Marmon/Keystone Announces Construction of New Warehouse on 22 Acre Site in Northern Illinois

BUTLER, Pa., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Marmon/Keystone has recently announced to their employees plans to close the warehouse operations in Bolingbrook, Illinois. They will continue serving their customers in the greater-Chicago market and elsewhere on a daily basis from a brand new, state-of-the art facility in Spring Valley, Illinois which is located along Interstate 80 (just west of the I-80 and I-39 interchange) and from other existing facilities.

The new facility is anticipated to be operational near the end of the 3rd quarter or early 4th quarter 2010.  The current building and land will be sold; however, the management, administrative and sales personnel will remain in the existing offices with the possibility of future relocation to an office complex in or near Bolingbrook, Illinois.

Marmon/Keystone remains committed to providing exceptional service and this action is a strategic move to position itself to be more responsive to its customers.

A leading wholesale distributor of tubular products for over 100 years, Marmon/Keystone inventories more than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless, and aluminum tubular and bar products. Service centers and sales offices are located throughout North America, with corporate headquarters in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Marmon/Keystone LLC and affiliated businesses are Marmon Distribution Services/Berkshire Hathaway companies and members of The Marmon Group, an international association of approximately 130 business units that operate independently within diverse business sectors.

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SOURCE Marmon/Keystone LLC