish company Brodrene Hartmann A/S ... Read More

Indian AgTech Company to Establish US HQ at Helix Center

The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced today that Indian AgTech company Lacgene Technologies is establishing its U.S. headquarters at the Helix Center Biotech Incubator in St. Louis, Missouri. The U.S. ... 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