Stertil-Koni announced that its U.S. production facility, Stertil ALM, purchased a 4.5 acre parcel adjacent to its current manufacturing plant in Streator, Ill. The acquisition will enable Stertil ALM to remain in Streator, make an investment for future growth and further expand production of Stertil-Koni’s award-winning heavy-duty vehicle lifts, said the company.
Stertil ALM intends to begin construction in the spring of 2015 and complete the expansion later in the year. Allan Pavlick, vice president of Stertil ALM stated, “The increased acreage and production space allows the company to keep all the operations under one roof. The expansion will allow Stertil ALM to increase efficiency and productivity. In addition to the growth in the North American market, Stertil ALM is exporting in-ground lift products worldwide.”
The additional manufacturing space will primarily be dedicated to the fabrication and assembly of the Stertil-Koni Diamond Lift, according to the company.
The expansion also comes on the heels of several recent enhancements to the existing facility, including an additional 14,000 sq. ft. of production space added in 2011,which includes a new training center. Last year, Stertil ALM purchased and brought online a new cutting machine that utilizes a combination of plasma and oxy-fuel torches with a PC-based, touch screen controller for fast, high-precision manufacturing. Stertil-ALM also purchased and installed an additional CNC machining center and a high capacity overhead crane to its facility.
“The expansion of our vehicle lift production facility in Streator is in direct response to the North American marketplace, which has embraced our broad range of heavy duty vehicle lifts and catapulted us to a leading position in the heavy duty lifting industry,” said Dr. Jean DellAmore, Stertil-Koni USA Inc. president. “We are particularly proud of our approach—one in which our engineers always begin with the customers in mind, and then build the very best vehicle lifting systems to meet all their requirements.”
