Kansas City company files plans to build manufacturing plant with 80 jobs in Lawrence

A Kansas City, Mo.-based company wants to bring 80 jobs to Lawrence and build a new manufacturing plant at Lawrence VenturePark.

U.S. Engineering Metalworks has filed plans with the city to build a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on an approximately 25-acre site at the business park on the eastern edge of Lawrence. The company would become the first to locate a business in the park, which opened in 2014.

The company builds a variety of complex pieces of equipment for the heating, cooling and plumbing industries, according to information provide by the company to the city.