International Retailer Lowe’s Constructs Regional Distribution Center in Cheyenne
CHEYENNE, WYO. – In January, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., the world’s second largest, home-improvement retailer, announced its plans to construct a new state-of-the-art regional distribution center (RDC) in Cheyenne. The $60 million facility will employ more than 425 people and supply products to more than 70 stores throughout Central and Western United States. “This puts Wyoming […]
Read MoreGrobet begins production at temporary facility
CHEYENNE, WYO. – Cheyenne residents can now officially welcome another business into the community as Grobet USA began its first day of production April 26. An international manufacturer of precision equipment, instruments, supplies and tools, Grobet announced its intention to relocate to Cheyenne in December. The company, headquartered in Carlstadt, N.J., is in the process […]
Read MoreCheyenne receives Five-Star, Quality-of-Life ranking
A national monthly business magazine selected Cheyenne as a Five Star Community due to its excellent quality of life. Cheyenne was listed in Expansion Management magazine’s May 2001 issue based the magazine’s third-annual Quality of Life Quotient (QLQ), which measures nearly 50 different quality-of-life indicators and compares them among the 329 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) […]
Read MoreInternational manufacturer to build in Cheyenne
CHEYENNE, WYO. -Grobet USA, an international manufacturer of precision equipment, instruments, supplies and tools, announced its plans to open a new facility in Cheyenne. The company, headquartered in Carlstadt, N.J., plans to build a 40,000 square-foot manufacturing plant on 10 acres in the Cheyenne Business Parkway. Grobet will initially employ up to 40 full-time people […]
Read MoreExpansion of VAE Nortrak in Cheyenne stays right on track
VAE Nortrak Cheyenne Inc., a company that opened its Cheyenne facility in 1997 with the help of Cheyenne LEADS, announced today the opening of its new 37,500-square-foot manufacturing plant in a space previously occupied by the City of Cheyenne. The new facility is directly adjacent to Nortrak’s existing 50,000-square-foot plant built in southern Cheyenne in […]
Read MoreTruss Craft Opens in Cheyenne Business Parkway
Dakota Craft, Inc., a fast-growing $4 million-per-year manufacturer of structural floor and roof trusses based in Rapid City, South Dakota, has constructed a new 25,000 square foot manufacturing plant in the Cheyenne Business Parkway. The Cheyenne expansion is called Truss Craft and began producing metal-plate-connected trusses in April 1999 with a work force of about […]
Read MoreQuark Moves at Hyperspeed
In a bold move accomplished at hyper-speed, internationally known Quark Inc., purchased 62 acres in the Cheyenne Business Parkway for what its President Fred Ebrahimi envisioned as a future campus-setting for his software company. In 1997, Quark Inc, an internationally known company announced its purchase of 62 acres in the Cheyenne Business Parkway. Quark Inc., […]
Read MoreEchoStar Communications Corporation Doubles Size of Facility
In the high-stakes game of direct broadcast a Colorado based company made others stand up and take notice. In October, 1997, EchoStar Communications, based in Englewood, Colorado, launched its newest satellite from Cape Canaveral, the third in as many years. Additionally, EchoStar has added an additional 73,000 square foot expansion to its Cheyenne facility. The […]
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