“What you saw and experienced today is the reinvention of CIMC Intermodal Equipment, we will place ourselves above all other chassis manufacturers in the USA,” said CEO Frank Sonzala during the ribbon cutting on June 11. “We are all extremely proud of what we have accomplished and certainly appreciate that many of our most important customers and partners were able to attend our open house. It’s great to show off our new expanded home.”
The just completed expansion adds over 50,000 sq.-ft. under roof and another 50,000-plus sq.-ft. of additional parking space to accommodate CIMC’s growing North American intermodal business. The company says the new building houses offices for purchasing, human relations, finance and accounting, logistics, sales support, and key executives. Additionally, CIMC has added, with this expansion, a new educational training center, parts PDC, and chassis showroom with a central product gallery.
The additional space also has enabled the company to improve and reorganize the legacy facility in South Gate to update and enlarge all offices, employee facilities and operations. A modern, fully-outfitted IT department was added along with a technical center training room and new production support offices. The CIMC IE parts department has doubled in size and re-designed production lines can now produce a hundred 53 ft. chassis and a hundred marine and various other stock chassis per shift.
“The expansion was necessary as our customer base and product demand continues to grow in North America. We have made this a world-class facility to meet the needs of our customers as well as our employees,” Sonzala said.
