Missouri


Closer Look at the P&G and Harley Closures

If you take them at face value, the closures of the P&G and Harley Davidson plants in 2020 and 2019 seem like a big hit to the industry in Kansas City as a whole.  But when you look closer you… more

P&G to Close KCK Plant

Procter and Gamble will close its Kansas City, Kansas plant by 2020 the company announced Wednesday. The Our Dish Care business will be moved to Tabler Station, West Virginia by mid-2020 with the full closure of the KCK site by… more

New Chancellor Named for UMKC

The University of Missouri System has named C. Mauli Agrawal the new chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City effective June 20th of this year.  Agrawal comes to UMKC from the University of Texas San Antonio where he served as… more

Lockton Promotes Rich Reda

17-year Lockton veteran Rich Reda is now the President of Benefit Communication Insourcing business, the company announced Friday.  Reda was previously an executive vice president with the company and was named an Ingram's 40 under forty award recipient in 2009.… more

Harley-Davidson Closing KC Plant

Almost three years after laying off close to 200 people from its Kansas City assembly plant, officials from Harley-Davidson have announced that they are closing the plant for good. Worldwide sales of Harley-Davidson products were down more than 6 percent… more

50 Missourians You Should Know 2018

Show Me, You Say? Here You Go. What makes Missouri stand out? Start with its people. We’ve heard it time and time again from executives who are re-assigned to locations in Missouri from parts east and west: “I never knew… more

The Importance of Your Brand

In a room full of high schoolers, garnering attention is at a premium.  Pulling kids, and adults, away from their phones to drive home a message has beome one of the more taxing parts of public speaking.  So Paul Brunson… more

DST Systems to Sell for $5.4 Billion

As it turns out, the 2014 purchase of DST Global Systems by SS&C was just an encore act: The Connecticut-based technology company announced this morning that it would pay $5.4 billion to acquire DST Systems, one of Kansas City's biggest… more

Hall Family, Sunderland Foundations Donate $150 Million to Children’s Mercy

Children's Mercy Kansas City announced this morning that the Hall Family and Sunderland foundations had each donated $75 million to strengthen the hospital's pediatric research programs. The combined $150 million stands as the largest one-time gift ever made to a… more

Upcoming: Construction’s Challenge

The upcoming edition of  Ingram's magazine will include a special report on the 2018 Construction Industry Outlook Assembly, a gathering of nearly three dozen high-level executives that took place Jan. 3. You won't want to miss their discussion on the… more