Japanese manufacturer DMG Mori is moving its North
American headquarters to Chicago to be closer to Illinois Tech
Japanese manufacturer DMG Mori plans to move
its North American headquarters to Chicago from Hoffman Estates. Here,
carpenters set up DMG Mori's booth at the International Manufacturing
Technology Show at McCormick Place in 2010. (Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune)
Japanese
manufacturer DMG Mori plans to move its North American headquarters to Chicago
from Hoffman Estates to
be closer to staff and students of Bronzeville’s Illinois Institute of
Technology.
DMG Mori has approximately 225 employees at
its headquarters in Hoffman Estates. The company, which makes machine tools for
the auto, aerospace and other industries, said it is working with the Illinois
Institute of Technology to find space on and near campus to move into. It also
plans to build a product showroom on its new site. An exact location hasn’t yet
been determined, IIT Communications Director Janille Miller said.
The company, in conjunction with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s
office, announced the move on Thursday. Emanuel met with the company when he
was in Japan earlier this month.
“The opportunity for us to interact on a daily
basis with the faculty and students of Illinois Institute of Technology is
unique to our industry,” DMG Mori USA President James Nudo said in a statement.
“Locating our North American headquarters in the world class city of Chicago
gives us an unlimited potential going forward.”