General Kinematics adds to Illinois campus
General Kinematics adds to Illinois campus
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General Kinematics Corp. (GK), a Crystal Lake, Illinois-based recycling equipment and technology provider, has broken ground on a 42,000-square-foot plant expansion at its United States corporate headquarters in that city. GK says the manufacturing addition will be added to its existing 220,000-square-foot space “to facilitate increasing demand and more extensive equipment offerings for the mining, foundry and recycling industries.”
“The expansion of our North American manufacturing facility has been needed for a while,” General Kinematics President Tom Musschoot says. “We can handle some of our larger products, such as STM-Series Two-Mass mining screens, Finger-Screen recycling screens and large rotary and vibratory drums for foundry applications. It will further expand our capabilities for our Tuffman and GK Systems brands.”
“With customer demand for larger, heavier and more complex units, we identified a significant need for more space and increased capabilities,” GK Vice President of North American Sales Jim Egan says. “To stay competitive, we must invest in the right technology to make us as efficient as possible.”
Egan continues, “We see multiple positive outcomes from this investment. Our customers know we are committed to solving their production challenges and our employees see the investment as a commitment to providing them with the best equipment to complete the job safely and efficiently.”
Plans for the addition include high bay ceilings, which will allow the installation of cranes with 80-ton lifting capacity. The new area also has been designed to provide space for further capital equipment purchases and increased material storage, the company says.
“The facility expansion validates the strategic investment in our people and process during the pandemic-impacted years of 2020 and 2021,” GK Chief Financial Officer John Koufis says. “The addition to the manufacturing facility, and the resultant forthcoming new jobs, significantly increases our production capacity and improves the overall flow of our production processes. This will enable us to meet the rapidly growing demand for our products to serve our customers better worldwide.”
The company plans to hire 15 new employees as part of its expansion plans. Construction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.
General Kinematics was incorporated in 1960 “to market, design, and custom fabricate innovative vibratory materials handling and processing equipment.” To date, more than 50,000 General Kinematics units have been installed “in virtually all of the world’s industrialized countries,” according to the firm.
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Source: Recycling Today
General Kinematics adds to Illinois campus
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