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ST. LOUIS – Boeing will announce a partnership Friday with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center of St. Louis

The goal of the group is to establish a more diversified manufacturing sector. In March, they teamed up with SLU and UMSL to co-lead research and development. Now Boeing will invest in the innovation center.

St. Louis City officials will join Boeing executives for the announcement at 1 p.m. Friday.