Deluxe Corporation to expand operations in Lenexa
(06/29/2009) Business services provider Deluxe Corporation will add up to 50 new employees and make between $10 million and $15 million in capital investments at its Lenexa facility, located at 16505 West 113th St., company and state officials announced today. More...
Kansas named a Top 10 pro-business state by Pollina Corporate Real Estate for second consecutive year
(06/25/2009) For the second straight year, Kansas has been named a Top 10 pro-business state by Pollina Corporate Real Estate, one of the nation’s premier corporate relocation firms. More...
NCO Group nears completion of 725-employee expansion at Lenexa facility
(06/05/2009) NCO Group, Inc., a leader in business process outsourcing solutions, is nearing the end of a 725-employee expansion at its Lenexa facility, where the company handles various contract inbound customer service activities, officials announced today. The company began phasing in the new hires in 2008, when it also confirmed plans for a $5.6 million capital investment at its Lenexa facility. More...
Sara Lee Announces New Sliced Meat Manufacturing Facility
(05/29/2009) Sara Lee Corp. this week announced that it will open a new state-of-the-art sliced meat manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Kan., at 4612 Speaker Road. The facility will be fully operational by 2011 and is expected to employ more than 250 people. More...
GMJ’s Sports Associated, Inc. moving into Wyandotte County
(05/14/2009) Sports Associated Inc. (SAI), a subsidiary of parent company GMJ Co, Inc, is on the move and headed to Wyandotte County. The carrier company that is known throughout for its expertise in transportation, warehousing and trade shows for a wide variety of power sport vehicles, electronic equipment suppliers and other companies with materials or machinery that requires specialty transportation is anticipating a move into their new home at 4600 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas More...
Siemens Energy chooses Hutchinson as site of new wind turbine equipment factory
(5/13/2009) Siemens Energy has selected Hutchinson as the site of a new wind turbine equipment production facility, state and company officials announced today. The operation is expected to create an estimated 400 green-collar jobs and will be the first large-scale wind turbine equipment factory in Kansas, which is ranked third in the nation for wind energy resource potential. More...
Black & Veatch selects Overland Park for World Headquarters
(03/26/2009) Black & Veatch company officials announced today the selection of Overland Park, Kansas for the location of its world headquarters, ending a two-year analysis of prospective sites. More...
The Home Depot Selects Topeka for New Distribution Center
(03/26/2009) The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, will build a 465,500 square foot distribution center in the Central Crossing Commerce Park, creating several hundred jobs over the next few years. The new Rapid Deployment Center will help to improve service and increase efficiency at the company’s retail locations throughout the area. More...
Kansas chosen for $650 million federal research lab to protect food supply and agriculture economy
(01/13/2009) Kansas’ internationally recognized animal health research expertise, state-of-the-art research and industry infrastructure, and deep agricultural heritage have made it the federal government’s choice for a $650 million scientific laboratory that will boost efforts to protect the American food supply and agriculture economy, more More...
Governor and Lt. Governor present legislative pieces to energy plan
(01/13/09) Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson today announced the legislative components of a comprehensive energy plan for Kansas. More...
BioTarget to establish research, development facility at University of Kansas Medical Center
(12/04/2008) BioTarget, a Research and Development Company specializing in the delivery of cancer drugs, from Denton, NE, has officially announced that it will be establishing an R & D facility at the University of Kansas, in Kansas City. More...
2008 State New Economy Index rates Kansas 8th in the nation for "Gazelle jobs"
(11/24/2008) The 2008 State New Economy Index rated Kansas 8th in the nation for "Gazelle jobs," along with "top mover" ratings in many categories that reflect on the state's technology sector. Nationally, Kansas' overall ranking improved and moved to #31- according to the report released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) during Global Entrepreneurship Week. More...
Spirit AeroSystems selected its Wichita facility as the site where the company will design and manufacture the fuselage for the new Cessna Citation Columbus.
(09/03/2008) Spirit AeroSystems selected its Wichita facility as the site where the company will design and manufacture the fuselage for the new Cessna Citation Columbus. Spirit plans to build a new 375,000-square-foot factory to accommodate the manufacturing and testing of the Columbus fuselage. More...
Kansas continues to pass pro-business legislation
(06/24/2008) The recently completed 2008 Legislative Session had something in common with each of the past five sessions: It produced some serious pro-business legislation. More...
Sebelius announces Governor’s Award of Excellence, Exporter of the Year
(06/24/2008) Crossland Construction of Columbus, Salina Vortex of Salina win State’s top honors. More...
Kansas receives third straight Silver Shovel Award from Area Development magazine
(05/22/2008) Award is Kansas’ third in six weeks from a major business publication For the third straight year, Area Development magazine has named Kansas the winner of the Silver Shovel Award for job creation and capital investment, officials announced today. More...
Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc. Expands Operations to Coffeyville, Kansas
(05/14/2008) A tentative lease agreement has been signed between Coffeyville Industries and Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc (QMA), an aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Altus, Oklahoma. QMA desires to expand its aerospace manufacturing operations in Coffeyville by producing the sheet metal sub-assemblies necessary to support accelerated production of their Model 11E single engine piston aircraft at their Altus manufacturing facility. More...
Kansas named a top 10 state in Site Selection magazine’s Competitiveness Awards
(05/09/2008) Site Selection magazine has named Kansas one of the nation’s 10 most competitive states for capital investment and new facility development, officials announced today. More...
Cessna Will Build Jet in Wichita
(04/15/2008) Wichita will be the site of Cessna Aircraft's new assembly plant for its Citation Columbus business jet, company, city, county and state leaders said Saturday. More...
Kansas Makes List for Top 10 Pro-Business States in the US for 2008
(04/09/2008) Kansas was recognized this week by Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc, one of the leading site consultant firms in the nation as one of the top 10 Pro-Business States in the nation. Kansas received this ranking from Pollina in 2006 and we are pleased to report that we have made the top 10 list again this year. More...
Embarq extends lease, will keep 1,100 employees on Sprint campus
(02/28/2008) Embarq Corp. said Friday it has signed a new five-year lease that will keep about 1,100 employees on the Overland Park campus of Sprint Nextel Corp. More...
Kansas Business Recruitment Results – FY07
(01/23/2008) Kansas Business Recruitment Results – FY07 More...
GE Aviation selects Kansas State for new University Development Center
(12/18/2007) GE Aviation announced the selection of Kansas State University for a University Development Center to be located in Manhattan, Kansas. The new facility is projected to include about 43 engineering jobs within two years. More...
Kansas to Host Largest China Business Delegation in State History Today in Topeka
(10/17/2007) Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary David Kerr will receive a 50-member delegation from the China Ministry of Commerce today at the Maner Conference Center in Topeka for an exchange of views and information on trade and investment issues. More...
Recent Domestic Recruitment and Expansion Successes
(09/12/07) Companies from all over the world are finding Kansas a great place to locate and expand. Check out some recent recruits! More...
Manhattan, Kansas Site Selected as Finalist for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
(07/11/2007) The Kansas Bioscience Authority announced today that Manhattan, Kansas has been selected as one of five finalists for the $450 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. This decision comes after months of intensive review by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of 17 locations in 12 states around the country. More...
Phase Out of Kansas Franchise Tax
(07/02/2007) The 2007 Kansas Legislature approved another new initiative this year to reduce the cost of doing business in this state. They passed a new law to phase out the franchise tax in Kansas over five years. The tax would be repealed altogether effective in tax year 2011. More...
Reduction of Unemployment Insurance Rates
(07/02/2007) Kansas made some significant reductions in 2007 to unemployment insurance rates for existing and new employers in Kansas. Existing employers who are current on their account, will see a reduction of 40% to 100% of their tax rate, depending on their rate category. New employers to Kansas will also enjoy a drop in their tax rate as the new rate for all employers, except the construction industry, is now 4%. Employers in the construction industry will pay 6%. More...
Kansas Wins Second Straight Silver Shovel Award for Business Development
(05/14/2007) For the second consecutive year, Kansas has been awarded the prestigious Silver Shovel Award by Area Development magazine for excellence in job creation and business expansion. More...
Senator Pat Roberts to Lead Kansas Delegation at BIO Convention in Boston
(05/01/2007) U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) announced that he will lead the Kansas delegation at the 2007 BIO Convention in Boston – a move that ensures Kansas will have one of the most high-profile delegations at the annual biotechnology event. More...
New Intermodal Facility
(01/25/2007) BNSF Railway Company recently announced that it would build a $150 million intermodal facility in southern Johnson County near the suburban Kansas City community of Gardner. More...
New Machinery and Equipment Property Tax Exemption
(01/25/2007) A new law passed by the 2006 Kansas Legislature grants a 100% exemption from property taxes to businesses for the new machinery and equipment they buy, starting July 1. More...
Kansas Welcomes North American Headquarters
(11/09/2006) International companies are finding that Kansas is the best location for their North American headquarters. Recent announcements include companies based in India, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands. More...
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(11/09/2006) A number of U.S.- and foreign-based companies are making new homes in Kansas. More...
New Business Recruitment Website
(11/09/2006) The Kansas Dept. of Commerce has a new website at www.thinkbigks.com that is focused exclusively on business recruitment. More...
Kansas Adopts New Machinery and Equipment Exemption
(10/26/2006) A new law passed by the 2006 Kansas Legislature grants a 100% exemption from property taxes to businesses for the new machinery and equipment they buy, starting July 1. More...
Tune a Piano
(10/25/2006) Piano maker Baldwin found a new home in Kansas and found they can make more than beautiful music. They can make MONEY... More...
