Kansas

EDGERTON, KAN. — Aerospace parts supplier Triumph Group has opened its new factory in Edgerton. The Berwyn, Pa.-based company began relocating its operations from Grandview, Mo., to the new facility in September and expects the move to be complete by June 2017. Located within Logistics Park Kansas City, the 156,000-square-foot manufacturing plant was built to accommodate the company’s growth and expanding technologies. The factory is the company’s new Small and Medium Parts Center of Excellence, which makes machining and assembly of aircraft components made from aluminum and various hard metal alloys. Products that will be made at the plant include landing gear structure and assemblies, seat/cargo tracks, floor beams, thrust reverser beams, stringer end fittings, wing attach fittings, installation brackets, hinge arm assemblies and engine inlet assemblies.

OLATHE, KAN. — The Opus Group has unveiled plans for a 205,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Olathe, approximately 30 miles southwest of Kansas City. 56 Commerce Center is the first phase of a 505,000-square-foot master-planned project. The building, located on 53 acres at the southeast corner of Old 56 Highway and Loan Elm Road, is slated to be completed in January 2017. The multi-tenant facility will feature office space, 32-foot clear heights and a truck court. Opus will provide development, construction and architectural services for the project, and Joe Orscheln and Mike Mitchelson of CBRE will market the property for lease.