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Gov. Nixon Announces
St. Louis Bioscience Expansion
Leading global plant science company KWS has selected St.
Louis as the home of its new North American research facility. Yesterday, Gov.
Jay Nixon joined company officials from KWS, leaders from the Donald Danforth
Plant Science Center, and local economic development partners at the BioResearch
and Development Growth (BRDG) Park to announce the expansion, a capital investment of $13.7 million that
is expected to create 75 new,
high-paying jobs.
“When we first developed Missouri’s Strategic Initiative for
Economic Growth in 2010, we recognized that supporting the bioscience industry
would be vital to the future of our economy,” Gov. Nixon said. “Since then, we
have seen tremendous growth in this industry as more and more bioscience
companies are choosing to make their home in Missouri, strengthening the
state’s reputation as a bioscience powerhouse. I welcome KWS to the Show-Me
State and look forward to building on this success.”
 Headquartered in Germany, KWS has been breeding crops for
temperate climates for more than 150 years, providing seed cultivation for
sugar beets, corn, grains, feed, oil and protein plants, vegetables, potatoes,
and other related activities. The company will establish the KWS Gateway
Research Center in the Danforth’s BRDG Park.
KWS plans to immediately begin the process of renovating more than
19,000 square-feet of space inside the BRDG Park’s Building One to fit custom
lab and office space, in addition to constructing a dedicated greenhouse
complex adjacent to Building One.
To read more about KWS’ St. Louis expansion plans, please click
here. You can also watch a video of Gov. Nixon welcoming KWS to the Show-Me State at this website.
For more information about Missouri’s growing bioscience
sector, visit this link.
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