Signode completes new facility in Roselle

ROSELLE - Signode's Automation and Packaging Technologies division celebrated the opening of its new global flagship facility earlier this month with officials from the village of Roselle at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The 360,000-square-foot structure at 1600 Central Ave. feature a state-of-the-art customer experience center, training facility and expanded equipment manufacturing capabilities.

Signode, a global manufacturer of packaging and warehouse automation systems, relocated its APT operations from Glenview to Roselle. The new facility encompasses manufacturing for a broad portfolio of equipment. It now houses division leadership, sales, customer support, marketing, product management, innovation, research and development, application engineering, operations and reliability services.

"This facility is well-suited to support the APT team now and for the coming years," said Eric Christensen, group president at Signode. "As a leader in the transit packaging industry, our capabilities and services extend beyond product offerings. This new space will allow us to better innovate and serve our clients' needs for automation and optimized packaging solutions."

Signode is the $2 billion-plus Transit Packaging division of Crown Holdings Inc., with more than 95 manufacturing facilities and 7,000 employees worldwide.