POTEAU, Okla. (Dec. 16) — Tiger Truck LLC has launched operations at its new $25 million assembly plant and headquarters here in a 150,000-square-foot facility, bring 300 new jobs. Tiger is the first truck manufacturer of Chinese heritage to manufacture vehicles in the United States.Read The Full Article
American Airlines Constructing Maintenance Hangar Facility in Oklahoma [ 12/11/2008 ]By: News Brief
TULSA, Okla. (Dec. 11) — The first aircraft maintenance hangar to be built at the Tulsa International Airport in 20 years is under construction. The $10 million hangar will be operated by American Airlines.Read The Full Article
Mexico-based Meat Processor Sites First U.S. Plant in Oklahoma [ 9/18/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SEMINOLE, Okla. (Sept. 18) — ALFA, S.A. de C.V. (ALFA), a Mexico-based industrial conglomerate, announced that its subsidiary company, Sigma Alimentos S. A. de C. V. (Sigma), a producer of refrigerated foods in Mexico, has opened a processed meats plant here. It is the company’s first manufacturing plant in the United States.Read The Full Article
DMI To Expand Wind Tower Manufacturing Facilities in North Dakota, Oklahoma [ 7/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
WEST FARGO, N.D. (July 24) — Wind tower equipment manufacturer DMI Industries, a subsidiary of Otter Tail Corp., announced that it will expand its facilities here and near Tulsa, Okla. The expansions will increase capacity by 40 percent at the West Fargo plant and by 100 percent at the Oklahoma plant.Read The Full Article
Coca-Cola Opens Customer Care Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma [ 11/12/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
TULSA, Okla. (November 12, 2007) — Employees at the new center provide customer service to clients in 13 western states.Read The Full Article
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Receives $15 Million in Economic Development Funds to Support $125 Million Facility Expansion [ 9/28/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (September 28, 2007) — The 195,000 square foot addition will almost double OMRF's current scientific and administrative offices and house 300 new scientists, technicians and support staff.Read The Full Article
BAE Systems to Build Manufacturing Plant in Elgin, Oklahoma [ 8/3/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
LAWTON, Okla. (August 3, 2007) — During construction of the Fort Sill Industrial Park, BAE Systems will put into place a core Elgin Integration Team (EIT) that will begin work out of an interim facility in Elgin in 2008.Read The Full Article
POTEAU, Okla. (July 20, 2007) — A rail spur will be built by A-OK Railroad, in conjunction with the city, in order to meet the needs of the facility.Read The Full Article
Google to Build $600 Million Data Center in Pryor, Oklahoma [ 5/3/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
PRYOR, Okla. (May 3, 2007) — Google will begin site preparation and construction in the coming weeks at the MidAmerica Industrial Park, and plans to begin operation in the first facility within the next 18 months.Read The Full Article
BNSF Economic Development Efforts Lead to $1 Billion in Investments and Nearly 4,000 Jobs in Nine States in 2006 [ 3/27/2007 ]By: NEWS BRIEFS
FORT WORTH, Texas (March 27, 2007) — From 2004 through 2006, BNSF’s economic development efforts have resulted in $3.54 billion in facility investments and created 14,300 jobs.Read The Full Article
