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Greater Kansas City Profile

Labor Force Changes

Businesses that Opened Major Operations or
Expanded Existing Operations in the Greater Kansas City Area

Business Openings & Expansions (50+)
Company	type of Operation	Location	Jobs Created	Type of Action
2010
Allen Foods	Bread products mfg.	Topeka, KS	95	Opening
Genesis 10	Business consulting firm	Kansa City, MO	153	Opening
Regent Asset Management Solutions	Collections contact center	Overland Park, KS	1,200	Opening/Expansion
Sales Focus Inc.	Inside sales call center	Olathe, KS	150	Opening
Stratus Building Solutions	Building services and maintenance	Overland Park, KS	100	Opening
2009
Apria Healthcare Group	Healthcare customer service	Overland Park, KS	550	Opening/Expansion
Boehringer Ingelheim	Pharmaceutical mfg.	St. Joseph, MO	120	Expansion
CareCentrix	Regional care center	Overland Park, KS	150	Opening
Ceva Biomune	Poultry vaccine production	Lenexa, KS	80	Opening/Expansion
FedEx SmartPost	Package delivery distribution ctr.	Olathe, KS	89	Opening
General Motors	Automobile mfg.	Kansas City, KS	375	Expansion
Kansas City Sausage LLC	Food mfg.	Kansas City, MO	60	Opening
Mars Petcare US	Pet care products R&D facility	Kansas City, MO	157	Opening/Expansion
MillerCoors LLC	Midwest regional headquarters and training facility	Kansas City, MO	35	Opening
NCO Group Inc.	Contact center	Lenexa, KS	300	Expansion
NSEW Mortgage	Home mortgage firm	Overland Park, KS	100	Opening
Rio National Insurance Group	Midwest regional service office	Lee's Summit, MO	100 over five years	Opening
Sara Lee Corporation	Sliced meat mfg.	Kansas City, KS	250	Opening
Smith Electric Vehicles US	Electric powered vehicles assembly	Kansas City, MO	200	Opening
Systemair	Ventilation products mfg. and distribution	Lenexa, KS	105	Expansion
U.S. Bank	Financial service center	Overland Park, KS	1,100	Opening
Watts Water Technologies	Water control equipment mfg.	Kansas City, MO	51	Opening
2008
Burns & McDonnell	Engineers (Hdq.)	Kansas City, MO	250	Expansion
Coleman Company Inc.	Outdoor recreation distribution ctr.	Gardner, KS	170	Opening/Expansion
Farmers Insurance	Insurance	Olathe, KS	600	Expansion
Molin Concrete	Precast concrete products mfg.	Shawnee, KS	57	Opening
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility	Federal biodefense lab	Manhattan, KS	500	Opening
O'Reily Automotive Inc.	Auto parts retailer distribution ctr.	Kansas City, MO	63	Expansion
Pacific Sunwear	Retail distribution ctr.	Olathe, KS	70	Expansion/Relocation
Perceptive Software	Software development	Shawnee, KS	50	Expansion
Phoenix Fabrications	Metal fabrication	Osawatomie, KS	65	Expansion
PRA	Clinical Research Organization	Lenexa, KS	50	Expansion
TransGlobal Design & Mfg.	Manufacturing	Kansas City, MO	70	Opening

Businesses that Closed Major Operations or
Reduced Existing Operations in the Greater Kansas City Area

Business Closures & Reductions (50+)
Company	type of Operation	Location	Jobs Lost	Type of Action
2010
AT&T	Telecommunications	Kansas City area	140	Downsizing
DST Systems Inc.	Financial services	Kansas City, MO	760*	Downsizing
Ericsson Services Inc.	Telecommunications	Kansas City area	100	Downsizing
NCO Customer Service	Business process outsourcing provider	Lenexa, KS	60	Downsizing
City of Overland Park, KS	Public government	Overland Park, KS	61	Downsizng
Swiss Re	Insurance	Overland Park, KS	100	Downsizing
The Folgers Coffee Company	Coffee mfg.	Kansas City, MO	180	Closing
2009
Accent Marketing Services	Contact center	Kansas City, MO	163	Downsizing
American Airlines	Aircraft maintenance base	Kansas City, MO	490	Closing
BIC Graphic USA	Promotional products mfg.	Atchison, KS	88	Closing
Chrysler Financial	Customer service center	Overland Park, KS	240	Closing
City of Kansas City, MIssouri	Public government	Kansas City, MO	330	Downsizing
Conklin-Fangman	Automobile dealership	Kansas City, MO	80	Closing
CenturyLink Inc. (formerly Embarq)	Telecommunications	Overland Park, KS	39+	Downsizing
Garmin International	Global positioning systems mfg. (Hdq.)	Olathe, KS	141	Downsizing
Hallmark Cards, Inc.	Greeting cards mfg. (Hdq.)	Kansas City, MO	200-250	Downsizing
Harley-Davidson Inc.	Motorcycle mfg.	Kansas City, MO	485	Downsizing
HD Bath (Home Depot)	Department store	Kansas City, MO	130	Downsizing
InteliMail	Direct mail production	Lenexa, KS	100	Closing/Relocation
InterCall inc.	Conference center	Lenexa, KS	170	Closing
International Paper Company	Cardboard box mfg.	Kansas City, KS	100	Closing
Kansas City Star	Newspaper	Kansas City, MO	150+	Downsizing
Musician's Friend	Musical instrument retail/call center	Kansas City, MO	75	Downsizing/Closing
New Breed Logistics Inc.	Third-party logistics services provider	Kansas City, MO	53	Closing
Ply Gem Industries	Vinyl siding mfg.	Kearney, MO	146	Downsizing
Sanofi-aventis	pharmaceutical mfg.	Kansas City, MO	370	Closing
Sika Corporation	Automobile supplier	Grandview, MO	107	Downsizing/Closing
Sprint	Telecommunications (Hdq.)	Overland Park, KS	1,800-2,000+ 2,000-2,500	Downsizing
2008
ABX Air Inc.	Air freight carrier	Kansas City, KS	76	Downsizing/Closing
American Airlines	Airplane maintenance facility	Kansas City, MO	437	Downsizing
American Century Investments	Mutual funds (Hdq.)	Kansas City, MO	360	Downsizing
Ameristar Casinos Inc.	Casino	Kansas City, MO	75	Downsizing
Ball Corporation	Beverage can plant mfg.	Kansas City, MO	175	Closing
Capital One Home Loans	Lending center	Overland Park, KS	320	Closing
Cerner Corporation	Healthcare information technology (Hdq.)	Kansas City, MO	97	Downsizing
CertainTeed Corporation	Fiberglass insulation mfg.	Kansas City, KS	140	Downsizing
Embarq	Telecommunications	Overland Park, KS	NA	Downsizing
H&R Block, Inc.	Tax preparation and financial services	Kansas City, MO	505	Downsizing
Honeywell Aerospace	Aircraft comm. and nav. equipment mfg.	Olathe, KS	140	Downsizing/ Outsourcngi
Kansas City Star	Newspaper	Kansas City, MO	200+	Downsizing
KVC Behavioral HealthCare	Healthcare	Olathe, KS	76	Downsizing
Lear Corporation	Automobile supplier	Liberty, MO	300	Closing
Meridian Automotive Systems Inc.	Automobile supplier	Kansas City, KS	114	Downsizng/Closing
MGP Ingredients	Flour mill and protein and starch mfg.	Atchison, KS	75	Closing/Downsizing
Midwest Airlines	Airline	Kansas City, MO	110	Downsizing
Pizza Hut Inc.	Contact center	Overland Park, KS	178	Closing
Progressive Molded Products Inc.	Automobile supplier	St. Joseph, MO	140	Closing
QualServ	Food service equipment & supplies dist.	North Kansas City, MO	65	Closing
Rapid Solutions Group	Offset printing services	Kansas City, MO	50	Closing
St. Luke's Health System	Health services	Kansas City, MO	61	Downsizing
Unilever	Food products mfg.	Independence, MO	75	Downsizing

*Specific job losses in Kansas City was not disclosed.

 

 

DEFINING THE GREATER KC METRO AREA

Kansas City is a Missouri/Kansas bi-state metropolitan area. All statistical references made to Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) include the counties of Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The greater Kansas City area also includes the adjoining Lawrence, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and Topeka, KS MSAs, as well as the Atchison, KS, Chillicothe, MO, Ottawa, KS, and Warrensburg, MO areas.