Kitamura Machinery Announces Expansion of U.S. Corporate Headquarters
Kitamura Machinery is proud to announce the grand opening of its new U.S. Corporate Headquarters located at 451 Kingston Court, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056.
On June 7th, the company celebrated the grand opening of its new U.S. Corporate Headquarters with a ribbon cutting ceremony officiated by Dr. Akihiro Kitamura, Ph.D., Eng., President & C.E.O. of Kitamura Machinery Co., LTD, Mayor Paul Hoefert from the Village of Mt. Prospect and Mr. Hiroshi TAJIMA, Consul-General of Japan in Chicago. Distributor partners and vendors were on hand to tour the new facility and participate in the festivities along with additional members from the Village of Mt. Prospect and the Mt. Prospect Chamber of commerce.
The new facility offers a state-of-the art showroom with various machines under power for customer demonstrations, dedicated training spaces, expanded warehouse space for over $13M worth of parts inventory and increased office and conference room space all designed to provide additional sales and service capabilities to meet the growing customer demand for the expanding line-up of Kitamura Machining Centers throughout the US, Mexico, Canada and South America.
“As the US office celebrates its 40-year anniversary this year, this investment is about meeting the growing demand for the Kitamura product from our customers and dealers, and I am very proud of the Kitamura USA team” said Dr. Akihiro Kitamura, President of Kitamura Machinery Co., LTD. “This new location will facilitate an increase in customer services and a larger on-site support staff to support future growth of Kitamura machining center sales.”