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US Motor Works Announces Plans to Open New Distribution Center in Missouri

US Motor Works, a manufacturer and distributor of after-market automotive parts, plans to invest $19.2 million in a new, 167,000-square-foot distribution center in Liberty, Missouri. The facility, which will be located ... Read More

Missouri featured in Business Xpansion Journal

Did you know Kansas City is part of The Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone (GKCFTZ), which handles more volume than the Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and Minneapolis FTZs? The GKCFTZ was ... 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

Verde Resources Continues Growth After Missouri Northeast Expansion

Verde Resources, Inc, has announced a partnership with Green Carbon Industries (GCI), securing exclusive biochar asphalt intellectual property rights and forming an official partnership with Puro.Earth for engineered carbon removal.  In ... Read More

Columbia’s New Principe Foods Facility Earns Industry Praise

In its July/August issue, Construction Executive dives deep into the collaboration between Principe Foods, a subsidiary of Swift Prepared Foods, and the Florida-based construction company Stellar in bringing this $200 million, ... Read More

First Major Lithium Iron Phosphate Plant in U.S. is Coming to Missouri

ICL Group, a global specialty minerals company, recently broke ground on its new $400 million lithium iron phosphate (LFP) plant, set to create 150 jobs in St. Louis, Missouri. The Company, ... 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

Dennis Pruitt on Realtime Real Estate Podcast

Dennis Pruitt, Vice President of Business Development for Missouri Partnership was a guest on Realtime Real Estate with Charlie Hinderliter, SVP of Government Affairs for St. Louis REALTORS® and Jim Alexander, Vice ... Read More

Missouri’s Aerospace Industry Soars as Boeing Plans $1.8 Billion Expansion

Just as we’re seeing more and more investment by building materials and food production companies in Missouri, Boeing turns our attention back to aerospace with plans for a $1.8 billion project ... Read More