News

2014

  • Black & Veatch Number One in Telecom - Engineering News-Record ranks Black & Veatch Number One in Telecom OVERLAND PARK, KAN. (16 April 2014) – WTC-Kansas City Benefactor Black & Veatch recorded the top ranking worldwide in telecommunications for U.S.-based engineering companies, according to the just-re... more

  • World Trade Center KC offers education on doing business with one of the fastest-growing economies on the planet - For Immediate Release-1/24/14 Contact: Pam Whiting, (816) 374-5481; e-mail whiting@kcchamber.com Katie Erwin, (816) 374-5465; e-mail erwin@kcchamber.com Learn how to do business with one of the fastest-growing economies on the planet When it gained inde... more

  • DuraComm Announces Plans for its Barcelona Business - For Immediate Release January 10, 2014 DuraComm Aqualimpia, Bacelona, now owned by Benny Lee, will make a major commercial announcement at a 21 January 2014 press conference at the Barcelona City Hall at 12 noon.  Benny Lee, an American entrepreneur from Taiwan, and Kansas ... more

  • Black & Veatch to Lead St. Louis Incinerator Air E - January 10, 2014 Construction is expected to begin May 1, 2015 The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) has selected Black & Veatch to lead its $35 million incinerator air emissions upgrade program. The program is necessary in order to meet new federal air emiss... more

  • Black & Veatch: 2013 Natural Gas Industry Report - January 2014 For the second consecutive year, Black & Veatch has worked to capture the industry's viewpoint concerning key issues organizations across the natural gas value chain face. Primary findings from this year's report show an industry in the midst of significant... more

2013

  • Black & Veatch: 2013 U.S. Electric Utility Report - By WTC Kansas City Benefactor: Black & Veatch Corporation This year’s Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Industry Report shows an intensifying level of concern for a wide range of issues. In our annual Top Ten Industry Issues rankings, once again reliability was ... more

  • New issue of the Bayer CropScience magazine - By WTC-KC Ambassador, Bayer CropScience Monheim, December 13, 2013 As the global population continues to rise and arable land becomes scarcer, global food security faces a tough challenge: According to the forecast of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio... more

  • Learn how to protect your intellectual property - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 11/14/13CONTACT: Pam Whiting (816) 374-5481 Katie Erwin (816) 374-5465 World Trade Center Kansas City & U.S. Commercial Service Partner for December session Learn how to identify and protect your company’s intellectual property (IP) assets in a d... more

  • Exports Drive Kansas City Growth - From the Kansas City Star - September 18, 2013 8:07 am The Kansas City area’s economy grew 2.5 percent in 2012, the same as the nation, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis. It said trade, financial activities and manufacturing of long-lasting goods led the way for the ... more

  • WORLD TRADE CENTER KANSAS CITY NAMED TO OPIC’S PA - WASHINGTON, D.C. – World Trade Center Kansas City has been named the newest member of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation’s Partners Program, a public diplomacy initiative designed to expand knowledge of OPIC’s role as the U.S. Government’s development finance institut... more