Location Profile: Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood Region

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As the nation produces more electricity with nuclear power, the question of what to do with the residue becomes increasingly critical. The answer may come from Mo-Sci Corporation,creator of a specialty glass capable of safely encapsulating nuclear waste. Mo-Sci also makes bioactive glass that delivers radiation to cancerous tumors or turns into bone to heal fractures.

Mo-Sci is just one of many technical companies spawned out of the two major economic engines driving this three-county region. One is the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, a top technological institution. The other is Fort Leonard Wood, a 63,000-acre Army base that gives the region its name. A new tech park on the fort promises to marry the technical expertise of the base with the research capabilities of the university.

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This combination of brain power and affordable lifestyle is a recipe for innovation and growth. Brewer Science in Rolla is a sterling example. Because of specialized silicon coatings developed there, we can now fit greater computing capacity in our shirt pockets than used to fill up a room.

Lebanon, a favorite stop for travelers on historic Route 66, sports a diverse industrial base with aluminum boat manufacturers and a white oak barrel producer for the spirits industry. Emerson Electric is the community’s largest employer, producing scroll compressors for the residential and commercial air conditioning markets. The area’s business-friendly, “clear-the-decks” attitude brought Emerson to the region in 1990. Today they employ 1,130.

Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood Region
Benjamin Jones, Chairman
197 Replacement Avenue
Fort Leonard Wood, MO. 65473
417.533.5627
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