MONTGOMERY COUNTY THURSDAY ALWAYS MARCH 5, 2020 CLEAN AND 22 PAGES NEWSY! 1 INSERT $1.00 PER ISSUE Montgomery County’s day for ‘Prosperiti’ Prosperiti Partners to occupy former Southwire facility in Coffeyville; 120 new jobs probable over next three years BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected] COFFEYVILLE — At least 120 manufacturing jobs with a pay scale above the median county wage are coming to Montgomery County. At Monday’s Montgomery Coun- ty Commission meeting, Coffeyville and county official unveiled plans by Prosperiti Partners to locate its new manufacturing plant at the former Southwire Manufacturing facility at the Coffeyville Industrial Park. Prosperiti Partners, which is based in Springfield, Mo., plans to manufacture components for its pre-manufactured, modular hous- ing dwellings at the Coffeyville plant. The company plans to hire 120 workers over the course of three years, with the goal of having the plant in operation by the end of the 2020 calendar year. Production equipment and in- stallation could begin as early as April. The company’s total capital investment will be nearly $20 mil- lion, with various state and local economic development incentives being offered to the company. Prosperiti Partners, through its subsidiary Prosperiti Builders, will manufacture the housing compo- nents at Coffeyville, with the com- pany using as many local or re- gional raw materials as possible, said Javier Garcia, Prosperiti’s di- rector of manufacturing. Prosperi- ti’s pre-manufactured modules are Javier Garcia, director of manufacturing for Prosperiti Partners, discusses the company’s plans to manufacture housing components at its Coffeyville then delivered to housing develop- plant.