Energy technology company Apogee Power plans to establish operations in Liberal, Kansas. The $16 million project is expected to create 80 jobs in Seward County.
Industrial equipment manufacturer HF Rubber plans to expand its operations in Topeka, Kansas. The $1.6 million project is expected to create 19 jobs.
J.M. Smucker Co. and its subsidiary, Big Heart Pet Brands Inc. plan to expand its operations in Topeka, Kansas. The $20.5 million project is expected to create 19 jobs.
Defense technology company Shield AI plans to establish operations in Newton, Kansas. The project is expected to create up to 60 jobs.
Food manufacturer Reser’s Fine Foods plans to expand its operations in Topeka, Kansas. The $34 million project is expected to create 60 jobs over the next five years.
Merck Animal Health plans to expand its manufacturing operations in De Soto, Kansas. The $895 million project is expected to create more than 200 jobs.
Fintech and payments company Fiserv, Inc. plans to establish operations in Overland Park, Kansas. The $175 million project is expected to create approximately 200 jobs.
Amazon plans to establish last-mile distribution operations in Salina, Kansas. The project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Ceres Tag, a direct-to-satellite animal monitoring technology, plans to establish operations in Overland Park, Kansas. The project is expected to create up to six jobs.
AAR CORP., a provider in the aviation industry for commercial and governmental operators, plans to expand its operations in Wellington, Kansas. The up to $9.5 million project is expected to create approximately 100 jobs in Sumner County.
Consumer packaged goods company Flora Food Group plans to establish manufacturing operations in Hugoton, Kansas. The approximately $90 million project is expected to create roughly 100 jobs.
PTMW Inc., a service company providing original equipment manufacturing solutions and products, plans to expand its operations in Topeka, Kansas. The $47.2 million project is expected to create 182 jobs.
Tool and product supplier MARSHALLTOWN plans to establish operations in Wyandotte County, Kansas. The $27 million project is expected to create 40 jobs.
Summit Truck Bodies, a company that designs and produces custom lube and service truck bodies, plans to expand operations in Wathena, Kansas. The $50 million project is expected to create 80 jobs.
Roofing and waterproofing manufacturer GAF plans to establish operations at the Logistics Parks in Newton, Kansas. The approximately $300 million project is expected to create more than 130 jobs.
Germany-based H&T Recharge, a battery component manufacturer, plans to establish EV battery production operations in De Soto, Kansas. The $110 million project is expected to create 180 jobs.
Elite Harness plans to refurbish its manufacturing operation in Wellington, Kansas. The $14 million project is expected to create 110 jobs.
Honeywell plans to expand production operations in Olathe, Kansas. The $84 million project is expected to create 156 jobs in Johnson County.
Hill's Pet Nutrition, a division of Colgate-Palmolive and a leader in science-led nutrition, established manufacturing operations in Tonganoxie, Kansas. The $450 million project is expected to create more than 100 jobs.
Pure Imagination Studios is partnering with Kansas State University’s Salina Campus, Salina Airport Authority, and the State of Kansas to establish an advanced spatial computing studio and learning center in Salina, Kansas. The $41 million project is expected to create 101 jobs.
Quickstep, Australia’s largest independent aerospace composite manufacturer, plans to establish its first U.S. engineering and manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas.
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany, will expand its facility in Lenexa, Kansas. The $25 million project is expected to create 60 jobs.
Tire manufacturer Michelin plans to expand its operations in Junction City, Kansas. The $100 million project is expected to create 200 jobs over the next five years.
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company, a top manufacturer of cast iron and plastic pipe and fittings, plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Maize, Kansas. The $80 million project is expected to create 50 jobs.
DSM, a global purpose-led health and nutrition company, plans to establish a nutritional premix plant in Tonganoxie, Kansas. The project is expected to create 28 jobs.
EMP Shield, an industry leader in protecting electronic devices from destructive magnetic pulses, plans to locate a computer chip manufacturing facility in Burlington, Kansas. The $1.9 billion project is expected to create more than 1,200 jobs.
Metal fabricator Harris Fabrication will expand operations in Topeka, Kansas. The $2.1 million project is expected to create 30 jobs.
Semiconductor service provider Integra Technologies plans to establish its OSAT semiconductor operations in Wichita, Kansas. The $1.8 billion project is expected to create 2,000 jobs over the next five years.
Orange EV, the electric vehicle industry-leading manufacturer with the most heavy-duty, zero-emission trucks in operation in the United States, plans to establish its new corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations in the Turner Logistics Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
KCAS Bioanalytical and Biomarker Services opened a 70,000 square-foot laboratory in Olathe, Kansas. The $28 million project is expected to create 175 jobs.
Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc., a semiconductor device manufacturer, will establish operations in Manhattan, Kansas. The $4 million project is expected to create 30 jobs over the next five years.
Eurofins Viracor, a leader in infectious disease and immunology testing, opened its expansive new laboratory in Lenexa, Kansas. The project is expected to create 235 jobs.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 's will expand operations at its plant in Topeka, Kansas. The $125 million project is expected to create 40 jobs.
JTM Foods has broken ground on a manufacturing facility in the ICT21 Industrial District in Wichita, Kansas. The $40 million project is expected to create 150 jobs over the next two years.
Amber Wave, a leader in sustainable agriculture, food ingredients, and low-carbon fuels, opened its state-of-the-art wheat protein ingredients facility in Phillipsburg, Kansas. The $250 million project is expected to create 60 jobs.
Cybersecurity company Novacoast is relocating its corporate headquarters from California to Wichita, Kansas. The project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Leading private-label and contract manufacturer of wet pet food Simmons Pet Food is expanding operations in Edgerton and Emporia, Kansas. The $115 million project is expected to create 177 jobs.
Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., plans to build a state-of-the-art electric vehicle (EV) battery facility in De Soto, Kansas. The $4 billion project is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs in the Kansas City region.
Lineage Logistics is opening a new automated, next generation distribution center for Smithfield Foods, Inc., a vertically integrated food company and the world’s largest pork processor in Olathe, Kansas. The $110 million project is expected to create 127 jobs.
Scorpion Biological Services, a subsidiary of Heat Biologics, Inc., is building a new 500,000 square foot biomanufacturing facility in Manhattan, Kansas. The $650 million project is expected to create 500 jobs over the next seven years.
MGP Ingredients, Inc., a leading provider of specialty proteins and starches, will build a technologically advanced extrusion plant adjacent to the company's existing plant in Atchison, Kansas.
Mid-Continent Aviation Services, a full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, plans to double its workforce and expand their current footprint at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, in Wichita, Kansas. The $5.7 million project is expe
Bartlett, a Savage Company, plans to invest $325 million in a soybean crushing facility in Montgomery County, Kansas. The project is expected to create 50 jobs.
Communications Solutions will expand its operations to Emporia, Kansas. The project is expected to create 250 new jobs.
Brek Manufacturing, the Southern California-based aerospace company, intends to invest $4.5 million and purchase two buildings in Wichita, Kansas. The project is expected to create 75 new jobs over the next five years.
Bev-Hub, a Wichita-based manufacturer, is investing more than $28 million to renovate a former brewery in Manhattan, Kansas. The project is expected to create 37 new jobs.
Kansas Dairy Ingredients Cheese Company will invest $45 million to expand its operations with plans to create 40 jobs in Hugoton, Kansas.
A leading international manufacturer of metal components to the automotive and commercial vehicle industry, Frauenthal Gnotec is establishing a manufacturing and distribution facility in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. The project is expected to create
Torch.AI, a global leader in artificial intelligence and machine learning, will invest $45 million and create 490 high-paying, full-time cybersecurity-related jobs in Leawood, Kansas.
Hilmar Cheese Company will invest $460 million to build a new state-of-the-art cheese and whey protein processing plant in Dodge City, Kansas. The company plans to create 247 jobs in the region.
Accelerate360, a marketing, sales, logistics, and media conglomerate, will be expanding operationswith the opening of a 455,000 square-foot facility in Olathe, Kansas. The project is expected to create 167 new full-time jobs.
Novacoast, a cybersecurity and identity and access management company, is opening a new Security Operations Center in Wichita, Kansas. The company plans to initially hire 60 employees with plans for continued growth.
Pretzels, Inc., a leading manufacturer of pretzels and other snack products, plans to make a significant investment in the construction of a state-of-the-art production facility inside of VenturePark in Lawrence, Kansas.
ReNew Biomedical Services, the biomedical equipment service provider, will invest $1 million to expand operations in Jackson, Tennessee. The company plans to create 43 jobs over the next five years.
Peerless Products, Inc., a Fort Scott, Kansas-based manufacturer of architectural and commercial windows and doors, expanded operations with the purchase of the 150,000 square foot former Endurance manufacturing facility in Iola, Kansas. The company plans to create between 100-120 jobs over the next five years.
Empirical Foods will invest $250 million to build a ground beef production center in Garden City, Kansas. The company plans to hire 250 associates.
KMS, Inc., a wholesale and distribution company headquartered in Wichita, will expand with the purchase of an additional operations center in the currently vacated and former Eaton building, in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Amazon plans to open two new one million square-foot fulfillment centers in Kansas City and Park City, Kansas.
Hill’s Pet Nutrition and sister companies Midwestern Metals and Custom Dredge Works plan to expand operations in Shawnee County, Kansas.
Driverge Vehicle Innovations, an industry leader in commercial wheelchair transportation and accessible taxis, plans to expand operations in North Charleston, South Carolina. The company’s $350,000 investment is projected to create 13 new jobs.
Canada-based Modern Manufacturing, a producer of materials for railroad services, specializing in aluminum, steel, and other high-strength metals, plans to invest in a production facility at Intec Business Park in Eudora, Kansas. The project is expected to create 78 new jobs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, opened its new $40 million facility in Lenexa, Kansas. The project is dedicated to viral transport media production.
Great Plains Manufacturing, a division of Japan-based Kubota, will invest $43 million to acquire and renovate a new manufacturing facility in Salina, Kansas. The company plans to create 130 full-time jobs, and the potential for additional jobs and in
Schwan’s Company, a leading food producer in the United States and subsidiary of South Korean food maker CJ CheilJedang, plans to build a new 400,000-square-foot expansion at its pizza-manufacturing facility in Salina, Kansas.
Bell Textron Inc. opened its new facility, supporting multiple Bell programs and business areas, in Wichita, Kansas.
Urban Outfitters’ Inc. plans a new 880,000-square-foot omni-channel distribution center on ancillary land at Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., an industry leading provider of UAVs and advanced aerial imagery, data collection and analytics solutions, will locate and expand its manufacturing operations in Wichita, Kansas.
Merck Animal Health, a division of New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc., will invest $100 million in facility expansion and enhancement at its manufacturing site in DeSoto, Kansas.
Spirit AeroSystems, a company that designs and builds composite and metallic aerostructures for commercial and defense customers, will expand operations to produce tooling, fabricate composite parts and machine complex metallic parts at its manufacturing campus in Wichita, Kansas.
Dot’s Pretzels will invest $15 million to locate a manufacturing complex at the Logistics Park Kansas City in Edgerton, Kansas.
Advance Catastrophe Technologies, a provider of disaster planning, response and recovery services, will invest $2.89 million to relocate to a new 20,000-square foot operations complex at Hoover Industrial Park in northwest Wichita, Kansas.
A Lenexa, Kansas-based International logistics provider SkuTouch Solutions is importing medical supplies from China to the United States in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A company that designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers, Spirit AeroSystems announced that Kansas public utility regulators cleared a path for the company's complete conversion to renewable wind-generated electricity for its 12.8 million square-foot aerospace manufacturing site in Wichita, Kansas.
Walmart has announced it will locate its newest distribution facility in Topeka, Kansas. The project is expected to create an estimated 300 new full-time positions over the next five years with competitive salaries plus benefits, which are among the best in the retail industry, creating in the next 10 years a total economic impact of $635 million.
The Kansas City region will become the new home of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Hostess Brands, an iconic leading brand in the Sweet Baked Goods category that dates back to 1919, when the Hostess CupCakes were introduced, followed by Twinkies in 1930, opened a new distribution center at Logistics Park Kansas City in Edgerton, Kansas.
Vanberg Specialized Coatings, a growing segment of Milamar Coatings, relocated its operation, to be co-located at the VersaFlex world headquarters and manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Kansas.
TrueAccord, a San Francisco-based FinTech company, will invest $1.34 million in a new shared services operation in Lenexa, Kansas.
KanPak U.S., a leading supplier of beverages and desserts using aseptic processing technology and a subsidiary of Golden State Foods, opened its new 202,800-square-foot warehouse in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Weatherly Aircraft Company will locate its headquarters and assembly operations hub in a 26,000 sq. ft. facility at the Newton City-County airport, in Newton, Kansas, 27 miles north of Wichita.
Spirit AeroSystems plans a second significant expansion with plans to hire an additional 1,400 employees to support commercial and defense programs over the next few years at its operations center in Wichita, Kansas.
With a new headquarters of its North American protein operations in Wichita, Kansas, Cargill said it is focused on inspiring the future of protein.
Industrial engine distributor and generator manufacturer eNGines-LPG plans to begin operations at the former bakery facility at 120 E 3rd Avenue, 52 miles northwest of Wichita, in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Overstock.com, Inc., an online home goods and furniture retailer, will open a distribution center in Kansas City, Kansas. The new 517,000-square-foot operation, located at 5300 Kansas Avenue, will create more than 100 jobs within the next two years.
Turn5, an eCommerce retailer and operating company for AmericanMuscle.com, ExtremeTerrain.com and AmericanTrucks.com, will open a new 365,000-square-foot distribution center in the Kansas City metro area in Lenexa, Kansas.
Shamrock Trading Corporation is planning a major expansion in Overland Park, Kansas. The project, which is subject to review and approval from the city, is expected to create over 1,000 new jobs.
Convey Health Solutions, a leading provider of specialized healthcare technology and services for government-sponsored markets, will open a new distribution facility in Lenexa, Kansas, with plans to create more than 40 jobs in the Kansas City region.
Ward/Kraft, Inc. plans a 12,000 square foot building expansion to their WK Plastics division in Fort Scott, Kansas.
GEICO, the second-largest private passenger auto insurer, is investing nearly $10 million to open a 55,000-sq.-ft. operations center in the Kansas City Metro city of Lenexa, Kansas. The new operation will create 500 new jobs over the next five years starting with sales and customer service professionals for its GEICO Insurance Agency.
Kubota Tractor Corporation completed a 200-acre land purchase within Phase II of Logistics Park Kansas City in Edgerton, Kansas, making the company the first major tenant for the industrial park.
An independent provider of Aerospace and Defense product finishing services, Valence Surface Technologies plans additional expansion at its production complex in Wichita, Kansas.
Spirit AeroSystems broke ground on its state-of-the-art Global Digital Logistics Center that will increase storage capacity and part retrieval efficiency at its campus in Wichita, Kansas.
Kansas Protein Foods, a subsidiary of Kansas Ethanol, acquired the closed CHS Foods facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, with plans to upgrade the facility and restart production of soy protein products.
A leading manufacturer of pipe fitting installation technology, Viega plans a major growth initiative with the groundbreaking at its new manufacturing plant and plans for a master distribution hub in McPherson, Kansas, 57.5 miles north of Wichita.
ServiceMaster DSI will relocate the headquarters for the company’s national large loss division ServiceMaster Recovery Management to Shawnee, Kansas. In addition, it will also be the regional headquarters for DSI which will serve Missouri and Kansas.
PBI-Gordon Corporation, a company serving the turf and ornamental and animal health industries, plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to a new facility in Shawnee, Kansas.
ERBER Group, a holding company for five divisions including BIOMIN America and Romer Labs, has established its new ERBER Group hub in Overland Park, Kansas.
Canada-based Pizzey Ingredients will invest $3.2 million to operate a new milling facility in Delano, Minnesota, 28.6 miles west of Minneapolis.
Spirit AeroSystems, a company that designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers, unveiled the first of two centers of excellence focusing on the fabrication of complex commercial and military aircraft parts on the company's headquarters campus in Wichita, Kansas.
HCA Midwest Health, the Kansas City area’s leading healthcare provider, has chosen to relocate its Division office headquarters from Kansas City, Missouri to Overland Park, Kansas.
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