Lincoln City Council approves zoning change for new Garner Industries location

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Lincoln City Council on Monday gave a thumbs-up to the new location for Garner Industries.

The company requested a zoning change at 35th and Superior streets, which the council approved unanimously.

Manufacturing has already started there, but a zoning change was needed to allow a specific type of machining.

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Garner’s previous facility between Lincoln and Waverly was decimated by a tornado on April 26.

The building, all the equipment and all the inventory were destroyed, President and CEO Scott McLain told the city council.

Four employees suffered minor injuries.

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After the storm, the company laid off 62 employees.

Garner, which makes plastic injection-molded parts used in everything from cars to electronics, has since moved its corporate office to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Innovation Campus.