Key Industries

Durant, Oklahoma is home to a diverse economy driven by industries that thrive here thanks to our skilled workforce, strategic location, and supportive business climate. 

Aerospace

The Durant difference for Aerospace: Going Deeper and Bigger for soaring productivity.

• Location in a state with deep roots in aerospace, home to the MRO Capital of the World, more than 1,100 other aerospace entities and a workforce of more than 120,000.
• Aligned talent pipeline with training opportunities through the Aviation Sciences Institute (ASI) at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Food Processing

The Durant difference for food processing: the right blend of assets in infrastructure and workforce.

• Affordable, able workforce with a can-do attitude.
• Low-cost, high-capacity utilities

BrucePac
A leader in protein products including beef, chicken, turkey, pork, and plant-based products for the retail, industrial, and food service markets.
 

DISTRIBUTION

The Durant difference for distribution: non-stop delivery of advantages in location, logistics, and labor.

• Proxomity to key domestic markets in strategic OK location.
• Multi-modal logistics including dual U.S. highway access and dual Class I rail.
• Large labor force, engaged and enthusiastic.

 

Indian Nation Wholesale
The family-owned distributor opened its principal operations here in Durant in 1983, and continues to flourish in a prime location near the Texas border wit the support of a great workforce.

Webstaurant
The nation's largest distributor of restaurant supplies and equipment. The Pennsylvania based distributor set a critical operational goal - to transform its supply chain to reach 98% of the nation within 2 days. Durant helped Webstaurant make the transformation with a high-impact expansion offering advantages in proximity and labor.

manufacturing

The Durant difference in manufacturing: all the tools for high performance, including strategic location and logistics, and an affordable skilled workforce.

• Talent pipeline strengthened by a high percentage of career-tracked K-12 students, a 98.5% high school graduation rate, and aligned training along with low-to no-cost customer training for qualified projects.
• Proximity to Southwest markets, with multimodal options including dual highway and dual Class I rail.

CMC Metals
The high-tech micro-mill of Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC) opened its Durant plant in 2017 for the manufacture of high-strength steel, rebar, and fence posts; the Durant location enables the company to better serve a growing north Texas market while expanding into the Oklahoma market.

Cardinal FG of Durant
Other locations were considered in the company's site selection process back in 2003, but Durant's diligent efforts to locate just the rite site and to put together the right incentives sealed the deal with this leading manufacturer of residental glass. And today, Durant works just as diligently to support the plant's ongoing success.

Tubacex Durant
As the flagship manufacturing operation for the Spain-based Tubacex Group, the Durant mil manufactures straight and coiled precision tubing for high technology industries, and draws a cluster support of affiliated Salem Tube, Inc., which also operates in Durant.