In addition to manufacturing tire chain, pewag executives said the facility will be considered for a significant expansion in manufacturing the company’s heavy lifting chains.
In September 2012, pewag Chain broke ground on its first U.S. plant in Pueblo, Colorado.
marketplace. Each new milestone along the way allowed for another layer to be built into the formula. And each member of the pewag family, as part of the greater story, enjoys a personal appreciation of this history—and a vision for the future. Needless to say, Uhrenbacher owns such an appreciation, and maintains a key place in this expansive and illustrious history as the president of pewag’s American base of operations. In 2009, the company opened its second distribution center, a 55,000-square- foot facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago— where Uhrenbacher currently has an office. Te company’s first facility is located in Rocklin, California. What pewag didn’t possess in the U.S. until May of this year was a manufacturing plant. Growth and success being what it is, having to import your product from another country—across an ocean—presents some challenges. Te company’s leadership knew that in order to cement its place in North America as the frontrunner in chain technology and distribution, it had to have a manufacturing plant in the U.S. So in May, the first pewag Inc. chain manufacturing plant opened its doors in Pueblo, Colorado. “Tis was a very big deal,” asserted Uhrenbacher. “We’re distributed in a hundred countries around the world. We have around fifteen hundred employees worldwide. Yes, we’re global, but we’re not big by global standards. We’ve had to import everything to the U.S. Tis is a huge step for pewag in North America.” Te motivation for developing the Pueblo plant encompassed
several key needs. Primarily, as pewag’s market share has grown in the U.S., they’ve had increasing difficulty getting the product
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Photos courtesy pewag, Inc.
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