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Based in Wichita, Kan., Koch Industries, Inc. is one of the largest private companies in America according to Forbes magazine. It owns a diverse group of companies involved in refining and chemicals; process and pollution control equipment and technologies; minerals; fertilizers; polymers and fibers; commodity trading and services; and forest and consumer products. Koch companies have a presence in nearly 60 countries and employ about 70,000 people.
The company’s Wichita headquarters, a 1.2 million-square-foot office complex with 2,100 Koch companies’ employees, houses specialized capabilities such as human resources; environmental, health and safety; information technology; public affairs; risk management; legal services; tax and audit services; and business development.
Companies in Kansas
Flint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, is a leading refining and chemicals company. It markets products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, olefins, polymers and intermediate chemicals. It operates refineries in Alaska (North Pole), Minnesota (Rosemount) and Texas (Corpus Christi), with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 800,000 barrels per day. The company’s petrochemical business includes production facilities in Illinois, Michigan and Texas. These plants produce aromatics, olefins, polymers and intermediate chemicals. The company also produces and markets asphalt in the Midwest and owns an interest in a lubricants base oil facility in Louisiana.
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P.’s Pipeline Control Center, is the hub for remote pipeline control, monitoring and information sharing. KPL’s innovative pipeline monitoring system has been honored by the Smithsonian Institution. The pipeline control center continuously monitors about 4,000 miles of pipelines in North America that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas and chemicals.
INVISTA B.V. and its subsidiaries are among the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and polyester applications. INVISTA has facilities in more than 20 countries across the globe and operates four major businesses: Apparel, Intermediates, Performance Surfaces and Materials, and Polymer and Resins. INVISTA is behind many items that enrich people’s lives every day; clothing, carpets, luggage, plastic bottles, automobile interiors, airbags and many other products originate in one of INVISTA’s global manufacturing facilities. INVISTA delivers exceptional value for its customers through technology innovations, market insights and a powerful portfolio of global trademarks including LYCRA® fiber, STAINMASTER® carpet, ANTRON® carpet fiber, COOLMAX® fabric and others.
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC has a plant in Blue Rapids that manufactures gypsum interior and exterior sheathing and plaster. The company’s building products business has long been among the nation’s leading suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Georgia-Pacific LLC, based in Atlanta, and its subsidiaries have approximately 300 manufacturing facilities across North America, South America and Europe, ranging from large pulp, paper and tissue operations to gypsum plants, box plants and building products operations.
Wichita employees of Koch Supply & Trading, LP provide accounting, tax and other support capabilities for traders around the world.
Koch-Glitsch, LP and its affiliates are global leaders in the supply of mass-transfer and mist-elimination equipment, as well as other process technologies and related services. The company’s products are found in refineries and chemical plants worldwide. Koch-Glitsch is a Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC company.
Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC owns and operates facilities in Dodge City that produce ammonia and UAN. These facilities provide fertilizer to customers in Kansas and the Midwest. The company and its affiliates, including Koch Fertilizer, LLC, have the capability to manufacture, market and distribute more than 10 million metric tons of fertilizer products annually.
Koch Carbon, LLC and its affiliates globally trade and transport petroleum coke, coal, cement, sulfur and other related commodities through a network of company owned or operated bulk import/export terminals in the United States and Europe.
The Matador Cattle Company, a division of Koch Agriculture Company, operates three ranches totaling about 425,000 acres with about 15,000 head of cattle. Fred C. Koch acquired the 10,000-acre Spring Creek Ranch, in the Kansas Flint Hills, in the late 1940s.
Safety and Environmental Commitment
Koch companies are committed to operating businesses in a manner that protects the health and safety of employees, the public and the environment. Koch companies’ safety performance is among the best in the industry and the companies strive to protect the environment by reducing waste and increasing efficiency.
Community Commitment
Koch companies are committed to understanding the needs of the community and participating in projects and activities that add value to their neighbors. Here are a few examples:
Kansas Science Olympiad
Koch Industries will serve as the primary sponsor of the 2010 Kansas Science Olympiad. The annual event attracts hundreds of middle and high school students from throughout the state to participate in events ranging from biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. The goal of Science Olympiad is to increase the interest and proficiency of students in the study of science, promote team work, recognize outstanding student and teacher achievements in science, and to improve the quality of science education in Kansas.
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
A grant from Koch Industries launched a pilot project in 2010 to encourage greater participation among Hispanic girls in Girl Scout programs.
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas
In partnership with the Kansas Council of Economic Education, Koch Industries provided after-school economic education programs to students in kindergarten through 5th grade and sponsored a Youth Entrepreneurs Kansas business camp during the summer of 2009.
Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America
Koch Industries, Inc. donated a 5.1-acres site in Wichita for construction of the council’s new 11,000-square-foot service center. The new center will enable the organization to better serve its volunteers, leaders and Scouting families. The council teaches leadership skills, good citizenship and community services to more than 13,000 young men and women in 30 Kansas counties.
Kansas State University
Along with the Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation, Koch Industries, Inc. has made donations totaling $400,000 to the university’s office of diversity. The donations will support K-State's Project IMPACT, which focuses on increasing the number of multicultural students and programs to help those students succeed in college.
Disaster Relief
Since 2005, Koch companies and employees have contributed more than $3.7 million in cash and in-kind donations to relief agencies to help disaster victims worldwide. Support included the Salvation Army to help victims of the Greensburg, Kan., tornado and the Red Cross Society of China following the 2008 earthquake.
Habitat for Humanity
Koch Industries is donating $60,000 to Habitat for Humanity for its 2010 Blitz Build in Wichita. In addition, employees of Koch companies and other volunteers will build one of six Blitz Build homes. Koch companies have a long-standing involvement with Habitat for Humanity. Most recently, Koch Nitrogen Company donated $65,000 in 2008 to help build one of the first Habitat for Humanity homes in tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kan., with hundreds of employees of Koch companies and their families participating in the four-week build. In 2007, Koch Industries and Flint Hills Resources provided funding and volunteers to build a Habitat home in Wichita.
Urban League of Kansas
Koch Industries, Inc. donated $100,000 to the Urban League to initiate the first school-based National Urban League Incentives to Excel and Succeed program in Wichita. NULITES helps prepare students for post-secondary educational opportunities, providing one-on-one college/career counseling, ACT prep workshops, and college and workplace tours. This program is currently operating at Wichita North High School.
Salvation Army
Employees of Koch companies in Wichita surpassed their goal for the 2009 Salvation Army Angel Tree drive, providing gifts and donating nearly $16,000 to help 1,005 children and their families. It was the 19th consecutive year Koch companies employees organized and participated in the Angel Tree drive. Employees of Koch companies raised more than $3,000 to purchase graphic calculators for the Salvation Army’s 2009 School Supply Landslide benefitting Wichita students.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County
2010 marks the 36th year Koch Industries has supported Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County. For the past four years, Koch Industries has donated $150,000 for the annual Bowl for Kid’s Sake campaign. Employees of Koch companies also raised more than $52,000 during the 2009 campaign, and continue to rank among the highest in the state in terms of volunteer participation in BBBS mentoring programs.
Wichita State University
Koch Industries donated $6 million to WSU’s Roundhouse Renaissance Campaign with funds used to renovate the outdated basketball arena. The arena was dedicated in November 2003. In 2008, Koch Industries’ support of the university’s Next Level Project helped upgrade the lower level concourse of Charles Koch Arena.
Sedgwick County Zoo
Koch Industries is a proud supporter of the Sedgwick County Zoo. The company provided funding for the Koch Orangutan & Chimpanzee Habitat, which offers a close look at baby chimpanzees and orangutans in a natural environment. Jane Goodall, a world-renowned naturalist, selected this exhibit as the first training site for her ChimpanZoo project.
Youth Entrepreneurs Kansas (YEK)
Koch companies are proud supporters of Youth Entrepreneurs® Kansas, a program that teaches business and entrepreneurial skills to high school students. More than 8,800 students have graduated from the program, which operates at 15 Wichita-area schools and nine northeast Kansas schools, including Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City. A donation from Koch Nitrogen Company will help launch programs in Dodge City and Garden City during the 2010-2011 academic year. Liz Koch chairs YEK’s board of directors.
Performing Arts
Koch Industries supports a variety of cultural events and organizations, including the annual Koch Twilight Pops Concert during the Wichita River Festival. 2010 marks the 29th year Koch has sponsored this free symphony concert that attracts an audience of more than 100,000 to enjoy an evening of music under the stars by the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. Koch Industries also supports theatre productions presented by Music Theatre of Wichita.
Dodge City Community College
Koch Nitrogen makes land available to the college for its Crop Science program. Proceeds from crops sales benefit the college’s recruiting and scholarship programs.
Dodge City Days & PRCA Rodeo
Koch Nitrogen Company is a major sponsor of these two premier community events held annually in Dodge City.
Other Organizations Supported by Koch Companies
American Red Cross
Junior Achievement
The Nature Conservancy