2008 In the News Archives
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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.
