TW Expanding at Carol Stream
By
Metal Center News Staff on
Mar 1, 2023
TW Metals, a full-line specialty metals distributor, will break ground March 9 on an addition for a new material handling system at its Carol Stream, Ill., facility. The system is designed and will be built by Swiss-based warehouse logistics firm Fehr Inc.
Fehr’s honeycomb shelving systems have been in use globally for over 50 years. TW’s custom-designed honeycomb will have a 25,000-square-foot footprint and consist of a large steel racking structure, complete with exchangeable cassettes for storage of materials and high-speed cranes for safe, efficient and consistent movement of material into and out of the system. The optimum use of available space for storage along with the reduced time in motion of materials will nearly double TW’s capacity to stock material and process customer orders.
The total investment is $23,000,000 and will be operational in April 2024.
“By making this significant investment in our Carol Stream operations, TW Metals is demonstrating our continual commitment to meeting the needs of our customers for many years to come,” said Frank Ruggiero, vice president of operations.