Real Opportunities:Missouri’s Business Case

Land and Logistics

Land and Logistics ❚ 69,702 square miles (180,527 sq km) ❚ 21st largest of the 50 states

Land and Logistics

the population center of the U.s.

❚ Just two days from most major U.s. cities ❚ Within 600 miles of 50% of U.s. households ❚ Within 600 miles of 52% of manufacturing establishments

1,200 miles 600 miles

Kansas cityomaha

MinneapolisMilwaukee

chicagodetroit

clevelandcolumbus

indianapolisst. Louis

charlottenashvilleMemphis atlanta

Wichitaoklahoma city

dallasaustin

Houston

denver

Land and Logistics

the population center of the U.s.

❚ Just two days from most major U.s. cities ❚ Within 966 km of 50% of U.s. households ❚ Within 966 km of 52% of manufacturing establishments

1,931 km 966 km

Kansas cityomaha

MinneapolisMilwaukee

chicagodetroit

clevelandcolumbus

indianapolisst. Louis

charlottenashvilleMemphis atlanta

Wichitaoklahoma city

dallasaustin

Houston

denver

Land and Logistics

20,000 – 50,000

50,000 – 100,000

100,000 – 200,000

200,000 – 2,000,000

2,000,000+

Maryville

st. Joseph

Kansas city

JoplinBranson

springfieldLebanon Fort Leonard

Wood

RollaFarmington

cape girardeau

sikestonPoplar Bluff

Kennett

st. LouisJefferson citysedalia

Marshall

Warrensburg

West Plains

columbiaMexico

MoberlyHannibal

Kirksville

Missouri’s many metropolises

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a stable and beautiful environment

❚ no drought- or earthquake-related Presidential disaster declarations

❚ Moderate temperatures ❚ adequate rainfall

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Missouri’s mean precipitation (1981-2010)

❚ Source: NOAA Climate Normals, St. Louis, MO, 1981–2010

Land and Logistics

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66.8

46.8

75.9

34.7

57.1

Missouri’s mean temperature (1981-2010)

❚ Source: NOAA Climate Normals, St. Louis, MO, 1981–2010

Land and Logistics

1,000 miles of navigable waterways

❚ the two largest river systems in north america ❚ the northernmost ice-free ports in the U.s.

Public port

Land and Logistics

1,609 km of navigable waterways

❚ the two largest river systems in north america ❚ the northernmost ice-free ports in the U.s.

Public port

Land and Logistics

interstate access to many U.s. markets

❚ 18 interstates ❚ 33,677 miles of uncongested highways

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Land and Logistics

interstate access to many U.s. markets

❚ 18 interstates ❚ 54,198 km of uncongested highways

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Land and Logistics

short drive to an airport anywhere in the state

❚ 130 airports ❚ nine airports with commercial service

Land and Logistics

international flights and foreign trade zones

❚ two airports with international service ❚ three foreign trade zones

Land and Logistics

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one of the best states for rail in the U.s.

❚ six class i carriers ❚ Home to two of the largest rail terminals in the nation

❚ access to east and west coasts

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Business Climate

BUsiness cLiMate

lowest business energy costs (Small Bus. and Entrepreneurship Council)lowest business costs (CNBC)best transportation system (CNBC)lowest cost of living (CNBC)most pro-business state (Pollina Corporate Real Estate)best corporate tax index (Tax Foundation)best unemployment insurance tax index (Tax Foundation)

❚ Missouri consistently ranks as one of the most business-friendly environments in the U.s. across a number of categories

Missouri ranks in the top ten of the U.s. for...

Business Climate ❚ over 4,000 engineering degrees awarded in 2010, almost half of these in mechanical and electrical engineering

❚ 138 post-secondary degree-granting institutions

Human resources: a trained workforce

nebraska 999,312

iowa 1,659,400

illinois 6,592,838

Missouri 3,052,630

Kansas 1,502,614

Kentucky 2,076,521

tennessee 3,099,811arkansas

1,354,895oklahoma 1,754,040

BUsiness cLiMate

Largest employment sectors

transportation

Professional/technical

Finance/insurance

Public administration

accommodation/Food

education servicesManufacturing

Retail trade

Health care

all other sectors

construction

Business Climate

states with the largest workforces...

❚ Workforce as measured by the Bureau of Labor statistics

❚ Manufacturing accounts for 9.5% of Missouri’s workforce

Business Climate

...and low business and energy costs

❚ third lowest business costs (CNBC) ❚ eighth lowest business energy costs (Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council)

Industries

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Missouri’s industries

❚ advanced manufacturing ❚ energy solutions ❚ Biosciences ❚ Health care sciences and services ❚ transportation and logistics ❚ Financial and professional services ❚ information technology

International

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top 2011 exports

❚ total exports reached $14,145,445,175 ❚ Missouri’s fastest growing export industries in the last five years are food & kindred products, chemicals, minerals/ores, waste/scrap, and machinery

transportation equipment ......................................... $3,345,697,084chemicals ..................................................................... $2,671,243,078Machinery, except electrical .................................... $1,448,594,287Food and Kindred Products ........................................$1,398,187,155Minerals and ores ..........................................................$748,203,709computer and electronic Products ............................ $670,058,420Waste and scrap ........................................................... $580,830,296electrical equipment, appliances, component ......... $565,083,989Fabricated Metal Products, nesoi .............................. $556,644,490agricultural Products .................................................... $449,648,674

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❚ international companies have more than 1,900 establishments in Missouri

InternatIonal ❚ Foreign born population in Missouri: 216,698

Foreign born population in Missouri

europe

asiaafrica

oceania

canada and other northern america

central and south america

Missouri’s Successes

Missouri successes ❚ 10 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Missouri

Missouri successes

apex oil

❚ 9 of Forbes’s largest private companies are headquartered in Missouri

Missouri successes ❚ top row: nordic WindPower, alpla, and iBM ❚ Bottom row: Unisys and Jet Midwest

Ribbon cuttings for new Missouri businesses

christopher chung chief executive officerMissouri Partnership 314.725.0949 www.missouripartnership.com

g. subash alias VP Business RecruitmentMissouri Partnership 314.725.0949 www.missouripartnership.com

dennis Pruitt VP international Business RecruitmentMissouri Partnership 314.725.0949 www.missouripartnership.com

clint o’neal VP Business RecruitmentMissouri Partnership 314.725.0949 www.missouripartnership.com