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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on August 23, 2023.  Indonesia has signed an agreement to buy up to 24 St. Louis-made F-15EX fighter jets from The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), another boost for the aerospace giant as it pursues a major expansion of its north St. Louis County operations. The acquisition is subject to approval […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on August 18, 2023.  Construction has begun on the $61 million Advanced Manufacturing Center on the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College that officials say will prepare students to excel in the high-tech skills required to make various products. Students will receive hands-on training in state-of-the-art labs, preparing […]

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The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) and the St. Louis Regional Freightway teamed up on August 10 to host a Rail Freight Tour to raise awareness of one of the nation’s largest rail hubs, with a focus on investment needs and opportunities for both freight and passenger rail and associated roads and bridges that are part of the […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on August 9, 2023.  The St. Louis Airport Commission on Wednesday approved leasing about 158 acres to The Boeing Co. for a $1.8 billion expansion project that would create 500 jobs. The 17-year lease consists of a 48.3-acre parcel along Banshee Road referred to as the Northern Tract, the former site […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on August 9, 2023.  U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, during a visit to St. Louis on Tuesday, touted an Israeli firm’s plans to manufacture a key component for electric vehicle batteries in the city. The Department of Energy is backing the $400 million project — to produce lithium iron phosphate for batteries […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on August 3, 2023.  More details about the redevelopment of an industrial district south of the Gateway Arch, a centerpiece of a $1.3 billion proposed new construction innovation district, have been revealed in documents advertising for construction subcontractors. The first phase of the Gateway South redevelopment from St. Louis-based developer […]

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This article originally ran on MissouriNet.com on August 2, 2023.  An argument could be raised that Missouri is pumping out manufacturing jobs like nobody’s business. From cars to windows and food products, a Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry report says Missouri has outperformed the nation in creating manufacturing jobs. About 35,000 have come on board since 2010. According to […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on July 25, 2023.  The world’s third-largest supplier of a crucial piece in electronic devices has expanded its plant here and will soon begin producing a new kind of part that’s aimed at addressing a major shortage that’s devastated global supply chains. GlobalWafers Co. has completed a $300 million expansion […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on June 22, 2023. The Boeing Co. plans to expand its operations in north St. Louis County in an investment that would be larger than the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency headquarters under construction in north St. Louis. Dubbed Project Voyager and described as supporting “new aerospace programs,” plans call for the […]

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This article originally ran in The Waterways Journal on June 22, 2023. St. Louis, Mo.-based grain trader and oil seed processor Bunge announced June 13 that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Viterra, together with certain affiliates of Glencore PLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, to merge with Viterra in a stock […]

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This article originally ran in The Illinois Business Journal on July 10, 2023.  The Illinois Department of Transportation unveiled a plan on Friday for spending nearly $41 billion in federal, state, and local funds over the next six years to repair and upgrade roads, bridges, airports, rail lines, and other infrastructure throughout the state. The latest version of the plan, which […]

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This article originally ran in The Illinois Business Journal on July 7, 2023.  West Star Aviation officially broke ground on July 6, 2023, on a major expansion project at their East Alton, Ill. (ALN) MRO facility. Once complete, the expansion will add 75,700 square feet of space bringing the total facility to just over 500,000 square feet of hangar, back […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on June 30, 2023.  An abrasives manufacturer has finished its expansion of its St. Charles County factory, its second expansion in three years. VSM Abrasives, the O’Fallon, Missouri-headquartered U.S. subsidiary of a German abrasives manufacturer, has completed a $6 million, 50,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing plant at 1012 E. Wabash […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on July 3, 2023.  Bastian Solutions, an Indianapolis-based firm that provides material handling systems and supply chain technology, has opened a new facility to house its robotics division in St. Louis. Bastian has begun operating from its new 140,177-square-foot facility at 3143 Riverport Tech Center Drive in Maryland Heights. Bastian […]

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This article originally ran on Fox 2 Now on July 1, 2023.  Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed a close to $52 billion state budget, which includes billions in funding to expand Interstate 70 but also cuts roughly $555 million in spending lawmakers wanted. Explaining $555 million in cuts to the spending plan legislators passed in May, the Republican governor […]

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This article originally ran on St. Louis CNR on June 20, 2023.  Construction is underway on the first of five planned distribution facilities at the $129 million Lakeside Logistics Center in St. Peters, Mo..  Contegra Construction broke ground on a 490,000-square-foot distribution center for developer NorthPoint Development.  The facility will be completed by the end of this year. Located on a 190-acre site at 16000 […]

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This article originally ran on the American Journal of Transportation on June 16, 2023.  Supply & Demand Chain Executive publication has named the St. Louis Regional Freightway and Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) as one of the winners of this year’s Top Supply Chain Projects awards. The award recognizes the organizations for the $222 million Merchants Bridge replacement […]

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This article originally ran on Spectrum News on June 16, 2023.  Construction will begin in December on a two-phase project that officials say will dramatically increase activity and grow jobs at a St. Clair County port along the Kaskaskia River. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., visited the Kaskaskia Regional Port District terminal in New Athens Friday, to talk about an […]

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This article originally ran on St. Louis Post Dispatch on June 13, 2023. The recent opening of a major expansion of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport’s terminal was marked at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday attended by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other officials. The project added more than 41,000 square feet to the terminal, almost doubling its size. The expansion area […]

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This article originally ran on St. Louis Business Journal on May 24, 2023. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has OK’d a master plan for St. Louis Lambert International Airport that runs through 2040, including a massive project to reconfigure the facility with a new, single terminal, the airport said Wednesday. The FAA, in conjunction with Lambert consultant WSP, will now […]

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