2008 In the News Archives
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December 2, 2008
Washington University Research to Advance Clean Coal Technology
December 2, 2008
The nation's two largest coal companies and one of the largest coal-burning utilities agreed to give Washington University in St. Louis $12 million over the next five years to help make the St. Louis area a hub for clean-coal research.
October 30, 2008
MidAmerica Airport Welcomes First Regular Intercontinental Cargo Shipment From South America
October 30, 2008
The first weekly floral shipment from Bogotá, Colombia, landed at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport last Thursday, affirming the airport's position as a key Midwestern distribution hub for Miami-based Teqflor International Logistics. The airport was chosen for its ideally-suited location and is expected to play a key role in increasing Midwest exporting capabilities to 21 different Latin American markets.
October 24, 2008
$9 million R&D expansion under way for bioMérieux
October 24, 2008
BioMérieux, a medical diagnostics firm in Hazelwood, Mo., is building a 40,000-square-foot facility on its 25-acre campus in the Brown Campus office park to house R&D activities.
October 17, 2008
Covidien launches $100 million plant expansion, adds jobs
October 17, 2008
Health-care products company Covidien Ltd. is embarking on a $100 million expansion of its St. Louis County facilities over the next five years. The expansion will add an additional 30 new jobs in scientific and research and development areas to the company's more than 2,500 local employees.
September 10, 2008
Illinois to get ethanol facility
September 10, 2008
Abengoa Bioenergy announced plans to build a $275 million ethanol production facility on a 79-acre site in the Tri-City Regional Port District in Madison, Ill.
September 3, 2008
Emerson to Open New, State-of-the-Art Global Data Center
September 3, 2008
Emerson Electric Co. announced plans to build a 35,000-square-foot data center in St. Louis in order to consolidate its 100 data centers around the world into four over the next few years.
August 21, 2008
American named runner up for best weekly in North America
August 21, 2008
The St. Louis American has garnered one of its most prestigious honors in its 80-year history. The American was named runner up for Newspaper of the Year, for all weekly newspapers in North America above 37,500 in circulation, by Suburban Newspapers of America.
July 30, 2008
Missouri No. 1 for manufacturing, logistics
July 30, 2008
A recent report by Ball State University's Bureau of Business Research named Missouri as the best state in the country for manufacturing and logistics, according to two reports released in July 2008.
July 18, 2008
Sunrise suburbs
July 18, 2008
As St. Louis' suburbs have spread as far west as most people feel is reasonable, the eastern side of the Mississippi River in towns like Edwardsville, Fairview Heights and Shiloh have grown in an unprecedented way.
July 11, 2008
Furniture Brands to change corporate structure, move headquarters
July 11, 2008
Furniture maker Furniture Brands International Inc. said it is changing its corporate structure from a holding company to an operating company and will move to a new world headquarters in Clayton.
July 10, 2008
Startup firm focuses on getting a cheap, close look at cells
July 10, 2008
If PixelEXX Systems succeeds, cancer and drug researchers soon may have a novel, inexpensive and extremely precise method for monitoring cell activity. The company is developing a prototype imaging device and a method for manufacturing it.
July 8, 2008
Incubator looks to give tech companies a start
July 8, 2008
IT Enterprises, the University of Missouri-St. Louis' new high-performance computing center and business incubator is moving in its first tenant, Binarydock Inc. The incubator has room for a dozen firms and it is expected to become a vibrant regional core for information technology.
July 1, 2008
Reservations for Research
July 2008
Site Selection magazine explores technology developments being pushed to the limits at research and science parks around the world, including The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis and its plans to build the Bio-Research & Development Growth Park.
June 28, 2008
Down To Business: St. Louis Gets Serious About Tech Talent
June 28, 2008
After the St. Louis business community identified tech talent as a shared concern for the region, local organizations launched a program called Greater St. Louis Works last July to define the scope of the region's IT talent challenges and figure out ways to address them. Today Greater St. Louis Works is receiving credit for the efforts that have since followed.
June 27, 2008
Millipore Unveils Expanded Drug Discovery Development Facility in St. Charles, Missouri
June 27, 2008
Millipore completed the $3.4 million expansion of 17,000 sq. ft. of space in its St. Charles, MO, facility, which is the headquarters for its Drug Discovery Business Unit. The company plans to hire an additional 60 employees at the St. Charles site, which currently employs 187.
June 24, 2008
World Wide Technology plans facility at Panattoni's Lakeview Commerce Center
June 24, 2008
World Wide Technology recently contracted for a 700,000-square-foot facility at Panattoni Development Co. Inc.'s 700-acre Lakeview Commerce Center industrial park in Edwardsville, Ill. to serve as a cross-dock distribution facility.
June 6, 2008
St. Louis Region Wins 2008 All-America City Award
June 6, 2008
The St. Louis region won the 2008 All-America City Award presented by the National Civic League in Tampa. St. Louis was the only "region" to make the finalist group from among the nominees, and is only metro region in the nation to be designated an All-America City.
June 1, 2008
Best Biotech Places & Emerging Clusters
June 2008
Genome Technology examines which regions are pulling ahead in the biotech industry, and the St. Louis region was named as one of the emerging biotech regions. Several organizations are helping St. Louis establish itself as a significant biotech sector.
May 12, 2008
Veran Medical Technologies Secures $4.75 Million in Funding
May 12, 2008
Medical device startup company Veran Medical Technologies announced it has secured $4.75 million in venture capital funding to improve product sales and distribution. The three-year-old company recently relocated its headquarters to St. Louis in order to build relationships with the local medical community.
May 5, 2008
Procter and Gamble Expands in Edwardsville
May 5, 2008
Procter and Gamble announced plans to expand its operations in Gateway Commerce Center after signing a six-year lease in order to increase warehouse space and to create a new customizing operation for its products.
May 5, 2008
U.S. Steel Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Expansion in Granite City
May 5, 2008
United States Steel Corporation and SunCoke Energy, Inc. began construction today on a $570 million joint capital investment project. The new coke-making plant, to be owned and operated by Gateway Energy and Coke Company, will provide fuel and steam to an adjacent steel foundry.
April 21, 2008
FlightSafety Announces Plans for New Learning Center in St. Louis
April 21, 2008
FlightSafety International will build a new 80,000-square-foot Learning Center in St. Louis, Missouri to increase training services and support to Regional Airlines. The facility will accommodate up to nine full flight simulators and will offer advanced technology equipped classrooms and customer service and support areas.
April 10, 2008
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Moves Madison Employees to St. Louis Headquarters
April 10, 2008
Brown Shoe Company, Inc., announced that it will bring employees from its Madison, Wis.-based retail to its headquarters in St. Louis in order to create a more connected footwear company for the future.
April 3, 2008
New Facility on the Rise at Scott Air Force Base
April 3, 2008
The United States Transportation Command broke ground April 3 for the command's new facility on Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The building, to be located behind the current USTRANSCOM headquarters building, is due to be completed by 2010.
March 26, 2008
Gov. Blunt, China's Investment Promotion Agency and Trade Development Bureau Sign Agreement to Promote Missouri Trade
March 26, 2008
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt today signed an agreement with the Investment Promotion Agency and the Trade Development Bureau, on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce, that could make St. Louis a new transportation hub for trade with China and increase exports between Missouri and China.
March 3, 2008
Economic Development Successes in St. Louis Earn National Recognition
March 3, 2008
St. Louis is among the top three cities honored by Site Selection magazine's annual Top Metropolitan Areas ranking for the city's success in attracting new and expanded corporate operations.
February 28, 2008
Governors Blunt and Blagojevich Sign Partnership to Build New Mississippi River Bridge
February 28, 2008
Gov. Matt Blunt and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced an agreement today to build the landmark new I-70 Mississippi River Bridge.
February 7, 2008
Chinese Government Selects Webster University for Confucius Institute
February 7, 2008
The government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), through the China National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (HANBAN), has selected Webster University as the permanent site of the only Confucius Institute in the state of Missouri.
January 24, 2008
Washington University and Pfizer extend research collaboration agreement
January 24, 2008
Washington University in St. Louis and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. will collaborate more closely under a new biomedical research agreement that has the potential to move discoveries from the laboratory bench to patients' bedsides more quickly.
January 15, 2008
Danforth Center and Wexford Science+Technology To Break Ground on New Life Science Biopark
January 15, 2008
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced today that Wexford Science+Technology, LLC of Hanover, Maryland will start construction of a new 118,000 square-foot multi-tenant, post-incubation, wet laboratory and office building that will be the first of three new buildings in a new research park to be called the BioResearch and Development Growth Park at the Danforth Center to support the needs of start-up life science companies.
January 4, 2008
Lambert passenger traffic jumps in November
January 4, 2008
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport saw a surge in passenger traffic in November 2007 fueled with a strong Thanksgiving rush, ranking Lambert second among major U.S. airports for November on-time departures, according to the Department of Transportation.
January 1, 2008
Experience St. Louis like a local
January 1, 2008
No one knows the secret gems of a city better than its own locals. American Way magazine asked local St. Louis celebrities to give travelers a list of their top "must-dos" while visiting in its January 2008 issue. See which hot spots Ozzie Smith, Bob Costas, and more named as their favorites.
