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Article: Kingman makes hay: Growth at Karatzis reflects mood that there are jobs to be had amid a tough and uncertain economy.
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- The Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, KS)
- Article date:
- October 19, 2008
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Byline: Amy Bickel
Oct. 19--KINGMAN -- Glen Steele stood amid the half-empty, 27,000-square-foot warehouse with a vision of what the next few months would bring.
By the end of the year, construction should be complete on an additional 33,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. And in the months following, a crew of nearly 30 employees will begin making netting for hay bales for farmers across Kansas and the United States. "Everything is coming together," Steele said, adding that amid a tough and uncertain economy, there are jobs to be had in Kingman. Three new businesses, including Karatzis, nearly 200 jobs in the next few years -- jobs that include ...