Coffey County will soon be home to a new $1.9 billion dollar computer chip manufacturing facility. Governor Laura Kelly has announced that EMP Shield plans to build a computer chip manufacturing facility in Burlington. The Governor says that the facility will create more than 1,200 jobs averaging $66,000 annually. EMP Shield manufactures devices that protect other electronic devices from destructive magnetic pulses. The company will build its facility on 300 acres in a secure campus located at Silicon Prairie Industrial Park. Kelly says it is a matter of National Security:
Once completed, the 235,000 square feet facility is expected to manufacture thousands of chips per week. Governor Kelly says bringing economic development to every corner of Kansas has been her goal since taking office.
