Milwaukee Tool announces the opening of Milwaukee Tool – Chicago. Located in the heart of the Windy City, the location will serve as an Engineering Design and Innovation space to accommodate the company’s continued investments into new technology.
Over the last decade the company has experienced incredible double-digit growth globally and currently employs more than 10,000 people in the United States. Chicago’s flourishing ecosystem of technical talent is one of many reasons Milwaukee chose to expand to the city.
Milwaukee invested more than $14 million to renovate 70,000-square-feet of space within the historic Old Post Office in Chicago. Approximately 10,000 square feet is dedicated to lab space for design and development of critical new technologies. True to the company’s cross-functional, collaborative culture, this space will be home to multiple disciplines within its Engineering Team, including: Embedded Systems; Firmware; Power Electronics; Systems and Mechanical Engineers; PCB Designers, and; Project Leaders. This location will also act as an extension of the company’s global headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin. For more, visit www.milwaukeetool.com.