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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Crown Equipment Opens Lenexa, Kansas, Facility

04/11/2013
Crown Equipment, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, opened a new 70,000-square-foot facility branch in Lenexa, Kansas, with plans to create 60 new jobs during the next five years.

In addition to an inventory of parts and a fully equipped maintenance shop, the branch offers battery and charger service, rental fleets and forklift remanufacturing. Crown’s educational programs will also provide lessons and exercises to connect classroom instruction with real-world application.

“Many of our customers in this region are national companies with large distribution centers,” said Paul Wright, Kansas City branch manager. “This new facility ensures that we’re able to help all of our customers operate at peak levels of productivity without experiencing costly downtime from maintenance-related incidents.”

“This is great news for our economy,” said Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George. “Our business environment is strong, and it gets even better when companies like Crown invest here and hire Kansas workers.”

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