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Royal Engineered Composites Announces $5M Expansion

April 8, 2026

(Minden, NE – April 8, 2026) Royal Engineered Composites, a leading manufacturer of advanced composite structures, today announced a 23,500-square-foot expansion of its Minden, Nebraska facility. The $3M building addition, coupled with $2M in new equipment, positions Royal to provide full-scale, in-house manufacturing for large section-level assemblies. The expansion optimizes the workflow for large-scale parts,…

Royal Engineered Composites to Expand Central Nebraska Workforce by Nearly 30% to Meet Growing Aerospace Demand

October 28, 2025

(Minden, NE – 10/28/2025) Royal Engineered Composites, a leading provider of composite parts for the aerospace and defense industries, today announced a significant expansion of its workforce, projecting the addition of approximately 50 new positions to its existing team of 175 employee-owners. This hiring surge, representing a nearly 30% increase, is effective immediately, with many…

External Referral Program

June 13, 2023

You can receive $5,000 for referring a qualified employee! Royal Engineered Composites has created an External Referral Program to encourage referrals from both Royal employees and non-employees. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for high-quality candidates with a desire to live in Central Nebraska. This is an ongoing program, but Royal reserves the right…

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Employee Feature – Matt deFreese

April 7, 2022

At Royal, we know our employees have lives outside of work and we are proud to see them being leaders in our communities. Our Volunteer Time-Off program provides paid time off for employees to go live out their passions. We caught up with Automation Engineering Manager, Matt deFreese, ahead of his trip to a national…

Royal Engineered Composites named Innovation Business of the Year

March 19, 2021

Royal Engineered Composites has been recognized by the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) as the 2021 Innovation Business of the Year. This award is given to an NBDC client who advances technological innovation, partners with a Nebraska university to meet federal research and development needs, or increases commercialization of federal research. Royal’s innovation is combining…