Mon, Jun 18, 2012
6. Missouri 2011 startup rate: 400 per 100,000 adults Move over Detroit. The big guns of manufacturing have turned sweet on Missouri — and GM, Ford and even Boeing are opening or expanding factories here. Smaller suppliers and job shops are following, in hopes of capitalizing on the boom, said Daniel Mehan, president of Missouri’s […]
Thu, Jun 14, 2012
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. has been awarded a $3.68 million federal grant aimed at encouraging innovative manufacturing. The recipient is an O’Fallon, Mo.-based company that makes silicon wafers for solar panels and semiconductor wafers. It’s one of several companies named by the U.S. Department of Energy as winners of more than $54 million in grants […]
Sun, Jun 10, 2012
Pursuing the development of small modular reactors for Missouri would fit well with the energy needs of the state (“Energy firms discuss nuclear plans with Mo. panel,” June 7). Being able to add electrical capacity in smaller increments, instead of building very large 1,000-megawatt nuclear plants, has many advantages. The cost per unit is smaller, […]
Thu, Jun 7, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 6, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute today hosted a “Missouri Energy Symposium” at the National World War I Memorial to discuss the job-creating impact of new U.S. energy production and the resulting manufacturing prospects for Missouri, as part of its national energy conversation “Vote 4 Energy.” “Poll after poll shows American […]
Thu, Jun 7, 2012
Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Co. are meeting on the University of Missouri campus today to begin discussing how the university’s engineering resources can help the companies secure a federal grant. The afternoon session starts with a working lunch featuring remarks from MU administrators followed by a series of presentations about the College of Engineering, […]
Thu, Jun 7, 2012
Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Co. are meeting on the University of Missouri campus today to begin discussing how the university’s engineering resources can help the companies secure a federal grant. The afternoon session starts with a working lunch featuring remarks from MU administrators followed by a series of presentations about the College of Engineering, […]
