Greenheck Group, a leading supplier of air movement, control and conditioning equipment, has manufacturing and distribution centers around the world.

But on November 1, Greenheck chose its Tulsa campus to showcase to an out-of-state municipal group interested in the company’s expansion.

“We wanted to show that we walk the walk,” said Troy Galster, facilities director at Greenheck’s Wisconsin-based headquarters. “We’ve shown them multiple pictures of Tulsa, but you can only get so much from a photo. We know that bringing them here to the actual scene, talking to (plant manager) Joey (Lada), and letting them see what our buildings actually look like and feel like was important for them.

“You look at Rich (Totzke), our CEO, walking around talking to people on the shop floor. Everybody feels valued. It’s an opportunity for everybody.”

Representing Tulsa’s Future – the Tulsa Regional Chamber-led regional economic development partnership – a half-dozen representatives from the Chamber joined the tour. Greenheck has six manufacturing and warehouse operations on the Tulsa campus, where it employs about 530 team members. The Tulsa campus, which began operations in 2018, has more than 750,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space either completed or under way.

“It’s new; it’s the campus style we’re going after to repeat,” said Lada, referring to the tour. “Tulsa provides a lot of what we’re looking for as we continue to expand and build more campuses. What we have here is a success story and we want to rinse and repeat a lot of that.”

Already Greenheck’s fastest-growing campus in the United States, Greenheck Group is considering building a 200,000 square foot facility to support continued business unit growth, along with a potential lab that would require expanded engineering and professional staff.

At a working lunch following the tour, Totzke summed up the company’s affinity for Tulsa and the way its many community collaborators do business. 

“Tulsa is the gold standard for partnership,” he said. “It’s the people. It’s the people. It’s the people.”