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The move aims to address the coming need for engineering talent. Locating close to the Illinois Institute of Technology will provide access to students and expose those students to manufacturing technology.
The new site will serve as the company’s principal U.S. showroom. Seen here is the current showroom. The photo was taken earlier this year at the company’s Innovation Days event.
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In a joint statement recently made with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, machine tool builder DMG MORI announced its intention to relocate its headquarters from its current site in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, to Chicago’s South Side. No specific site has yet been chosen for the new building, but the company expects to locate its new headquarters and showroom on or near the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). DMG MORI USA President James Nudo says a temporary office will be established on IIT’s campus before the end of the year, and the new facility will likely be completed in 2021. I had the chance to speak with him about this move, the main reason for which can be stated in a single word: “Talent,” he says.
Ensuring a supply of engineering talent ready to meet the demand the company foresees is an ongoing concern. “We will need to hire at least 100 more application engineers in the next three years. Our customers want more automation and process engineering, and we want to give it to them.” But this need places DMG MORI in direct competition with other industrial employers facing similar needs. Taking up residence on-site or in proximity to IIT will offer a way essentially to move to the front of the line, becoming a daily presence in the lives of soon-to-be engineers. Among the staff at the new location will be an engineering recruiter ready to extend opportunities to promising candidates the company discovers through its interaction with students.
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IIT, with its main campus located on West 35th Street in Chicago, is a private, independent research university with a total student enrollment surpassing 7,200. One-third of the students at the university are enrolled in its Armour College of Engineering, and among undergraduates, half the students study engineering.
“In our conversations with IIT, they wanted the things we wanted,” Mr. Nudo says. For example, IIT wanted students to have access to machine tools for hands-on projects. The machine tool builder aims for this as well, as a way of getting to know students and also expanding their awareness of manufacturing technology. Additive manufacturing was part of the discussion, too—a technology the university sees as key for its students to understand. DMG MORI, which offers both metal-deposition and powder-bed additive manufacturing machines, can provide this exposure.
Indeed, many of the company’s most advanced machines for the North American market are likely to be found in this facility. The new site would serve as not only the company’s U.S. headquarters but also its principal U.S. showroom.
The current Hoffman Estates facility will remain in use. In the new plan, it will become the company’s National Engineering and Automation Center. Today, about 225 employees work there, and given the expected growth of the company, Mr. Nudo expects that same staffing will work there after the new headquarters opens. He predicts 100 to 150 will work at the new South Side site.
The two locations will offer the chance to meet employees’ needs at different stages of their lives, he notes. “We see people in their 20s wanting to live downtown in an apartment. But then they get married, children come, and likely they’ll want to live where they can have more room. We’ll be able to accommodate both,” he says. Employees will be able to stay with the company and still have a reasonable commute as they transition from city living to the suburbs.
Additional advantages of the new location go beyond recruitment and talent. Access to faculty and having the chance to assist in their research will seed ideas and spur innovation. There is also a level of efficiency and convenience for DMG MORI’s customers. “I think our typical customer flying in to visit us really wants to get in and get out the same day,” he says. The proximity to the Chicago Midway International Airport will facilitate this.
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Then there is the proximity to McCormick Place. Every other year, shipping machines to the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is no small undertaking. Located just a 10-minute drive from McCormick, the new facility will simplify supporting the company’s presence at the show.
One further benefit of the move relates to the city of Chicago, he says, and it speaks to why Chicago’s mayor has been a participant, supporter and champion of this decision. The South Side—not incidentally, where Mr. Nudo grew up—conjures negative associations in the minds of many, but this part of the city is being remade. There is no inherent reason why manufacturing technology companies have to continue to cluster in the industrial suburbs. “On the South Side, new condominiums are going up and the land is underpriced—this has the potential to be a new technology hub,” Mr. Nudo says. “With this decision, by putting our facility there, we could help start a renaissance for the South Side of Chicago. We’ll get to be there first.”
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a press conference today at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was joined by DMG MORI to announce that the company is relocating its corporate headquarters to Chicago. Read more below in a press release from the mayor’s office:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined DMG MORI to announce the company is relocating its North American headquarters to Chicago. The move follows a meeting between the company and Mayor Emanuel during a recent trade mission to Japan. The company is working with Illinois Institute of Technology to identify space on and near the school’s campus for the company to move into and build a product showroom.
“Manufacturing is written in Chicago’s DNA and today the sector is running on all cylinders,” Mayor Emanuel said. “Thanks to world-class institutions like Illinois Tech and global companies like DMG MORI we are creating jobs today while ensuring the future of manufacturing in Chicago is even stronger than its past.”
The move is driven by the DMG Mori’s desire to interact with faculty and recruit talent from IIT. The company is currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates and has approximately 225 employees at that location and more than 1,000 in the US, Mexico and Canada.
“DMG MORI is a world leader in manufacturing technology,” said DMG MORI USA President James Nudo. “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. Locating our North American Headquarters in the world class city of Chicago gives us an unlimited potential going forward.”
Since its foundation in 1948, DMG MORI CO., LTD. has continuously provided innovative machine tools for customers all over the world. The company deeply appreciates its customers’ long-term patronage and support. The company reached a capital and business partnership agreement with German machine tool builder DMG MORI AG in 2009 and completed management integration with them in 2016. Together the companies have a total of approximately 12,000 employees with diverse backgrounds, all heading to the same direction with the aim of being the No. 1 machine tool manufacturer for customers and total solution provider. DMG MORI appreciates all of the people in the manufacturing industry and continuously exerts full efforts for further business growth as a group of reliable professionals.
“Illinois Tech is honored to partner with DMG MORI as it brings its legacy of innovation to the city of Chicago,” Illinois Tech President Alan Cramb said. “As Chicago’s premier tech-focused university, we have a long history of contributing to the economic vitality of this great city. And I know that our talented students and faculty will be an extraordinary resource for the company. Illinois Tech is a university where students learn by creating, building and solving, and we couldn’t think of a better educational opportunity than for our students to work with — and learn from— a company like DMG MORI.”
IIT is a private, independent research university that is technology-focused, innovation-centered, and idea-driven. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law. One of 21 institutions that comprise the Association of Independent Technological Universities, Illinois Tech offers exceptional preparation for professions that require technological sophistication, an innovative mindset, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
In the last three years alone, Illinois Tech has produced more than 3,300 computer sciences, electrical and computer engineering, information technology, business, design and food science graduates. Illinois Tech is second in the nation in overall economic mobility of its students among highly selective private universities.