DuPont Operations Focus on Food Production, R&D

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DuPont produces food-grade ingredients, including emulsifiers and enzymes, at its facility in New Century AirCenter, where the company also has research and development, innovation, sales and back office operations. In 2011, DuPont purchased the Danish food maker Danisco, which operated the plant. The company has about 110 manufacturing employees and 150 back office employees at the site. Kansas State University’s … Read More

Vestcom Looks Forward to Continued Growth in New Century AirCenter

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  Vestcom employs about 110 people at its New Century AirCenter facility where it prints and distributes shelf-edge marketing materials to regional retail customers. The company’s 160,000-square-foot property includes a custom printing and labeling facility along with distribution and fulfillment operations. Founded by Steve Bardwell, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based company has 10 facilities in the United States and serves more … Read More

TradeNet Publishing Heads into Busy Season

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TradeNet Publishing Inc. employs about 115 people in Gardner, where it produces promotional products used in specialty advertising in a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility. Its busiest time of year are the months leading up to the holidays, when companies plan their end-of-year gift giving. TradeNet prints logos, calendars and other graphics onto products such as business cards, refrigerator magnets … Read More

Cramer Products Grows US Sporting Goods Retail Presence

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Just two years after being acquired by an out-of-town company, longtime Gardner sports medicine and training supplies manufacturer, Cramer Products, is finding new growth in the retail sports space. Cramer Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of Akron, Ohio-based Performance Health Inc., which bought the company in August 2013. Its 250 products include wraps, cold packs, athletic tapes and liquid … Read More

Unilever Bestfoods Plans August Opening

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Unilever Bestfoods is wrapping up a two-year, $152.5 million investment in its New Century AirCenter manufacturing facility. Unilever’s southwest Johnson County plant produces well-known brands including Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Promise and Imperial spreads. The global supplier of food, home and personal care products purchased its New Century manufacturing facility in 1984 and operates it around the clock … Read More

Kubota Tractor Corporation Commemorates Grand Opening of a New Distribution Facility in Edgerton, Kansas

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Governor Brownback and Mayor Roberts of Edgerton Mark Occasion with Kubota Executives, Welcome New Job Opportunities to the Area EDGERTON, Kan.- Kubota Tractor Corporation today announced the grand opening of its 765,000 square-foot North American Distribution Center in Edgerton, Kansas, which will serve as the primary distribution hub for Kubota parts and whole goods distribution across the U.S. and Canada. … Read More

Excel Industries to open facility at Logistics Park Kansas City Manufacturer will create 200 jobs in Edgerton, expand in Hesston

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Excel Industries Inc. has announced that it will open a facility at Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC) in Edgerton. The turf care product manufacturer, which is headquartered in Hesston, plans to create 200 new jobs at LPKC. The company’s new worksite will include warehousing and distribution space and eventually manufacture an existing product line. “We are excited about the possibility … Read More