# Park Aerospace Corp. breaks ground on major expansion in Newton, Kansas

Park Aerospace Corp. celebrated the official ground-breaking for a major expansion of its manufacturing and development facilities in Newton, Kansas. The 90,000 square feet expansion will double the size of existing facilities and cost approximately $20.5 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-08-15
- Where: Newton, Kansas, United States
- Value: $20.5M
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 90,000 square feet
- Products: hot-melt film and tape, mixing and delivery systems
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Park Aerospace Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/41421.md)

## Sources

- [airframer.com](https://www.airframer.com/news/release/park-aerospace-corp-announces-ground-breaking-for-major-expansion-of-its), 2019-08-19: "Our ground-breaking celebration, which took place on a typical hot and windy Newton, Kansas summer afternoon, was just a wonderful event and a very special day for Park."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/park-aerospace-corp-breaks-ground-on-facility-expansion), 2019-08-20: "The expansion will include enhanced and upgraded hot-melt film and tape lines and mixing and delivery systems, an expanded production lab, a new R&D lab, additional freezer and storage space and additional infrastructure to support the expanded operation."

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