Manufacturing
Kansas City's Federal Reserve District which encompasses the western's portion of Missouri, all of Kansas and other territory stretching into Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma Wyoming and New Mexico, shows manufacturing at a steady incline in March. Manufacturing activity in the central…
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A business combination deal months in the making is approaching final approval after review from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Kansas City-based special-purpose acquisition company, Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., first revealed its intent to combine with Canadian…
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Bradken Foundry employees with United Steel Workers Local 6943 continue their strike against the company after a meeting on Monday evening left contract negotiations with company officials unresolved. The strike began at 5 p.m. Monday, March 22. Union members said…
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Originally scheduled to resume full production on Feb. 15, Ford Motor Co. announced it will continued reduced production at its Kansas City Assembly Plant, this time due to severe winter weather. The announcement from Ford confirmed that it had canceled…
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The Kansas City industrial sector ended the year displaying strong market fundamentals with 1.2 million square feet of total net absorption during the quarter. Net absorption in 2020 totaled 5.9 million square feet, a 16.3% increase over the average for…
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A northland project in the works since August 2020 is expected to complete in the next few months. Located near the Kansas City International Airport (KCI), the Congress Logistics Center is scheduled to complete in early Q2 of 2021, and…
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Production at two Kansas City-area motor plants will be temporarily reduced or halted beginning next week. Due to a global shortage of semiconductor chips, the Ford Motor Co. Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo will go from three shifts to…
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A three-year, multi-million-dollar agreement has been signed between Alphapointe and Tactical Medical Solutions. The contract will allow Alphapointe to manufacture more than 150,000 ground-breaking splints to be distributed around the world. South Caroline-based Tactical Medical Solutions will serve as a…
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Locally-headquartered protective coating manufacturer VersaFlex has been acquired by Pittsburgh, Pa.-based PPG Industries Inc. DalFort Capital Partners, owner VersaFlex, made a definitive agreement with PPG. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. VersaFlex is based in Kansas City, Kan.…
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