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“For the last year it has been, roughly, three percent
or less. So we continue to have opportunities for em-
ployment, both within the City of Wentzville, as well as
within the region. We are the site of the General Mo-
tors Wentzville Assembly Center, which is the city’s and
the county’s major employer. There are 4,200 workers
that work at the GM plant, and they run three shifts,
seven days a week. They manufacture the Colorado
and Canyon pick-up trucks and the full-sized vans for
General Motors.”
According to Lang, there are several spinoff companies
in Wentzville that take full advantage of the Assembly
Center’s location. “We have a company called Kna-
pheide that’s building a facility here,” he says. “They
install racking units. It’s a roughly 55,000 square foot
building, which is just about complete. They’ll take the
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Wentzville, Missouri
WHAT:
A city of 38,000
WHERE:
East central Missouri, approximately
40 miles west of St. Louis
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