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MAVERICK
TECHNOLOGIES ACQUIRES REED HANNEBAUM ENGINEERING SERVICES
PAUL
J. GALESKI
chairman and CEO,
MAVERICK TECHNOLOGIES |
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MAVERICK Technologies, located in the St. Louis area, has acquired
Reed Hannebaum Engineering Services (RHES). In a move designed to
complement MAVERICK’s already strong vision systems engineering
capabilities.
Also headquartered in St. Louis, RHES has been providing industrial-hardened
manufacturing, inspection and testing equipment, and engineering
services since 1990 and has sold more than 100 patented label inspection
systems worldwide. RHES brings more than 10 years of full-service
engineering experience and a background in system design/build,
installation, start-up assistance, training and after-sale support.
“This acquisition will allow us to increase our ability to provide
integrated solutions to our clients—with a whole new range and depth
of capabilities and resources,” states Paul J. Galeski, chairman
and CEO of MAVERICK.
THE SOLAE COMPANY KEEPS HEADQUARTERS IN
ST. LOUIS
The Solae Company, a maker of specialty food ingredients, has announced
a decision to move its manufacturing, research and development operations
to St. Louis from Fort Wayne, Ind. and to house its world corporate
headquarters in downtown St. Louis. Solae is a joint venture between
DuPont and Bunge Ltd. The company will remain in the former offices
of DuPont Protein Technologies, which leases office space from Nestlé
Purina PetCare Co. at one Checkerboard Square downtown. Solae will
employ more than 400 people in St. Louis.
The company took possession of a research and manufacturing facility
in Fort Wayne from Centra Soya Co., an oilseed processor acquired
by Bunge last year. In need of the additional space, Solae was considering
consolidating operations in Fort Wayne.
The RCGA worked with the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and
the Metro East partners, along with the state economic development
departments in both Missouri and Illinois in the year-long negotiations.
MIDWEST BANKCENTRE INC. RELOCATES TO CHESTERFIELD
VALLEY
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JOHN
B. (JACK) BIGGS JR., chairman of Midwest BankCentre,
and Chesterfield Mayor JOHN NATIONS prepare to cut
the ribbon for the bank’s new office in Chesterfield
Valley. Holding the ribbon (from left) are: TIM CAROLAN
(president, Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce), JOHN
B. BIGGS, JOHN NATIONS, JIM WATSON (Midwest BankCentre’s
West St. Louis County regional president), FRANK ZIEGLER
JR. (president of Midwest BankCentre), BOB BRINKMANN
(president of Brinkmann Constructors), and PHILIP
STUPP (member of the development’s investment
team). |
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Chesterfield Valley is now home to Midwest BankCentre’s newest banking
location as well as the holding company, Midwest BankCentre Inc.
The holding company moved from South St. Louis to the new facility
at 17050 Baxter Road and Chesterfield Airport Road.
Chesterfield Community Development Corp. (CCDC) reports that the
bank is the 485th business to open in the valley since floodwaters
receded after the major 1993 flood.
“It was just 10 years ago that the Monarch Levee broke, submerging
this site and most of the valley,” says Jim Watson, West St. Louis
County regional president of Midwest BankCentre. “We are proud to
play a part in the incredible revival of Chesterfield Valley.”
Designed by ACI Boland Inc. and built by Brinkmann Constructors,
the 46,600-square-foot building is the fourth at the Chesterfield
Grove development.
BRINKMANN CHANGES NAME TO REFLECT TEAM AND
PIONEERING SOLUTIONS
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R.G. Brinkmann Construction Co., ranked among the
nation’s top design/ build construction firms, changed
its name June 1 to Brinkmann Constructors and adopted
a new logo featuring some of the projects that have
earned the firm a reputation as one of the region’s
foremost construction problem solvers. The change
reflects the company’s disciplined leadership team,
including Executive Committee members (from left)
TIM BREECE, TOM OBERLE, BOB BRINKMANN (president),
BRIAN SATTERTHWAITE and GARY NELSON. |
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Previously using the full name of its founder and president, R.G.
Brinkmann Construction, it recently changed its name to Brinkmann
Constructors. The design/build firm believes the new name reflects
the firm’s growth and the strength of the leadership team that manages
the company. Brinkmann Constructors will remain at 16650 Chesterfield
Grove Road in Chesterfield.
Brinkmann is using its name and logo change as an opportunity to
benefit others in the community. Its stock of stationery, graph
paper and other supplies has been donated to KidSmart (www.agift4teaching.org),
a not-for-profit organization that provides supplies such as paper,
pens, pencils, computers, books, art materials, containers, and
organization bins at no charge to area school teachers for use in
classrooms where students cannot afford them. Corporate clothing
emblazoned with the firm’s old name and logo has been donated to
missions in Central America supplied by donors working with Sacred
Heart Sister Rives at Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School in St. Louis.
Notable Brinkmann projects include:
• The Brooks/WorldCom headquarters, near Interstate 64/Highway 40
east of Woods Mill Road along South Outer 40 Road in
Town & Country;
• Forsyth Centre, a 14-story, 245,000-square-foot office building
and 345,000-square-foot parking structure expansion
on Forsyth Boulevard north of Maryland Avenue in Clayton;
• The Sheraton Hotel and Suites that was carved out of the heart
of the old Edison Brothers warehouse in downtown St.
Louis.
In addition, Brinkmann is building the new $4.5 million, 35,000-square-foot
Dennis and Judy Jones Free Enterprise Learning Center on a four-acre
site at Boones Crossing and Highway 40 (I-64) in Chesterfield, Mo.
The Free Enterprise Learning Center will include Enterprise Village
and Finance Park, two experiential centers that offer a blueprint
for students to learn about America’s free-enterprise system. Founded
in 1943, JA of Mississippi Valley offers business education programs
to students in grades kindergarten through 12 at more than 600 public,
private and parochial schools. The organization serves 32 counties
in Missouri and Southwestern Illinois, reaching more than 122,000
students annually.
NEW JACK THOMPSON SQUARE HELPS
REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS
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At
the opening of the new “Jack Thompson Square” on Washington
Ave., (from left): JIM CLOAR, president, Downtown
Partnership; Mayor FRANCIS SLAY, City of St. Louis;
TONY THOMPSON, president, Kwame Building Group; Missouri
First Lady LORI HOLDEN; Alderwoman APRIL FORD GRIFFIN;
and Representative ROBIN WRIGHT JONES. |
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The new “Jack Thompson Square” mixed-use development officially
opened at the end of May. In conjunction with the ribbon-cutting
ceremony, Mayor Francis G. Slay presented Kwame Building Group Inc.
with the Mayor’s Spirit of St. Louis Award in recognition of the
firm’s participation in the revitalization of downtown St. Louis.
Located at 1204 Washington Ave., the newly named and renovated building
downtown includes the corporate offices for Kwame Building Group,
eight residential lofts and Club Isis on the ground floor.
SAINT LOUIS CLUB RANKS 11TH IN NATION
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president,
Saint Louis Club |
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The recently released John Sibbald Associates 2003 Survey of
the Platinum Clubs of America for the first time has ranked
the Saint Louis Club number 11 in the country, out of more than
5,000 clubs surveyed nationwide.
Saint Louis Club President Walter Stern notes, “Even more impressive
is the fact that we are the #1 dining-only Club, as the other clubs
ranked ahead of us were full-service city clubs.” A full-service
club is one with athletic facilities and hotel rooms.
HERSHEY FOODS TO OPEN REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
CENTER IN MADISON COUNTY
Gateway Commerce Center® in Madison County, Ill., will be the site
for Hershey Foods Corp.’s new 1.1 million-square-foot “super-regional”
distribution center. The Korte Co. of Highland, Ill. will serve
as design/build contractor on the $65 million structure, which is
expected to be open in March 2004.
This new facility will give Gateway 5.8 million square feet of industrial
space, all of it built in the past five years. It is the fourth
major distribution center relocating to this development of TRiSTAR
Business Communities® in as many years. Hershey’s distribution center
joins Unilever Home and Personal Care, Procter & Gamble and Dial
Corp. at the 2,300-acre business park.
Hershey Foods is building the distribution center on 90 acres at
Gateway. It will be one of three large warehouse operations sites,
which the chocolate maker operates in Hershey, Pa.; Atlanta, Ga.;
and Redland, Calif. Area economic development officials collaborated
on the Hershey deal for more than a year.
PRINCIPALS OF COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES BUY
FIRM FROM GENAMERICA
Long-time firm principals Gina Galgano Hoagland, president, and
Jack Smith, principal have become sole owners of Collaborative Strategies
Inc. The strategic planning firm was previously an operating unit
of GenAmerica Financial Corp. (GenAm). The company recently relocated
to 12935 North Outer Forty Drive, in Town & Country.
GINA
GALGANO HOAGLAND
president,
Collaborative Strategies Inc. |
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Kevin Eichner, now chairman and ceo of Enterprise Financial Services,
founded collaborative Strategies in 1983. The firm retains a strong
relationship with Eichner and Enterprise.
JACK
SMITH
principal,
Collaborative Strategies Inc. |
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Hoagland and Smith joined Collaborative Strategies in 1993 and 1996,
respectively. Kimberly Martin, CPA, who joined the firm in 1996,
and James Del Carmen, associated with Collaborative Strategies since
1997, remain as senior consultants.
PFIZER MAKES ST. LOUIS THEIR NATIONAL BIOTECH
CENTER
DANIEL
P. GETMAN
vice president, PGRD
director, St. Louis Laboratories |
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Two months after closing the deal to acquire Pharmacia Corp., Pfizer
Inc. announced its plans for consolidating 25 research and development
sites worldwide. Nearly 1,000 researchers will remain in St. Louis
as Pfizer grows R&D operations here with St. Louis becoming Pfizer’s
national early- stage biotech center.
Daniel P. Getman will lead Pfizer’s operations in St. Louis.
The former Pharmacia research facilities are in Chesterfield, Creve
Coeur and at the Washington University School of Medicine. With
only 55 of 200 acres developed, the Chesterfield location provides
room for future growth. Plus, Pfizer plans to maintain the relationship
with the Washington University School of Medicine, which assists
with research and patient trials.
Though the overall news for the St. Louis operations is positive,
Pfizer plans to shut down a chemical production facility near the
Soulard area, which employs about 24 workers. A few researchers
will be laid off, relocated or offered early retirement as Pfizer
moves a handful of projects to other sites. Also, some support positions
in procurement, human resources and information technology will
be eliminated during consolidation that will take place over several
months.
EXPERIENCE ST. LOUIS PLANNED FOR
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
How do you introduce a relocated executive to the community’s business,
social, cultural, and political life when time is a rare commodity?
Try Experience St. Louis. The fall 2003 session is scheduled
for October 21, 28, and November 4, 8 (tour), and 11 from 5:30 to
9 p.m. Four evening sessions include a social hour and presentations
by leaders who impact decisions made in the community followed by
a delicious dinner. Participants meet for seminars at some of St.
Louis’ most interesting locations. An educational and entertaining
tour of fun and historical sites concludes the program.
Now in its 19th year, Experience St. Louis has been a gateway
to the community for hundreds of executives and their spouses seeking
an efficient and thorough introduction to the history, issues, opportunities,
and resources of this region. FOCUS St. Louis, in partnership with
the RCGA, offers this valuable program every fall and spring.
The cost is $800 for the executive and $1,400 for the executive
and spouse. For further information, please request a brochure and
registration form from FOCUS St. Louis, (314) 622-1250 x 102 or
e-mail kedrat@focus-stl.org.
ST. LOUIS TO HOST BIO MID-AMERICA FORUM
IN 2004
The international BIO organization has selected St. Louis to host
the BIO Mid-America Venture Forum next spring. The conference, sponsored
by the national Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), is expected
to bring more than 500 venture capital investors from across the
nation as well as Midwestern biotech entrepreneurs. For information,
contact Bob Coy at 314/444-1130.
PARTNERS HONORS BRIDGE BUILDERS
The link of community and culture, as demonstrated in St. Louis’
Center for Contemporary Arts (COCA), has captured the national 2003
“Bridge Builders Award” from the Washington D.C.-based Partners
for Livable Communities (Partners). Richard Baron, CEO of McCormack
Baron Salazar Inc. and co-founder of COCA, along with Stephanie
Riven, COCA executive director, will be in Washington, DC, on September
18 to accept the honor. In addition to the awards dinner and presentation,
the day includes presentations and panel discussions with representatives
from each of the five recipient projects.
RICHARD
BARON
CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar Inc. co-founder, COCA
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STEPHANIE
RIVEN
executive director,
COCA |
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Partners believes COCA’s commitment to bringing arts education to
underserved groups in the community fits perfectly with this year’s
theme of “Culture As A Bridge.” Founded in 1986, COCA has grown
from 40 students and a staff of four to 17,000 students and a staff
of 35 under the direction of Riven. As a founder of COCA, Baron
has extended the idea of community development beyond traditional
boundaries. For 30 years his company has focused on rejuvenating
neighborhoods with success in St. Louis as well as Kansas City,
Louisville and Pittsburgh.
Now in its seventh year, the Bridge Builders Awards “recognize men
and women from America’s most innovative communities for their commitment
to building bridges of understanding and cooperation across racial,
economic, cultural and geographic barriers.” COCA and St. Louis
share the honors with four other community projects with this year’s
common theme of culture. The other 2003 recipients include The Children’s
Learning Center, a joint venture between a library and a children’s
theatre sponsored by Bank of America in Charlotte, N.C.; The Greater
Jamaica Development Corp. in partnership with Citibank for reinvigorating
the neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens in New York; Soulsville and
the Cates Co. of Memphis for neighborhood revitalization and creation
of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music; Gateway Community Development
Corp. working with Prince George’s County in the Washington, DC,
area to create the Gateway Arts District.
Since its founding in 1977, the non-profit Partners has helped communities
set a common vision for the future, discover and use new resources
for community and economic development and build public/private
coalitions to further their goals.
NEXSTAR FINANCIAL OPENING OPERATIONS CENTER
IN MISSOURI RESEARCH PARK
A second national operations center for Nexstar Financial Corp.
is being established at Missouri Research Park. The 80,000-square-foot
building will house the company’s network technology, national loan
operations and selected customer care groups. Nexstar provides outsourced
client-branded mortgage services to banks, credit unions and diversified
financial services companies.
Nexstar’s corporate headquarters and existing operations facility
will remain in Creve Coeur. Currently, the company has about 400
employees, of which 300 are based in St. Louis. Nexstar projects
growth to 1,000 workers nationwide over the next few years. |
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