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Missouri: The Show-Me State Shines Bright

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Plans for Meta to build a hyperscale data center in Kansas City, MO is among the projects popping up in the state.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. The uptick came on the strength of a surging commercial aviation market that more than offset a soft defense performance. For 2012, the top 100 Aero/Defense companies reported a record-setting $695 billion in revenue and $59.8

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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In order to support the continued expansion of the renewable energy industry, Kansas has a goal of generating 15 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2016, and the state’s utilities are on track to meet this target. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. population.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Regional manufacturers, along with the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, are now working together to embrace Industry 4.0 In addition, it is also focused on helping companies that conduct business with the department of defense diversify their business. Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Indianapolis and Omaha.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The I-69 Corridor serves industry clusters including automotive, defense, aerospace, medical devices and green technology. Louis and Kansas City. 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.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Kansas – Agricultural Biotechnology Research Is Growing In Kansas

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Senate committee has endorsed spending $404 million in the next fiscal year to construct a new federal research lab at Kansas State University (KSU). The action by the Senate Appropriations Committee sends the spending request for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF to the full Senate for passage. PROJECT OVERVIEW.

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