SALINA —Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., announced a $53 million expansion project for its Salina operation.
Linda Salem, president and CEO of Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., announced the expansion during a Thursday morning news conference attended by state and local government officials and Great Plains employees.
The company founded in 1976 will expand into the Signify/Phillips Lighting plant on South Ninth Street in Salina.
Signify also announced Thursday that it is closing its Salina manufacturing facility in the second quarter of 2021.
The Great Plains expansion will add approximately 130 new manufacturing jobs in Salina, according to Salem.
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., has become a leader in the manufacturing of agricultural implements for tillage, seeding, and planting in the United States, as well as a leading producer of dirt working, turf maintenance, material handling, and landscaping equipment, according to the company web site.
Now a Kubota Company, Great Plains comprises five divisions: Great Plains Ag, Great Plains International, Land Pride, Great Plains Acceptance Corporation (GPAC), and Great Plains Trucking.