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5 Reasons To Locate Your Aerospace Company In Oklahoma

Career-Ready Workforce
Oklahoma’s certified skills-tested workforce supports diverse, technologically-advanced industries and has a national reputation for proficiency, productivity and reliability. Oklahoma’s Workforce Team assists your company with all human resource needs, including recruitment, workforce screening and no-cost/low-cost customized workforce training.

Competitive Cost of Doing Business, Affordable Quality of Life
Oklahoma’s overall cost of doing business was ranked 10th lowest in the nation by the Milken Institute and has the 5th lowest tax burden in the nation. Oklahoma offers abundant local access to reliable and affordable energy sources and our labor costs run below the national average. Our standard of living is among the best in the nation with affordable housing, impressive spending power and a stable economy despite national trends.

Centralized Location Facilitates Distribution & Market Access
Reduce logistics and transportation costs by locating in Oklahoma. Our state is equidistant between the east and west coasts, Mexico and Canada plus located at the crossroads of 1-35, 1-40 and 1-44. Oklahoma offers easy access to all modes of transportation including the nation’s furthest inland ice–free port.

Superior Business Incentives
Oklahoma’s business incentive program offers you a choice of up to 5% cash back quarterly of new taxable payroll and/or a tax credit on investment or new jobs. Additionally, a 5-Year Ad Valorem Property Tax Exemption is available for qualifying manufacturing companies. Tax credits are also provided to engineers hired by aerospace companies and to the aerospace companies hiring engineers.

Nationally Recognized Education & Training
Oklahoma’s world class network of research institutions, regional universities and community colleges provide Oklahomans with skills and knowledge valued by employers in this technology driven global economy. Our CareerTech System’s Training for Industry Program and their ongoing customized upgrade training programs are recognized as one of the best training programs in the U.S.

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- Charles Kimbrough
  Director of Recruitment
  Office: 405-815-5361
  Cell: 405-831-8271
- Erika Lucas
  Director, Foreign Direct Investment
  Office: 405-815-5187
  Cell: 405-637-7878
- Oklahoma Fast Forward Team
  Office: 800-588-5959
- Dave Wagie
  Director of Aerospace Economic Development
  Office: 405-815-5258
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- Oklahoma Aerospace Directory
- Aerospace Tax Credit Rules
Media
- Boeing: Why Oklahoma is Good for Business<div class="mediaVideoContainer"><div class="mediaVideo"><object width="600" height="450"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7984275&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7984275&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="450"></embed></object></div><div class="mediaVideoInfo"><h1>Boeing: Why Oklahoma is Good for Business</h1>Steve Hendrickson, Director of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, discusses why the company has been a part of Oklahoma's aerospace industry since 1943 and now operates in six locations across the state. </div>
- Jet Service Enterprises: Why Oklahoma is Good for Business<div class="mediaVideoContainer"><div class="mediaVideo"><object width="600" height="330"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8673275&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8673275&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="330"></embed></object></div><div class="mediaVideoInfo"><h1>Jet Service Enterprises: Why Oklahoma is Good for Business</h1>Steve Dwerlkotte, President of Jet Service Enterprises, discusses Oklahoma's well-established aerospace industry and how that benefits his company. </div>
- Battelle Oklahoma: Why Oklahoma is Good for Business<div class="mediaVideoContainer"><div class="mediaVideo"><object width="600" height="330"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6834127&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6834127&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="330"> </embed> </object> </div><div class="mediaVideoInfo"><h1>Battelle Oklahoma: Why Oklahoma is Good for Business</h1>Chip Carter, Vice President of Battelle Oklahoma, talks about his company's reasons for investing more than $2 million over the past three years to develop and operate the Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Technology Center at Tinker Airforce Base in Oklahoma City. </div>
- Oklahoma's Aerospace Advantage<div class="mediaVideoContainer"><div class="mediaVideo"><object width="600" height="330"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8673267&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8673267&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="330"></embed></object></div><div class="mediaVideoInfo"><h1>Oklahoma's Aerospace Advantage</h1>Features aerospace executives from NORDAM, Enviro Systems, Boeing, and Battelle sharing their reasons for doing business in Oklahoma.</div>
Links
- Oklahoma Aerospace Alliance

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