ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — A company that produces food ingredients for the industrial market plans to locate its headquarters and manufacturing plant in Atchison.

Inclusion Technologies and Atchison officials announced Thursday the company would locate its plant in the site of the former Anacon Food Co.

The St. Joseph News-Press reports Inclusion Technologies products include a line of nut-free ingredients. The company plans to start production later this summer and will eventually hire 17 employees for the next five years.

Company officials also said in a news release that the plant will expand production in the future.