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Oklahoma Manufacturers Secure New Business at International Airshow
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell met with major aerospace companies at the Farnborough International Airshow last month. The aerospace and defense industry is Oklahoma’s second largest and fastest growing sector. In the past five years, Oklahoma attracted $1.9 billion in new investment for the state and more than 7,700 new jobs for Oklahomans. (more…) [...]
NorSun Plans $620M Investment in Oklahoma for U.S. Solar Wafer Manufacturing Operations
Norwegian solar energy company, NorSun, has selected Tulsa, Oklahoma for its first U.S.-based factory, an initial planned investment of $620 million in a new 5 GW silicon ingot and solar wafer manufacturing facility. The expansion, which was facilitated by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, [...]
Kratos and GE Aerospace Partner on Small Affordable Engines
During the Farnborough International Airshow, Oklahoma’s Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, announced that GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner on the development and production of small affordable engines that could potentially [...]
Green Li-ion’s plant in Atoka, Oklahoma is a Groundbreaking Achievement in the Battery Recycling Industry
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt joined other state leaders, including Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall, and leadership from Green Li-Ion to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new facility in Atoka, Okla. “We have an amazing energy advantage in our state, and we’re using it to our advantage [...]
Oklahoma Celebrates $51 Million Investment in Tulsa Region’s Tech Hub
Governor Kevin Stitt released a statement celebrating the $51 million federal investment in Tulsa’s Tech Hub. The Tech Hub, which focuses on autonomous technologies such as drones, will make Tulsa the world’s leading destination for innovation, investment and talent in this technology and will find uses in industries spanning [...]
Webco Celebrates Opening of F.W. Weber Leadership Campus
Webco Industries christened the first building on its F. W. Weber Leadership Campus. The 77,000-square-foot facility will house the company’s leadership and IT team along with Webco Tech Center, which is responsible for research and development, advanced testing, prototyping, and metallurgical problem-solving. The Tech Center had previously been a shared [...]
