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SPX Service Solutions to Open New Distribution Center in Romeoville, Illinois
By goHTSN Staff
Aug 13, 2008, 10:51

Warren, MI – August 6, 2008 – SPX Service Solutions today announced plans to open a new, 230,000-square-foot distribution and logistics facility in Romeoville, Illinois.  The facility will distribute tools and equipment used in servicing all types of vehicles, trucks, and watercraft.  The new distribution center is central to the efforts to continuously improve service to customers.  The facility will reduce delivery time to customers, while also providing a single consolidation point for deliveries in North America.  Commercial operation of the new facility is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2008.
 
The companies will lease space at the Weber road facility, adding 55 jobs and a significant investment to the community. The distribution center will house all of Service Solutions’ aftermarket inventory and will receive product manufactured at SPX North American facilities as well as from their Asian and European manufacturing sites.  Product will be consolidated in the facility to provide shipments throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

“We have a growing business in North America, and this new distribution center is a key in providing our customers with the service they have come to expect from SPX,” said Tanvir Arfi, President of Service Solutions Americas.  “This new Distribution Center is part of SPX’s supply chain improvement plan, targeted to enhance our total client service. This initiative in particular is geared to improving service to our aftermarket customers across the Americas.”

Romeoville is located in a key area for manufacturing distribution, due to its location, skills base, and logistics resources.

“One of my key priorities as mayor is to keep attracting new businesses to Romeoville,” said Mayor John Noak of Romeoville.  “This new distribution center and the jobs it brings are a great addition to our community.  We are excited to have a company like SPX locate in Romeoville.  The Village looks forward to building on our already strong relationship with SPX as we move forward together.”

SPX Service Solutions is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan and has offices around the world. Service Solutions designs, manufactures and markets a fully integrated family of global brands providing special service tools, advanced diagnostic and shop equipment and technical information for vehicle servicing and maintenance.

SPX Corporation is a Fortune 500 multi-industry manufacturing leader. The company offers highly-specialized engineered solutions to solve critical problems for customers. 

SPX is focused on providing solutions that support the expansion of global infrastructure, with particular emphasis on the growing worldwide demand for energy and power. Its innovative product portfolio, containing many environmentally friendly products, includes cooling systems for power plants throughout the world; custom engineered process equipment that assists a variety of flow processes including food and beverage manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, distribution and refinement and power generation; handheld diagnostic tools that aid in vehicle maintenance and repair; and power transformers that regulate voltage for electrical transmission and distribution by utility companies.

SPX is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and employs more than 17,000 people worldwide in over 35 countries. Visit www.spx.com. (NYSE: SPW)

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