Industrial
The unique blend of small town 'rural' life and the ideal location within close proximity of several major cities and petrochemical hubs make Karnes County the ideal place to locate your business. Offering low land prices, existing buildings with overhead cranes and loading docks, light or heavy industrial/manufacturing plant facilities, multi-bay warehouse and shop facilities, our city and county governments are industry and commercial friendly.
Karnes county has several manufacturing and production
plants in various locations. The photograph to
the right was taken at the Red Ewald Incorporated facility, located between Kenedy and
Karnes City on State Highway 181. Pictured is a finishing process for their fiberglass
tank manufacturing facility.
Other manufacturing and production facilities and their products include Perales Manufacturing Incorporated, maker of oil production tools; Hercules Incorporated Aqualon Division, maker of specialty food and functional products, Industrial Pipe and Plastic of San Antonio, maker of fiberglass and plastic pipe products; G.E. Pogue Seed company, Incorporated, producer of warm season, forage grass seed.
These facilities and others enjoy the benefits of industry/business friendly city and county governments of Karnes County as well as the benefits of inexpensive land prices, low taxes, and a tremendous work ethic.
Location
Karnes County is located within easy driving distance of several South Texas Cities. Just an hour away from the Victoria Barge Canal, one of the largest petrochemical waterways on the Texas Gulf Coast, and 90 minutes from both Port Aransas and the Intercoastal Waterway, Karnes County offers a convenient location for manufacturing plants who desire water transportation and shipping. Corpus Christi, one of the largest Ports in the United States is just 90 miles, offering manufacturing plants convenient Port access. San Antonio is an hours drive from Karnes County and is home to some of the largest manufacturing plants and distribution centers in North America. In addition to the Karnes County Airport, both San Antonio and Corpus Christi operate major international airports and have major railways.
Why Karnes County is an ideal place to locate your business.
Skilled, available workforce with a tremendous work ethic
Location: Within close proximity to major ports and cities
Quality of life: Rural setting, yet within an hour driving distance of
San Antonio.Schools have approximately 15:1 student to teacher ratio, and tailor classes to community needs
Infrastructure: state of the art hospital facility, several major banking entities.
Reasonable tax rates and low valuations.