Navistar Celebrates Employment Milestone at New Headquarters

submitted by Culloton Strategies

More than 300 community members, civic leaders and elected officials joined Navistar executives and staff at a commemoration event Thursday, Feb. 2, at the recently renovated Navistar campus to celebrate the completion of the company’s relocation from Warrenville to Lisle, Ill. The evening’s festivities included remarks from Dan Ustian, Navistar Chairman, President and CEO, and Don Sharp, Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

“This is a story about a community coming together to do something truly great. It’s a story about a partnership between a great American company, our elected officials and our community leaders,” said Ustian. “Everyone here has been critical to making this new beginning possible. We could not have made it without you.”

Navistar used the gathering of community leaders who supported the relocation to provide them with an update on key information about the economic impact the project has had on the region:

• Navistar’s Lisle campus is now home to 3,000 full-time Navistar employees and several hundred contractors. In total, more than 3,500 people work in Lisle every day.
• Navistar’s commitment to reinvest $100 million in the 1.2 million-square-foot Lisle campus provided 2,000 union men and women economic opportunity – averaging more than 400 workers daily during the project’s peak.
• More than 100 subcontractors participated in the renovation project and more than a third were from DuPage County-based companies.
• The construction project had a positive economic and revenue impact for local governments, with the Village of Lisle receiving nearly $900,000 in fees from the project.
• Navistar employees and families have been , helping to stabilize and encourage home sales. Real estate executives from John Greene Realty, Coldwell Banker and @properties report Navistar employees have closed on $50 million in home sales in the area, with an additional $4 million currently under contract.

The evening also featured an inspirational presentation by Naperville North Huskie Robotics Team #3061, who are supported by Navistar through the Naperville Education Foundation and also receive technical guidance from Navistar engineers.

“This project is a story of a community coming together in partnership,” said Sharp, “We promised we would reinvest in this great facility and make it a showplace for the region, a home to innovation and a headquarters for our company. You believed in us, and we kept our promise. Our future is of great innovation and community partnership.”

Guests at the reception included officials and board members of Choose DuPage, the Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce, Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, neighbors, Jobs For Lisle coalition members, and representatives from dozens of organizations supported by Navistar.