HK Systems, Inc. To Break Ground For New Salt Lake City Manufacturing Facility
HK Systems, Inc., North America's most experienced automated material handling and supply chain software total solutions provider, today announces the groundbreaking of a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event is scheduled for March 14, 2006 at 10:30 am (MST) at the property site located on the southwest corner of 265 South 5200 West. The property, developed, owned and operated by First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., will provide HK Systems with 87,000 square feet of state-of-the-art facility with increased capacity to meet the growing demands of its customers for HK products and services.
John W. Splude, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HK Systems, stated, "HK Systems is excited about expanding our ability to provide innovative solutions that improve customer service, reduce inventory and delivery time – basically, lowering the costs of manufacturing, distribution, and transportation – in the robust business community of Salt Lake City." Splude continued, "Offering an experienced and committed workforce, HK Systems looks forward to growing our Utah employee base as our customer base continues to flourish."
"First Industrial and HK Systems are dedicated to providing supply chain solutions through real estate and material flow solutions, respectively, that improve overall productivity and customer service," said Greg Downs, managing director of First Industrial's Gulf/Mountain/West region, First Industrial. "Given HK Systems' leadership position in the supply chain field, we are very pleased to have been chosen the developer of this facility that will serve the HK customer base."
For more information regarding the Groundbreaking Ceremony, please contact Cheryl Falk, HK Systems, 262-860-6715 or Nancy Shaw, First Industrial Realty Trust, 801-886-2711.
About HK Systems (http://www.hksystems.com/)
HK Systems is North America's largest automated material handling and supply chain software total solutions provider. The company's comprehensive product and service offerings include automated storage and retrieval systems, automated guided vehicles, conveyance, sortation, customer services, warehouse management, transportation management and event management systems.
Addressing the synchronized flow of material and information throughout a company's network, HK Systems develops, deploys, and maintains innovative solutions for diversified vertical markets including food and beverage, paper and publishing, pharmaceutical, automotive and transportation, grocery distribution, military and government, consumer packaged goods and pet care and health.
About First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., the nation's largest provider of diversified industrial real estate, serves every aspect of Corporate America's industrial real estate needs, including customized supply chain solutions, through its unique I-N-D-L operating platform, which utilizes a pure Industrial focus and National scope to provide Diverse facility types, while offering Local, full-service management and expertise. The Company owns, operates and has under development more than 100 million square feet of industrial real estate in markets throughout the United States. Building, buying, selling, leasing and managing industrial property in major markets nationwide, First Industrial develops long-term relationships with corporate real estate directors, tenants and brokers to better serve customers with creative, flexible industrial real estate solutions.