Kenall Moves and Expands Into Kenosha

CHICAGO—Kenall Manufacturing, a commercial lighting company, will relocate its headquarters and factory from north suburban Gurnee to a facility they plan to develop just over the Wisconsin border in Kenosha. The move will allow the company to expand from their current 120,000-square-foot building to a 354,000-square-foot facility in the Business Park of Kenosha.

The cross border shift raises fears in Illinois that more companies will make similar decisions and undermine the metro area’s job market. Kenall’s top priority was to preserve their present labor force, which limited their search to northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin, according to Bill Hartwig, the firm’s executive vice president, finance and administration.