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Belcan adding 100 jobs in downtown Lexington

Engineering firm announces $1.2 million in Lexington Vine Center expansion

Lexington, Ky. – Belcan, a leading engineering services and technical staffing provider, will create 100 jobs as part of the company’s expansion in downtown Lexington. The company will invest $1.2 million in to the Lexington Vine Center (333 W. Vine St.).

“The Belcan story is a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit of Kentucky,” said Gov. Steve Beshear. “When faced with business challenges, company officials opted to reach outside their current portfolio to grow. I commend their hard work and determination and congratulate them on this achievement.”

Belcan is planning to lease an additional 15,000 square feet in the Vine Center to accommodate the increased number of engineers needed to support its new customer, Pratt & Whitney, a commercial and military aerospace gas turbine engine supplier. Belcan opened its Lexington office in 2005 to service a growing aerospace contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.

“We are grateful to the Lexington business community and our employees for their efforts and support over the last 10 years,” says Lance Kwasniewski, CEO of Belcan. ”We are looking forward to continued growth in the years ahead.”

Belcan is headquartered in Cincinnati and has more than 6,000 employees in 49 locations serving more than 600 active clients globally. The company is a major supplier of engineering, project management and technical staffing solutions to a wide array of industries.

“Attracting this outstanding company to our city and helping it grow its aerospace engineering and design center are huge steps forward that tell the world Lexington is a great place to do business,” said Mayor Jim Gray. “Since 2011, Lexington’s unemployment rate has been cut by more than half. Companies are moving here and growing here. Lexington is competing and winning with a high quality of life, outstanding educational opportunities and state and unique local incentives. We work to attract jobs every day.”

“As Belcan celebrates 10 years in Lexington, they continue to add high-paying aerospace jobs to the community,” said Bob Quick, CCE, president and CEO of Commerce Lexington Inc. “We enjoyed working with the Belcan team when they located in 2005 and look forward to continuing our partnership for many years to come.”