R&D

API Innovation Center in St. Louis Achieves Milestone in Developing Technology for U.S. Production of Lomustine, a Crucial Cancer Medication

API Innovation Center (APIIC), a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling the delivery of market-competitive commercial supply of U.S.-made active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to address national health security, announced a breakthrough in ... Read More

Earth Day Spotlight: Missouri’s CoverCress Leads the Way in Greentech 

CoverCress Named TIME Magazine’s America’s Top GreenTech Companies, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Pioneers 2024 Winner CoverCress, a St. Louis-based agtech firm in pursuit of a renewable and sustainable energy sources ... Read More

Hart, Inc., a Healthcare Technology Company, Selects Kansas City for New Headquarters to Support Clients Leading the Industry

Kansas City, Mo. – January 18, 2024  – Hart, Inc., will locate its new national headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, announced local officials. An innovative health care data transformation company that ... Read More

Top Agribusiness Insurance Firm Expanding in Missouri, Adding 200 Jobs

Specialty Risk Insurance is expanding its operations in Carthage, Missouri. The company, which offers insurance coverage related to agribusiness, commercial, and aviation, is investing $5.3 million in a new location that ... Read More

Missouri Partnership CEO Subash Alias Discusses Multiplier Effect of Business Attraction on Corn Talk Podcast

Missouri Partnership works with several state, regional, and local partners to help amplify our message about the top sectors of Missouri’s diverse economy. One of them being the food and beverage ... Read More

University of Missouri Expands Medical Research Reactor Facility, Increasing Supply of Lifesaving Treatments for Various Cancers

The $20 million, 47,000-square-foot addition to the MU Research Reactor (MURR) facility will support its growing workforce and drive more research and development in the field of nuclear science. MU’s MURR ... Read More

Sustainable Agtech Firm Opens New 48,000-square-foot Manufacturing and R&D Facility in Missouri

Pivot Bio Inc., a California-based agtech firm, is opening a new 48,000-square-foot manufacturing and research & development facility in Hazelwood, Missouri. St. Louis has become a midwest hub for Pivot Bio’s ... Read More

Missouri Company Turns a Weed into Fuel

After nearly a decade of controlled breeding and gene-splicing, an oil-rich plant commonly considered a weed, field pennycress, has been transformed into CoverCress, a source for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation ... Read More

Karla Klingner’s Columbia, Missouri Company Promotes Agroecology to Improve Health and Combat Food Deserts

Karla Klingner, CEO of Columbia, Missouri-based Palindromes Inc., is actively involved in agroecology and building a resilient and equitable food system to combat food deserts and prevent health issues related to ... Read More

Geospatial and AgTech Meet in St. Louis

Following the 2018 NGA West announcement, geospatial and agtech companies have flocked to St. Louis, creating a new industry sector at the intersection of Missouri’s already thriving agtech industry and its ... Read More