Wind tower firm comes to Columbus

econdev@nppd.com   6/18/2007

Katana Summit LLC - a partnership of Katana Industries Inc. of Ephrata, Wash., and Sumitomo Corporation of Tokyo, Japan...

Wind tower firm comes to Columbus
Katana Summit LLC - a partnership of Katana Industries Inc. of Ephrata, Wash., and Sumitomo Corporation of Tokyo, Japan - has purchased buildings and land in Columbus to manufacture tubular wind towers. The company purchased the Columbus Spec Building, Reliance Building and 46 acres from Loup Power District in the Columbus East Industrial Park, and work began at the site June 8. The project will encompass 75 acres and more than 250,000 square foot of building space. Plans call for manufacturing to begin by March of 2008. The firm plans to employ 100-120 workers at full production.

The Columbus Economic Council is especially appreciative of the support provided by NPPD, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, and Northeast Nebraska Economic Development, as well as the Columbus Development Corporation, city of Columbus and Platte County officials and staff, reports the Columbus Telegram.

To view the full Columbus Telegram article, please visit http://www.columbustelegram.com/articles/2007/06/14/news/news1windtower.txt.

 

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