West Burlington, IA- A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday evening for the newest business in the Burlington area. Western Smokehouse Partners, along with the Greater Burlington Partnership hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating their new plant in Burlington. The new manufacturing facility on West Burlington Avenue, once operating at full capacity will bring about 150 new jobs to Burlington. Western Smokehouse partners CEO Matt Bormann said that "We're going to continue to hire, continue to build, just putting in more room to grow here on top of what we're going to do this year," Bormann said. "We're just very excited to do that, we have a strong base of customers and we're growing, and we're so glad we found the city of Burlington to continue our growth."