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BUSINESS REPORT: Missouri – Ford Invests $1.1 Billion In Kansas City Truck Plant Expansion

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On May 02-2013, Ford Motor Company announced it would add a third crew and more than 2,000 jobs at the Kansas City Assembly Plant which builds the F-150. Ford is adding more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City (MO) Assembly Plant to meet surging demand for the Ford F-150 and planned production of the all-new Ford Transit.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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The company, which recently acquired concrete pump giant Putzmeister, has already partnered with Custom Truck and Equipment of Kansas City, Missouri; Imperial Crane Services of Bridgeview, Illinois and Four Seasons Equipment of Houston, Texas. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010.

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Auto Supplier To Build New Manufacturing Facility In Riverside, MO

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We appreciate the support and assistance from the state of Missouri, the Kansas City region, and the City of Riverside throughout our year-long process of selecting a new location for this facility.”. As both Ford and GM expand capacity or add new products, opportunities are created with suppliers to those companies.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth

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A white paper recently released by the Kauffman Foundation finds that Kansas City and other areas viewed as “new” startup high-tech hubs actually are benefitting from many years of nurturing a local culture of entrepreneurship. The top 10 cities in 2010 also ranked among the top 20 cities two decades earlier.

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Architecture Employment on the Rise

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Crawford Architects’ Kansas City office hired two new architects in the last six months, bringing its head count to 15, though that’s still below its 23-employee peak, says firm principal Stacey Jones. percent, down slightly from the fourth quarter of 2010, when it climbed to 5.5 Universities are coming through for other firms.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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percent from 2010. percent increase from 2010 to 2011, particularly gaining market share in intermodal. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. The Joplin Metro area’s position for serving national markets is nearly as advantageous as Chicago or Kansas City. percent in 2011 to $2.10 percent to $2.66