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  • Refresco employee on the product inspection line.

    Refresco plans for $22M expansion in Warren County production plant

    This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on Feb. 21, 2023.  Refresco, a Netherlands-based beverage bottler, is bolstering its presence locally with plans to invest $22 million…

  • Boeing added 900 jobs to the region last year

    This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on Feb. 17, 2023.   Boeing added hundreds to its St. Louis-area workforce last year, with an eye toward the next…

  • Ethan Koenig, 20, welds a steel T-joint at the Center for Workforce Innovation at St. Louis Community College.

    Local Manufacturers look to schools as a way to recruit new workers

    This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on Feb. 13, 2023.  Facing a worker shortage, companies in the St. Louis region are working in new ways with…

  • Emerson Electric St. Louis headquarters building located in Ferguson.

    Emerson Electric decides to keep Headquarters in St. Louis

    This article originally ran on St. Louis Business Journal on Feb. 8, 2023.  Ferguson-based Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) will keep its headquarters in St. Louis, the company said Wednesday. Emerson’s…

  • $40 Million Grant Opportunity to Develop Megasites in Illinois

    This article originally ran in the Illinois.Gov on Monday, February 6, 2023.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Governor Pritzker today joined state and local leaders, along with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity…