JELD-WEN Announces Plans to Build & Expand
Window and door manufacturer JELD-WEN announced plans to build a new, larger local facility after outgrowing their present location that does not have adequate room for expansion. JELD-WEN will purchase 14 acres across from the Fire Training Facility in LEADS’ Cheyenne Business Park, located along I-80 east of Cheyenne. Construction will begin this spring. The […]
Read MoreCheyenne named No. 1 for Cost of Doing Business in the Nation
Area Developmentmagazine’s Feb. 2004 issue has named Cheyenne, Wyoming the No. 1 location for manufacturing in the category “Cost of Doing Business.” In the article titled “Hottest Manufacturing Metro Areas,” Area Development (Feb. 2004, pp. 36-40) said the following: “Cost of Doing Business: The cost of doing business is the quintessential measure for manufacturers when […]
Read MoreHeli-Support Relocates to Cheyenne Airport
Heli-Support, Inc., an international helicopter-servicing company relocated to Cheyenne from Fort Collins, Co. LEADS provided ongoing assistance with local contacts, property location, state tax issues and airport coordination. Company officials said that about 42 of the 65 employees at the Fort Collins facility will be transitioned to Cheyenne by early 2004, and the remaining would […]
Read MoreLimelight Technologies Relocates to Cheyenne from Colorado
CHEYENNE-Limelight Technologies®, a five-year-old information technology (IT) development and consulting company located in Fort Collins, Colo., announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Cheyenne later this year. Cheyenne LEADS Vice President Pete Illoway announced the company’s plans Aug. 19 at the LEADS Invitational Golf Tournament dinner. Limelight Technologies employs 15 people in the Colorado […]
Read MoreFloyd Sales & Service Opens Cheyenne Facility
Cheyenne’s proximity to interstates 80 and 25 as well as an active business climate have helped contribute to a positive experience for one of the community’s newer companies. Cheyenne LEADS provided assistance and had been working with company representatives since July 2002 with local contacts and a property search. “We are extremely pleased to see […]
Read MoreSierra Trading Post Expands Again & Again
Sierra Trading Post, the Cheyenne Business Parkway’s first tenant, recently announced construction is in progress on a 284,000-square-foot fulfillment center located on 40 acres adjacent to the company’s Cheyenne headquarters facility. “We are tremendously pleased to see the progress and growth of Sierra Trading Post since they located in Cheyenne in 1992,” Cheyenne LEADS President […]
Read MoreVan Diest Supply Co. to open in business parkway
Van Diest Supply Company announced it will open a distribution center in the Cheyenne Business Parkway. The company has been in business since 1956. According to Cheyenne LEADS President Randy Bruns, Van Diest Supply Company will begin construction of its 25,000-square-foot facility in March making a $1 million investment in the Cheyenne community. The facility […]
Read MoreGrobet designates Cheyenne for worldwide manufacturing headquarters
CHEYENNE, WY — Effective immediately, Cheyenne has been designated Grobet USA’s world headquarters for manufacturing, research and development. Grobet USA is an international manufacturer of precision equipment, instruments, supplies and tools. This is the second expansion-related announcement made by the company since it communicated in December 2000 it would construct a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in […]
Read MoreGrobet expands its Cheyenne manufacturing operation
CHEYENNE, WY — Grobet File Company of America, Inc., an international manufacturer of precision equipment, instruments, supplies and tools, has announced further plans to expand the manufacturing operations within its newly opened facility in Cheyenne. Slightly more than a year ago, the company announced its intention to build a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on 10 acres […]
Read MoreInternational 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 […]
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