The company is currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates and has approximately 225 employees at that location and more than 1,000 in the US, Mexico and Canada. The move is driven by the DMG Mori’s desire to interact with faculty and recruit talent from IIT. “Thanks to world-class institutions like Illinois Tech and global companies like DMG MORI we are creating jobs today while ensuring the future of manufacturing in Chicago is even stronger than its past.” “Manufacturing is written in Chicago’s DNA and today the sector is running on all cylinders,” Mayor Emanuel said. Following is the text from a letter from IIT President, Alan Cramb, describing this new initiative to the IIT Community: IIT's School of Applied Technology and the Industrial Technology and Management Program are looking forward to a being part of a partnership between DMG MORI, a world leader in manufacturing technology, and Illinois Tech that will launch new kinds of industry collaboration with technology-related education.Ĭity of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel came to IIT's Mies Campus today with DMG MORI to announce the company is relocating its North American headquarters to Chicago.
