LOVES PARK — A global manufacturer that serves some of the biggest agricultural and industrial companies brought team members here from around the world on Tuesday to celebrate a multi-year, multimillion-dollar investment in its Windsor Road plant.
Comer Industries marked the culmination of a three-year effort to fully renovate its facility at 1200 Windsor Road, which roughly doubled in size to nearly 600,000 square feet. The approximately $65 million investment, which doesn’t include the cost of specialty equipment in the building, establishes the local plant as the flagship hub of the Italian company’s operations in the United States.
“Several years ago we made a decision. We decided to not merely sell in America, but to manufacture and invest here, and we’re growing here,” Arlin Perry, who has been president of Comer Industries North America for more than quarter century, said during a ceremony on Tuesday at the plant. “Today’s inauguration is the tangible results of that decision. This facility expands our manufacturing capabilities and capacity. It strengthens our supply chain. It brings us close to our customers and it creates the foundation for future growth. Most importantly, it demonstrates our long-term commitment to the United States.”…