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Governor Laura Kelly Announces New Small Business Research & Development Grant Program The Small Business Research & Development Acceleration Grants are designed to assist Kansas small businesses in advancing a product or service to commercialization. Governor Laura Kelly’s Administration Signs Significant Wheat Deal with Taiwan Taiwanese delegation agrees to purchase 66 million bushels of wheat from U.S. farmers over the next two years Governor Laura Kelly Celebrates Goodyear Tire Investment Goodyear announced its decision to invest $125 million and hire 40 new employees, as part of modernizing its Kansas facility. Governor Laura Kelly Establishes Office of Registered Apprenticeship Governor Laura Kelly established the Office of Registered Apprenticeship within the Kansas Department of Commerce. Dramatically scaling up the Kelly Administration’s efforts to meet the talent needs of Kansas businesses. View AllOur Department
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Business Resources Community Programs Workforce Services Travel Kansas International Rural Prosperity Broadband Minority and Women Business Development Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Athletic Commission Framework for Growth Strategic Plan Programs & Services Careers Partners News & EventsMerck Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA, announced an investment of $100 million in facility expansion and enhancement efforts in its U.S. manufacturing site in DeSoto, Kansas. Investments to the site include a technological expansion of the vaccine production facility, which will come on line this year, plus an additional investment of $66 million that will provide for added enhancement capabilities to be realized over the coming years.
The DeSoto site develops and manufactures a broad portfolio of vaccines for Swine, Cattle and Equine with key technologies in research and development, manufacturing and quality operations. More can be read here.
WICHITA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that JTM Foods, LLC has chosen Wichita as the new home of JJ’s Snack Pies, a popular treat available at many of the nation’s largest retailers, and has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in the ict21 Industrial District. JTM Foods plans to hire 150 people within the next two years and invest $40 million in the Wichita facility.
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