30-years in the US
IKA inaugurates new building in Wilmington
11.09.2015 – IKA Works, Inc. had two reasons to celebrate August 21st, 2015: the Germany-based factory for laboratory, analytical, and process technology celebrated its 30th year in the US; and it officially inaugurated its new building next to its old location on Northchase Pkwy SE. “The new building is a symbol of the future of IKA”, said René Stiegelmann, owner and President of the IKA group. He announced that the Wilmington plant will handle more of its own parts production in the future and said, “being more independent from suppliers will make our company more stable”.He followed his comments by cutting the ribbon for the new building together with Managing Director Refika Bilgic. The ribbon was held by two young ladies in traditional Black Forest garb – a nod to the company’s Staufen headquarters in southwestern Germany.
Since IKA’s business is also growing rapidly on the North American continent, Stiegelmann said he is already planning to expand the production area. Planning and development of the new building took two years. Most of the work was handled by local businesses.
The US-branch of IKA originally opened its doors in 1895 in Cincinnati. The company grew rapidly and in 1993 it was decided to relocate the headquarters to the east coast with locations in Raleigh, Wilmington, or Charleston. In the end, Wilmington prevailed, mostly due to the quality of life it offers and proximity to the Research Triangle Park. The Wilmington facility is now producing nearly the entire palette of laboratory equipment for stirring, mixing, dispersing, distilling, heating and cooling, grinding, and for other types of processing.
IKA Works, Inc. inaugurated its new building in Wilmington
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