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KC SmartPort’s 2018 Annual Industry Briefing: Digitize, delivered an expert panel of leaders from manufacturing companies including Honeywell, Mars Wrigley Confectionary U.S., Kawasaki Motors and Magna International.

We recently sat down with Erik Hansen, VP Sales & Marketing, Intermodal for Kansas City Southern Railway and the newly elected KC SmartPort Board Chairman, to learn more about his professional experience, trends in the intermodal/rail industry and his goals as the KC SmartPort Chairman.

The 2018 KC SmartPort Annual Industry Briefing would not have been possible without the support and partnership of our sponsors.

Industrial development in Kansas City continues unprecedented growth and is setting new records. Here are a few recent numbers and rankings. ​ ​

As manufacturers across the country struggle to fill jobs with qualified workers with the right skills, many companies in the Kansas City area are finding new and creative ways to fill the skills gap.

BMS Logistics, Inc. is a full-service warehousing, packaging and distribution company headquartered in St. Joseph, Mo.

The Chinese New Year is one of the biggest first quarter seasonality factors every year, and CNY 2018 will also have huge impacts on West Coast freight

In 2018, technological and business innovation will be seen with manufacturing in five key areas: Blended Business Mashup, the Internet of People, Data-Driven Intelligence With Analytics, Omnichain and Future-Proof Flexibility.

KC SmartPort officially elected Erik Hansen, vice president of sales and marketing, intermodal for The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, as chairman of the KC SmartPort Board of Directors. Hansen is joined by 26 additional members of the 2018 board of directors.

The Kansas City region had another incredible, record-setting year for industrial real estate deals. Nationally, industrial real estate led the market for investments, leases and development.