Boeing invests to help expand innovation center in St. Louis

San Francisco [US], August 27: Boeing announced Friday that it is investing 5 million U.S. dollars to help expand the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center in St. Louis (AMICSTL) in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The investment will help fund a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility, accelerate workforce development programs, and grow the region's talent pipeline and technical and manufacturing abilities, the company said.
St. Louis-area economic development and business leaders established AMICSTL in 2020 to help build a more diversified and resilient advanced manufacturing sector in the region.
The new 130,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing facility will house workforce development programs, leading-edge research and development, and prototyping/production capacity spanning multiple "vertical" capabilities, including aerospace, agriculture technology, automotive, biomedical, construction, geospatial, and logistics, the announcement said.
Boeing and AMICSTL's partnership aims to establish St. Louis' North Central Corridor as an advanced manufacturing innovation and technology hub over the next decade by creating one central site, with an expandable campus, that can support the entire advanced manufacturing process from conception to production, according to the announcement.
In addition to Boeing's five-year investment, Boeing Phantom Works Vice President Steve Nordlund will join the AMICSTL Board of Directors. Boeing St. Louis executive Kory Mathews, who is retiring from Boeing later this year, will serve as AMICSTL's interim CEO.
Source: Xinhua