# Great Plains Manufacturing opens construction equipment plant in Salina, Kansas

Great Plains Manufacturing celebrated the grand opening of a new construction equipment manufacturing facility in Salina, Kansas, to produce compact track loaders for Kubota. The $178 million investment has created 150 jobs, with plans to surpass 900.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-10-14
- Where: Salina, Kansas, United States
- Value: $178.0M
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 14 Oct 2022
- Status: completed
- Products: compact track loaders
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Great Plains Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/6901.md)
- [Kubota](https://endata.com/companies/5208.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [kansascommerce.gov](https://www.kansascommerce.gov/2022/10/governor-laura-kelly-celebrates-grand-opening-of-salina-construction-equipment-manufacturing-plant/), 2022-10-14: "The $178 million investment by Great Plains to produce compact track loaders for Kubota has already created 150 new jobs, and eventually will surpass 900 new jobs."

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