However, recent developments have made it difficult to get an accurate fix on the metro pecking order in this critical employment sector, as jobs continue to shift between aerospace hubs in Wichita, Charleston, Seattle and Oklahoma City. By Business Facilities Staff. MORE

Wichita, Kan. Viega announces vertical integration of its PEX tubing manufacturing process. read more. Piping MORE

The Wichita, KS-based company has annual revenues exceeding $50 million annually and looks forward to expanding their customer base from their new Hitchcock location. By Shana Daley From the March/April 2016 Issue. MORE

The state’s largest city, Wichita, is known as the Air Capital of the World due to the prominent role it plays in aviation manufacturing. The Innovation Campus at Wichita State is a new and unique partnership that combines the university’s world class aviation research with industry expertise. MORE

Viega LLC announced its 2015 Top Gun award winners at the company¹s 2016 annual national sales meeting held in April in Wichita, Kan. Eight winners from across the country honored for their industry leadership. MORE

” STARWOOD TO OPEN CUSTOMER CONTACT CENTER IN WICHITA. and the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition have announced that Starwood will open a new Customer Contact Center in Wichita in late 2013. MORE

WICHITA, KAS. BY JOHN MESENBRINK. — Getting through the excitement of his Calculus III course, Dave Garlow’s experience at the University of Pittsburgh’s engineering school opened doors that even he couldn’t have imagined. MORE

Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) and Dassault Systemes will partner on an advanced manufacturing center on the Innovation Campus. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. MORE

We agree it would be counterproductive to force agencies to specify whether the guy from Dubuque ordered the filet mignon while he was visiting Greater Wichita. MORE

Lawn Buddy, a technology startup that links homeowners to lawn mowing and snow removal services, is expanding MORE

will form a new company and locate an advanced manufacturing facility in Wichita, KS. Kyodo Yushi USA Inc. and Lubrication Engineers Inc. Read New Company Plans Kansas Advanced Manufacturing Facility on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. MORE

Two articles that came out last week in The Boston Globe and the Wichita Business Journal talked about the fate befalling most architecture firms these days, the struggle to keep the doors open while projects are few and far between. Meanwhile, the same story holds true in Wichita, Kansas, where although firms are describing the cuts as minor and say recent business activity has shown signs of a rebound, they remain wary. MORE

Advanced Manufacturing Automotive Business Clusters/Corridors Business Report Featured Foreign Direct Investment Kansas Magazine Highlights BF-Jan/Feb-2017 Capital Investment Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Economic Development Employment Expansion Kansas City Kansas Department of Commerce Manufacturing Site Selection WichitaThe auto giant, which already has an assembly plant in Fairfax, is leasing 830,000 square feet in a facility in the Fairfax Industrial District. MORE

“It’s not the fracking itself, it’s this re-injection of the fluids into formations that are considered safe to hold it,” Don Blakeman, a geophysicist with the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, CO, told the Wichita Eagle. MORE

Figeac-Aéro will invest more than $20 million to expand its Wichita, KS manufacturing facility and build a new 68,000-square-foot building. Figeac-Aéro Building North American HQ in Wichita appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. MORE

Southeast Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce BF-March/April-2015 Embraer GE Aviation Greater Fort Lauderdale Joint Base Cape Cod Northrup Grumman STEM WichitaBusiness Facilities (BF) Magazine. MORE

Wichita State has a strong history of partnering with advanced manufacturers in research and education of the workforce. Wichita State has research and educational capabilities that have long supported area manufacturers. Posted by Heidi Schwartz . Photo: Kansas Department of Commerce. MORE

and the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition announced today that Starwood will open a new Customer Contact Center in Wichita in late 2013. After reviewing a number of options, Wichita was chosen as the best place to expand our North American customer service operations.”. MORE

Plains BF-Jan/Feb-2015 Edgerton Global Cities Initiative Logistics Park Kansas City LPKC Overland Park Pleasanton Wichita Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Furniture manufacturer Flexsteel Industries and machinery supplier Kubota Tractor to open distribution centers at LPKC. Business Report: Kansas – Logistics Park Kansas City Grows in Edgerton appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. MORE

After collaboration with the state of Kansas and the city of Wichita, Cargill has announced that it will retain the location of its protein business headquarters in Kansas. Cargill’s Wichita headquarters. Credit: Mike Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle). Choosing Wichita. MORE

SUNFLOWER COMMERCE PARK OPENS IN WICHITA, KS. Plains Kansas Department of Commerce Sedgwick County Shawnee County Topeka WichitaBy Shana Daley. From the January/February 2013 issue. Kansas offers a diverse economy perfect for your business. MORE

WICHITA, KAN. — Dave Garlow, currently vice president of sales for Viega LLC , will become the firm’s new CEO and president in October 2013. Dan Schmierer, who has led the company since its founding in 1999, will retire in December 2013. read more. Best Practices MORE

Lindsay Young from nu marketing llc in Wichita, KS, has written some solid advice in the SMPS Marketer magazine for architectural, engineering and construction marketers in asserting that in this business: The most important key to remember is that results are not instantaneous. MORE

We figured incoming production metrics would give us an accurate fix on whether the traditionally dominant aero hubs in Metro Seattle and Wichita are in the process of being usurped by rising contenders in Charleston, SC and Mobile, AL. MORE