Hardware ManufacturerWichita

INVISTA

Hardware Manufacturer · Wichita, KS

INVISTA, a Koch Industries subsidiary, is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas and is one of the world's largest integrated producers of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibers, including nylon.

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Wichita earned the nickname "Air Capital of the World" honestly: Textron Aviation (Cessna and Beechcraft's parent) and Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselage sections for Boeing's 737 program, are both headquartered here, anchoring one of the most concentrated general-aviation and aerostructures manufacturing bases in the country. Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held companies in the United States by revenue, is also headquartered in Wichita -- diversified far beyond its refining roots into chemicals, materials, and logistics. Four real companies on file so far, but two of them are why a huge share of the world's small aircraft and commercial jet fuselages get built in this one Kansas city.

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Total firms 18

VC / investors 0

Companies 13

Schools 5

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Air Capital of the World