Elderberry business grows with help from MU Extension’s Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center
Elderberry farms expand production and reach new markets with support from a trade assistance program helping small businesses grow.
Business Development Program celebrates performance of staff, teams
MISSOURI – On Jan. 27, 2021, the University of Missouri Extension Business Development Program (BDP) recognized members for their performance and accomplishments during the organization’s first virtual professional development conference. The annual celebration awards individuals and teams for performance in the most recent fiscal year.
University of Missouri Extension Business Development Program celebrates performance of statewide staff and teams
Celebrating statewide business development teams and staff for exceptional performance in small business, procurement and trade assistance.
Bruin Manufacturing Co.
The challenge Bruin Manufacturing, an Iowa manufacturer, is a reliable and innovative leader in the plastics injection molding business. Bruin Manufacturing had many ideas for growing and maintaining their competitiveness with overseas companies, but needed resources to help their ideas bec
Hastings Irrigation Pipe Co.
Manufacturer of aluminum irrigation pipes, fittings, pumps, fabrications and powder coating faces rising global competition.
Mercury Communications, Inc.
The challenge Mercury Communications, Inc., a cellular tower manufacturer in Fenton, Mo., has been receiving assistance from the Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC) since June 2013 to improve training, marketing and advertising.
PWI, Inc.
Aviation-lighting firm expands markets, upgrades to ISO 13485, and grows sales with trade assistance support.
Major Custom Cable Inc.
Learn how Major Custom Cable used trade-adjustment funding to upgrade its systems, improve quality, and add over $1M in revenue.
McCormick Armstrong Co. Inc.
The challenge McCormick Armstrong Co. Inc., a Kansas manufacturer, offers a world of printing solutions from domestic commercial sheet-fed and web printing, digital printing, bindery, mailing and fulfillment to a vast array of international production solutions.
KC Tent & Awning Company
A Kansas City awning maker doubled revenue, expanded staff, and improved processes with trade-assistance support.
Express Scale Parts, Inc.
Learn how Express Scale Parts secured $75,000 in federal trade‐assistance funds, matched for $150,000, to upgrade operations and boost sales.
DTE, Inc. — Lebanon
Providers of custom automation, tooling and engineering services across industries, strengthened through strategic support to modernize operations.
HY-C Company, Inc. - St. Louis
Since 1947, a St. Louis hearth products maker grew from a garage operation into a city-block factory, evolving from aluminum chimney caps to steel accessories.
Aspen Spas — St. Louis
Aspen Spas, which has built custom hot tubs and specialized spas for a quarter century, entered the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program in late 2014.
Custom Powder Systems — Springfield
Custom Powder Systems (CPS) designs, builds and automates the equipment used to dispense, size, mill and blend the powders used in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries. The company also provides cleaning systems that rid these machines of powder residue, preventing cross contamination, ensuring FDA safety regulations are met and protecting the machine operators.