Businesses in Tulsa are experiencing growth, despite the current national recession. Local businesses find it to be the ideal location to expand operations due to the low cost of doing business, available workforce, good supplier network and a central U.S. location.
Recent expansions include Borets-Weatherford, Baker Hughes, Premier Natural Resources, Direct Energy and Limco.
Below is a list of company expansions in 2012 and 2013
| 2013 Expansions Company Laredo Petroleum Matrix Service Company URS-Flint Conexus LLC River Spirit Casino Driver iQ Tristar Glass Target Completions West Corp. Dish Network ABB Sawyer Manufacturing Ambitech Engineering Aether DBS Ameristar Fence Products Magellan Midstream Partners Summit ESP Melton Truck Lines Borets-Weatherford |
Type of Business Energy HQ Engineering Services Engineering Services Supply Chain Solutions Gaming & Entertainment Background Information Services Glass Products Construction Product Mfg. Call Center Customer Service Centr Natural Gas Measurement Equip. Mfg. Pipeline & Welding Equip. Engineering Services Manufacture Skids Mfg.Fencing & Sm. Structures Energy Mfg. Submersible Pumps Trucking HQ R&D Center Oil Pumps |
New Jobs n/a 75 12 30 800 100 70 80 100 150 265 15 20 40 50 n/a 72 105 30 |
| 2012 Expansions Company Capital One Auto Finance First Oklahoma Bank Arrowhead Precast McElroy Manufacturing Air Hygiene Valmont Newmark First Process Steel Mattsco Supply Co. Phillips 66 Apache Corp. NGL Energy Partners DWI Engineering & Fab. Gunnebo Johnson Lufthansa Technik New Dominion Ameron International Webco West Corp. D&L Oil Tools Team Oil Tools Trinity Containers AT&T CSI Aerospace capSpire Walvoil QEP Resources Summit ESP Spirit Aerosystems U.S. Highland ORS Nasco AG Equipment WPX Energy Baker Hughes Airgas Inc. SageNet Premier Natural Resources Carlisle |
Type of Business Loan Management Banking Headquarters Precast concrete products Heat Exchanger Fintubes Emissions Testing Firm Mfg. Utility Poles Formed Steel Sheets Pipe Distributor Energy Oil & Gas Production Natural Gas Transportation Engineering & Fab Services Mfg. Crane Components Aircraft Repair Oil & Natural Gas Production Mfg. Street Light Poles Metal Tube Manufacturer Customer Service Ctr. Mfg. Down-Well Oil Equipment Mfg. Oil & Gas Equipment Mfg. Storage & Vacuum Tanks Customer Service Repair of Temperature Sensors Global Consulting & Solutions Mfg. Hydraulic Systems Oil & Gas Production Mfg. Submersible Pumps Aerospace Components Mfg. Motorcycle Engines & Parts Wholesale Industrial Global Compressor Packaging Exporation & Production Oil Field Support Supplier of Industrial Gasses Network Managed Services Oil & Gas Mfg. Industrial Brakes |
New Jobs 100 45 15 n/a n/a 100 n/a 40 455 75 63 28 57 90 108 129 80 100 100 200 108 60 75 30 n/a 50 30 200 348 600 268 200 700 130 50 300 42 |