Behind The Scenes: The Move

Summary

Stern moves to 250k sq ft facility; achieves full production in 5 days and breaks output records.

Stern Pinball leadership documents a major facility relocation from a 106,000 sq ft space in Elk Grove Village to nearly 250,000 sq ft across two new buildings. Manufacturing engineer Nick Caporusso led the layout design, coordinating a phased move that maintained production continuity by relocating departments in manufacturing sequence order (cable → subassembly → final assembly → testing/packing). The new facility achieved full operational status within 5 days and has already surpassed daily production records.