Signode relocates automation and packaging technologies division to suburban Roselle – The Business Journals
Signode Industrial Group relocated its automation and packaging technologies (APT) division from one Chicago suburb to another.
The manufacturer and supplier of protective packaging moved to a 360,000-square-foot facility located at 1600 Central Ave. in Roselle from its Glenview headquarters, according to Eric Christensen, Signode’s group president.
“This facility is well-suited to support the APT team now and for the coming years,” said Christensen in a statement. “This new space will allow us to better innovate and serve our clients’ needs for automation and optimized packaging solutions.”
The new facility also includes 100,000 square feet of office space that will be used for a new customer experience center, meeting space, a showroom, test laboratory and a training space.
“We aspire to optimize every customer’s packaging investment, and this new experience center will aid us in delivering on that standard,” said Mike Stein, Signode’s vice president of sales, marketing and product management, in a statement.
This year industrial activity in Chicago has been robust thanks largely to e-commerce growth. The Chicago industrial market had a record-breaking year in 2021 across all market fundamentals and has continued that momentum this year, according to the JLL’s 2022 Midwest Industrial Outlook report.
The report concluded that e-commerce continued to drive demand, fueling growth in support industries, including warehouse and distribution as well as paper and packaging companies. Auto and food processing distributors also remained robust. Meanwhile, from an industrial absorption standpoint, 31.6 million square feet has been absorbed in the Chicago market thus far this year, according to Avison Young’s Q3 2022 Chicago Industrial Market Report.
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