Manufacturing Is a Mainstay in Topeka's Diverse Economy

The factories are humming in Topeka. The Midwestern city is a center of manufacturing, and many prominent companies have production or distribution facilities in the area. Goodyear Tire & Rubber, a Fortune 500 corporation that employs approximately 1,700 workers, invested $100 million in an upgrade to their Topeka plant. Reser’s Fine Foods, a producer of potato salad, coleslaw and vegetable salad, is expanding its Topeka plant, the largest of its manufacturing facilities. Target completed... Read More »