Stertil-Koni announced that its U.S. production facility located in Streator, IL, Stertil ALM, has completed a planned 3350 square metre expansion designed to deliver enhanced flow and efficiencies in the production of the company’s highly regarded heavy duty in-ground vehicle lifting systems. The new facility was opened by Ulbe Bijlsma, Managing director of Stertil.
The completion of the expanded facility follows the purchase in 2014 by the Stertil Group of a 4.5 acre parcel adjacent to Stertil ALM’s existing manufacturing plant. Moving swiftly, the company broke ground on the project in March of 2015 and anticipates full completion of the individual work centers and equipment to support those production areas by the second quarter of 2016.
The expansion also comes on the heels of several additional enhancements to the existing facility, which included an additional 1300 square metre of production space added in 2011, and a new training center. Stertil ALM also recently purchased and brought online a world-class cutting machine that utilizes a combination of plasma and oxy-fuel torches coupled with a state-of-the-art PC-based, touch screen controller for extremely fast, high-precision manufacturing - a major milestone in ALM’s strategic migration towards in-sourcing.
