The Center of Attention
10 Dec 2019
Junction City attracts global businesses seeking access to labor and growing markets.
Junction City lived up to its name when Camso, a Canadian company that makes products for off-road vehicles, ended its national site search by selecting a building in the central Kansas community for a $36.4-million new plant investment.
Headquartered in Magog, Quebec, Camso employs more than 7,500 workers in 26 countries around the world, and now it's going to add a 23rd plant location to its global footprint: the 25,000-resident community of Junction City.
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