Business Updates All Awards Careers Environment Innovation & Experimentation Investments & Acquisitions Manufacturing Companies May 13, 2019 Device for the visually impaired wins 2019 Koch Innovation Challenge The votes have been tallied, the judges have spoken, and there’s a new Koch Innovation Challenge Grand Champion... Community Support Innovation & Experimentation Koch Industries May 6, 2019 Flint Hills Resources’ support for Ducks Unlimited surpasses $1M contributed, 250,000 acres conserved After more than 30 years of collaboration, Flint Hills Resources was recently recognized for reaching a significant m... Charitable Donations Environment Flint Hills Resources May 3, 2019 Space to innovate As a lifelong NASA enthusiast, Derek McFall isn’t afraid to jump into the unknown. But the SRG Global product d... Guardian Industries Innovation & Experimentation April 22, 2019 Meet Sid, Conservation Dude Sid Johnson’s official title is a mouthful: Process and Systems Manager for Koch Remediation and Environmental ... Environment Koch Industries April 1, 2019 Student innovators rise to the challenge Spring has returned at Wichita State University, and while many students are diligently taking class notes and preppi... Community Support Innovation & Experimentation Koch Industries March 25, 2019 Translating big data into better results We are living in an unprecedented time of data growth. Each day, over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created ... EFT Analytics March 22, 2019 Inside Koch’s “game-changer” at EFT Analytics Originally published by Wichita Business Journal March 14, 2019 Virtual reality is transforming Koch facilities Once a gaming novelty, virtual reality is happening at Koch facilities across the United States. From safety training... Feature Flint Hills Resources Innovation & Experimentation March 13, 2019 #KochDisrupt Fireside Chat: Steve Case When you’re thinking of taking a big risk, does your mind immediately think about all the reasons it could fail... #KochDisrupt fireside chat entrepreneurship March 8, 2019 How innovation thrives through openness at Koch When it comes to finding fulfillment with your career, there’s no one direct path. Nobody’s perfect, and ... Careers Georgia-Pacific Innovation & Experimentation March 6, 2019 Beyond the check — what entrepreneurs really want (and need) Conversations in the startup community typically hover around large funding rounds, valuations and the next big thing... acquisitions & investments Koch Disruptive Technologies Perspectives February 28, 2019 Jim Hannan at Detroit Economic Club: Businesses create value by improving people’s lives Don’t fear change. When businesses embrace it, adapt to it, and drive it, they can benefit everybody in society... Georgia-Pacific Koch Industries Perspectives February 27, 2019 Falling emissions, rising opportunity The boiler at the heart of Georgia-Pacific’s Broadway mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, arrived by barge on the ban... building & consumer products energy efficiency Environment February 26, 2019 Discovery Newsletter: Perspective, Brad Razook and Jim Hannan Brad Razook and Jim Hannan KII EVP and CEO – Resources | KII EVP & CEO — EnterprisesWeb scraping. Op... discovery Koch Industries February 21, 2019 Discovery Newsletter: Transforming Environmental, Health and Safety at Koch Transformations across Koch Industries have been highlighted in several recent issues of Discovery (and in the Perspe... Environment Koch Industries Perspectives February 19, 2019 Engineering for better The 67,000 U.S. employees at Koch (130,000 worldwide) work to create everything from toilet paper, transportation fue... Careers Flint Hills Resources Koch Chemical Technology Group January 31, 2019 Chase Koch: How Koch wants to disrupt metal manufacturing Originally published by CNBC's Squawk Box January 31, 2019 INVISTA completes sale of apparel & advanced textiles business WICHITA, Kan. --(BUSINESS WIRE)INVISTA has completed the previously announced sale of its Apparel & Advanced Text... INVISTA Polymers & Fibers January 27, 2019 Businesses pledge the next step for criminal justice reform About 95 percent of the people currently incarcerated across the United States will one day rejoin their communities.... Careers Criminal Justice Reform Free & Open Society January 23, 2019 Turn up the metal. Our latest investment gets disruptive. Our CEO, Charles Koch, often says “the future is unknowable, but it’s not unimaginable.”So imagine ... Innovation & Experimentation investments Investments & Acquisitions January 23, 2019 KDT leads $160 million investment in Desktop Metal to drive the adoption of the company’s metal 3D printers for mass production and the world’s first office-friendly metal 3D printing system BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Desktop Metal today announced the closing of a $160 million funding round, led by... January 21, 2019 Robotics grant gets gears turning at inner-city middle school For students at one Wichita, Kansas, middle school, robotics education just got a lot more hands-on thanks to the dil... Community Support Education Innovation & Experimentation January 16, 2019 Koch Equity Development, Golden Gate Capital to Invest $1.5 Billion in Infor Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced an agreement to receive a&... Investments & Acquisitions Koch Equity Development January 15, 2019 Cutting-edge brain surgery. No incision required. Imagine waking up every morning with a tremor – a shaking so pronounced that you can’t even pick up a gla... acquisitions & investments Innovation & Experimentation Koch Disruptive Technologies January 4, 2019 Genesis Robotics developing the future of direct-drive motors Originally published by IEEE Spectrum November 20, 2018 How we think about our role as a business in society In my more than two decades at Koch Industries, I have witnessed—and been part of—remarkable transformati... November 16, 2018 Koch’s plan for growing Disruptive Technologies Originally published by Wichita Business Journal November 15, 2018 The advantages of working for a business with purpose Now more than ever, people want companies to stand for something.Askia Ahmad, an IT director at Flint Hills Resources... Careers Perspectives Philanthropic Partnerships November 12, 2018 Why Koch is investing billions in smaller tech firms Originally published by New York Post November 7, 2018 Military experience translates to success for vets Every year, roughly 250,000 members of the armed forces take off their uniforms for the last time and step back into ... Careers Feature Georgia-Pacific November 5, 2018 Meet the women leading the future of science and engineering at Koch If Dawn Wurst had listened to a well-meaning teacher in high school who told her she shouldn't pursue a career in... Careers Flint Hills Resources Georgia-Pacific October 30, 2018 Driving transformation with laser-guided autonomous vehicles Nobody—and nothing is perfect. As Georgia-Pacific master technician Mike Cooper learned, sometimes even a gigan... Careers Feature Georgia-Pacific October 26, 2018 Why the next great ideas shouldn’t have to wait Imagine a world without the lightbulb. Or the telephone. Or even, yes, the internet or cellular network you are using... Feature Innovation Innovation & Experimentation October 12, 2018 Young inventor's innovation could transform the way you wash your hands Great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere at any time – even while using the bathroom. Just ask 11-year-old Cl... Education Feature Georgia-Pacific October 8, 2018 Inside the mission to improve safety Zero serious injuries. Zero significant process incidents. The vision is a tall order. For a large manufacturer like ... Leadership Safety October 1, 2018 A new call to action In last October’s Discovery, Brad Razook and Jeff Ramsey explained how Flint Hills Resources was beginning to t... discovery Flint Hills Resources Innovation & Experimentation September 20, 2018 How Koch’s culture attracts—and keeps—top talent Originally published by The Chung Report September 19, 2018 Koch Supply and Trading a partner in new blockchain platform Originally published by Reuters September 6, 2018 Koch interns drive change across the company Across multiple companies at Koch Industries, innovation teams are working on inspired solutions to solve tough chall... awards Careers Feature August 24, 2018 Koch Methanol, Yuhuang Chemical enter into methanol offtake agreement Originally published by S&P Global August 17, 2018 Q&A: Women driving growth in manufacturing American manufacturing is in the midst of a renaissance. As the industry evolves, grows and changes, its workfor... Careers Feature INVISTA August 8, 2018 Glasrud, FHR Pine Bend refinery focus on new innovations Originally published by BIC Magazine August 3, 2018 EFT Analytics reducing downtime and increasing production efficiencies at Koch Fertilizer Plant EFT Analytics, a software and energy management solutions provider, is deploying a real-time monitor that is producin... EFT Analytics Innovation & Experimentation Koch Ag & Energy Solutions July 24, 2018 Koch's nitrification inhibitor technology receives EPA approval Originally published by World Fertilizer Magazine July 24, 2018 Doing good for the woods When it comes to responsible forestry, Bobby Maddrey knows it’s important to see the forest for the trees.As Ge... building & consumer products energy efficiency Feature July 23, 2018 Drones, drones on the range Originally published by Beef Magazine July 10, 2018 Insights from EFT analytics providing huge returns in the steel industry WICHITA, Kan. – EFT Analytics, a leading provider of predictive analytics, process optimization and energy mana... EFT Analytics Innovation & Experimentation Technology June 28, 2018 Koch Disruptive Technologies featured in The Chung Report: Disrupting Wichita's Future Originally published by The Chung Report June 20, 2018 Koch among the Excellence Award winners at Enablon’s Sustainable Performance Forum Originally published by Enablon June 13, 2018 Drones driving transformation at Matador Cattle Company John Douglas Russell, or J.D. for short, knows his way around a ranch. As a fifth-generation cattleman with Matador C... Feature Innovation & Experimentation Matador Cattle Company June 8, 2018 How entrepreneurs can apply Koch’s vision to their businesses Focusing on the customer, acting with integrity, and working toward win-win outcomes are just a few ways that busines... entrepreneurship Georgia-Pacific Innovation & Experimentation May 30, 2018 Why creating value is the focus for Koch I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the 2018 Texas Corporate Responsibility Summit in Houston. Corporate respo... Environment Koch Industries Perspectives May 29, 2018 A Closer Look: Koch Disruptive Technologies Leads $150 Million Investment in Insightec Originally published by Focused Ultrasound Foundation May 24, 2018 Innovation Challenge diversifying students’ skill sets Preparing our students at Wichita State University (WSU) for the challenges that await them in the real world is our ... Innovation & Experimentation Koch Industries Perspectives May 24, 2018 Koch recruits 200 for summer internship program Originally published by The Wichita Business Journal May 10, 2018 Ultrasound targeting the brain is poised to revolutionize the treatment for Parkinson’s disease Originally published by CNBC May 7, 2018 Koch Disruptive Technologies Invests in Mesosphere to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Transformation Mesosphere, the hybrid cloud platform company, today announced a funding round of $125 million co-led by funds and ac... Business Updates Chase Koch Innovation & Experimentation April 30, 2018 Koch Industries Sponsors Event On “The Future Of Work” Originally published by Axios360 April 11, 2018 Genesis Robotics Enters Into Strategic Venture With Koch Genesis Advanced Technology (GAT) and KCTG, the industrial-technology and engineered-equipment unit of Koch Industrie... Investments & Acquisitions Koch Chemical Technology Group Koch Industries March 20, 2018 Energy Innovation: Delivering More Tomatoes to Your Table In bottles of ketchup and jars of sauce, from the supermarket shelf to the dinner table, there’s a good chance ... energy efficiency Feature John Zink Hamworthy Combustion Load More View All News