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It's a Good Day in Great Falls,
Today Janicki Industries has officially announced that Great Falls is in the top two for their site selection search. In our months of working through due diligence with the Janicki Team, we have been impressed. Janicki is a thoughtful, innovative, hardworking, family owned and operated business that is striving to ensure their team members can all attain the American Dream. They are looking at the whole community and see great potential here. They are interested in building homes and partnerships to advance our home ownership production. This is an exciting opportunity for our community. You'll see the full press release issued by Janicki below.
Advanced manufacturing is a critical element in a community economy and one that is under represented in our regional economy. Advanced Manufacturing provides high wage jobs and benefits to skilled and unskilled community members; primary sector income coming from outside our community; opportunities for supply chain partnerships; and economic diversification and resilience.
Speed to market is a critical factor in the decision making process and because the AgriTech Park is a shovel ready site we were able to stay in the competition.
We would also not be in the top two without our strong partners and investors locally and at the state level. Everyone is working so well together and that team effort is shining through!
We have a lot of work ahead of us if we want the next headline to read Janicki Chooses Great Falls, Montana. So let's sharpen our pencils and get to work!
Have a wonderful day! Please reach out if you have ideas or questions for us.
What do we need help with should they choose Great Falls:
- They need temporary housing for 12-24 team members who will be rotating in and out of town working on the project over the next year
- They will need temporary office space and a large training space to get project work underway in a training environment
Go Great Falls!
Jolene Schalper
Executive Vice President
406-750-4481
Janicki Considers Great Falls, Montana, or Twin Falls, Idaho, for New Manufacturing Facilities
(SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – April 17, 2026) Janicki Industries, a privately-owned engineering and manufacturing company with locations in Washington and Utah, is evaluating a potential expansion of its facilities to Great Falls, Montana, or the Twin Falls/Jerome area of south-central Idaho.
For more than 33 years, Janicki has designed and built composite and metallic tooling, parts, prototypes and assembled structures for many industries and is one of the largest privately owned Tier 1 aerospace suppliers in the United States.
Janicki has made significant investments into buildings and equipment that have enabled the company to scale from just over 900 employees in 2022 to nearly 1,900 employees by the end of 2025 with over one million square feet of manufacturing space. Despite this significant expansion, demand for Janicki's capabilities continues to outpace capacity.
The company has reached a critical point where further growth requires a large-scale geographic expansion. To address this need, Janicki has developed a strategic plan to invest more than $800 million into a new multi-building manufacturing campus with the expectation of building up to 2 million square feet of production space over the next decade.
As part of this process, Janicki evaluated several states before issuing requests for information. Company representatives have visited each community and continue to conduct feasibility studies and land evaluations to identify opportunities and cost challenges.
Based on those responses, the company has identified several communities that could accommodate its needs, including Great Falls, Montana, or the south-central Idaho area communities of Twin Falls and Jerome. Janicki is applying for state and local tax incentives and pursuing infrastructure support to offset site development costs.
"We see great opportunity in these communities; however, the scale of upfront investment required to build a campus of this size means that competitive tax and infrastructure support will be a key factor in where we ultimately build. We are not looking for special treatment, but we are looking to use the available options to maximize our impact,” said Nick Lavacca, community relations manager at Janicki. “As we move forward with applications, our campus layout and building designs need to be fluid and are subject to change at this early stage of identifying the right location.”
Janicki is actively engaged with local and state leaders and met with stakeholders in Idaho and Montana this week as it works toward a final site decision. The company anticipates the new campus will create more than 1,000 manufacturing and engineering jobs within five years and provide long-term economic growth in the community for decades to come.
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About Janicki
Janicki is a privately owned engineering and manufacturing company that designs and builds composite and metallic tooling, parts, prototypes and assembled structures for customers across aerospace, defense, space, marine and other industries. As one of the largest privately owned Tier 1 aerospace suppliers in the United States, Janicki brings full-scale production capabilities to programs of any scope. Learn more at www.janicki.com.
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