Hirose, a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative connector solutions, has opened a new Americas corporate headquarters near Chicago, IL. The new state-of-the-art facility features key elements to support customer development life cycle. This includes an expanded engineering lab with application support services and a new leading-edge customer imagination center. These upgraded facilities enable Hirose to work closely with customers to support the development of innovative products that meet application demands. The 18,000 sq foot facility also has a dedicated training center for customers, sales representatives, and distribution partners.
The new corporate headquarters reflects Hirose’s commitment to customers and channel partners in the Americas. Combining a wide selection of connectors with unsurpassed customer service, Hirose caters to design engineers and buyers by designing and delivering interconnect solutions for OEM applications. The new facility strengthens Hirose’s ability to simplify the design process, shorten the design cycle, and quickly meet customer requirements.
In addition, the expanded customer support centre offers specialized connectivity design support for a wide range of applications including automotive, consumer electronics, data centre, home appliances, industrial, lighting, medical, smart grid, telecom, test & measurement, transportation and more.
“Hirose is proud to announce the construction of a new Americas headquarters that reflects our cutting-edge, technology driven organization,” said Sid Tono, President & COO of Hirose Americas. “This investment was made based on our long-term view of the healthy industries we serve, and requirements to achieve our ambitious growth goals.”
Hirose’s new Americas headquarters is located at 2001 Butterfield Rd, Suite 1900, Downers Grove, IL, 60515.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on February 13th and was attended by state and local government representatives including Illinois State Senator Laura Ellman, as well as the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago.
For more information about Hirose, visit www.hirose.com/us
