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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback recently announced that New Millennium Wind Energy has chosen the Kansas Logistics Park in Newton, Kan., as the site for its first manufacturing facility.

Slated to open by July 2012, the facility will manufacture wind turbine equipment in the park, which is served by Watco Cos. L.L.C.’s Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, and accessed by BNSF Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad. Founded in 2009, New Millennium Wind Energy plans to employ about 70 people at the plant in its first year of operations and more than 350 people in the next three to four years.

“Newton was a logical choice for our manufacturing facilities … [with] good logistical support, including rail, barge and highway access,” said New Millennium Wind Energy founder and Chief Executive Officer Drew Thacker in a prepared statement. “Those were key factors in our decision, as our product lines will ship worldwide.”