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Sen. Marshall Tours Kansas Manufacturers, Highlights Tax Wins

By NAM NewsroomOctober 20, 2026

During two recent NAM-led visits to Kansas manufacturers, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) saw firsthand how pro-growth tax policies are benefiting manufacturers and their employees—and discussed a new NAM proposal designed to strengthen manufacturing investment in the U.S.

What’s going on: Sen. Marshall, a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, visited Universal Engraving, Inc. in Overland Park and Full Vision, Inc. in Newton in August, touring their operations and meeting with company leaders and employees.

  • At Universal Engraving, the flagship division of fourth-generation, family-owned UEI Group, Sen. Marshall learned about the company’s production of specialized copper and brass dies, rotary tools and other products used in premium packaging, cosmetics, spirits, greeting cards and other industries. The company has even produced foil-stamping and embossing dies for White House Christmas cards.
  • At employee-owned precision metal fabricator Full Vision, Sen. Marshall toured the company’s Newton shop floor, where approximately 85 employees manufacture specialty tubular structures and components for agricultural, construction and turf-maintenance equipment, as well as medical treadmills and related components.

Why it’s important: Both visits showcased the impact of the 2025 Working Families Tax Cuts, which restored pro-growth tax provisions important to manufacturers.

  • The provisions restored by the legislation—including full expensing of capital equipment, immediate R&D expensing and favorable pass-through tax treatment—are supporting UEI’s continued investment, competitiveness and jobs.
  • Full Vision, meanwhile, has seen a direct benefit from the law’s No Tax on Overtime provision, which allows qualifying employees to keep more of their overtime premium pay. (Full Vision represents Kansas in the NAM’s “50 Stories from 50 States” collection highlighting manufacturing tax wins across America.)

A win for workers: As an employee-owned company operating two shifts in a tight skilled-labor market, Full Vision relies on overtime to help meet production demand.

  • “We’ve seen a direct impact on our employees’ take-home pay—it’s improved morale, increased willingness to work additional hours and given us a meaningful new tool for managing labor shortages on the shop floor,” Full Vision President Doug Scheible said.
  • The NAM estimates that H.R. 1 protected 53,000 manufacturing jobs, $5 billion in wages and $10 billion in GDP in Kansas.

Accelerating investment: At both UEI and Full Vision, Sen. Marshall and company leaders discussed the NAM’s proposed U.S. Manufacturing Investment Accelerator Program, which includes a “speed pass” allowing manufacturers to import critical inputs without the added cost of tariffs as they ramp up domestic production.

  • This approach rewards manufacturers that invest, expand and create jobs in the U.S. while providing greater certainty for their operations.
  • UEI relies on specialized engraving-grade copper and brass alloys that have no domestic source, and the program could help support its Kansas operations.

The bottom line: As Sen. Marshall saw on these Kansas shop floors, policies that reward work and investment can strengthen manufacturing competitiveness and growth.

Learn more: Explore the NAM’s extensive tax advocacy here.