Big force in little community: Manufacturer spending more than $550,000 to expand

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20140114/MONEY/140119457/1697#big-force-in-little-community-manufacturer-spending-more-than-550-000-to-expand

Published Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 1:00 am / Updated at 10:04 pm

By Cole Epley / Only in The World-Herald

Like most manufacturers across the Cornhusker State, Brehmer Manufacturing in Lyons needs skilled workers, but that hasn't slowed the growth trajectory of the Burt County manufacturer, which has an expansion worth more than $550,000 in the works.

The project is scheduled for completion by mid- to late summer and will add 10,000 square feet of manufacturing space along with 10 employees.

“We keep pushing the walls out, you might say,” President and CEO Joe Brehmer said.

Brehmer oversees one of the largest employers in the county, with 49 employees producing six to nine distinct product lines at any given time. The next-largest manufacturer in Burt County employs about half as many workers. Lyons is a community of fewer than 900.

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