Another cog in the diversification of the East Texas workforce eased into place this past week in this city’s Synergy Park. Drilltools was officially welcomed by city and state officials during a Wednesday grand opening event. Bo Steding, one of the company’s senior managers, said with investors from far outside East Texas, Drilltools is a manufacturing company that could be just about anywhere.
Instead, the company opted to invest more than $5 million, create 40 jobs during the next couple of years and construct a 50,000-square-foot plant on a 9.25-acre tract in Kilgore’s industrial park. “The friendly pro-business atmosphere of Kilgore is the main reason we are here today,” he said during the ceremony. “We could be anywhere in the USA.”
