Minneapolis – August 10, 2004 – Archway Marketing Services® (Archway) is excited to announce it has broken ground on another new facility!
This new Archway building will be constructed on South Diamond Lake Road in Rogers, Minnesota and will sit directly west of the current Archway facility in Rogers. It will total over 285,000 square feet, of which the majority will be dedicated to warehouse and production space. Construction is slated for completion by December 31, 2004.
“This is a great situation to be in”, stated Don Plantenberg, General Manager of the Midwest Division of Archway’s Marketing Materials Fulfillment Services. “Our current building in Rogers, Minnesota (over 400,000sq. ft.) opened only 30 months (2 ½ years) ago and is near-full capacity. New business opportunities combined with significant growth with our existing clients are the major reasons we are having to add the additional space. It’s an exciting and challenging predicament to be in. It typically takes months of planning and development for new construction – we don’t have that luxury this time around. We need to have this building up and ready for production by year-end 2004 in order to meet our clients’ requirements.”
“It made total sense for us to take advantage of the available lot that is situated directly west of where we are currently located. Our commitment to client retention is equally as important as our commitment to employee retention. This initiative will enable Archway to retain 100% of the current employee base. Our current management group will be able to oversee both operations,” stated, Ms. Terry Niles, President of Archway Marketing Services. “We will literally be able to walk across the parking lots to get from one building to the next.”
Archway’s Marketing Materials Distribution and Fulfillment services provide sales collateral distribution, POS/POP fulfillment, kitting and assembly, commercial rebate management and processing, retail distribution services, product distribution, custom e-store development and management as well as complete logistics and shipping management services to many of the world’s leading companies. Archway currently has five “centers of excellence” located throughout North America (Minneapolis, Minnesota; Detroit, Michigan; Van Nuys, California; and Ontario, Canada. With the addition of this new facility, Archway will now manage over 2.5 million square feet of centralized distribution and warehouse facilities to support its clients fulfillment and customer care needs.
Archway has selected Opus Northwest, L.L.C to erect this build-to-suit facility. This will be the third facility since 2001 that Opus has built for Archway. On June 25, 2004 Archway opened a brand new facility in Greenfield, Minnesota, which is the primary administration and operations location for its Consumer Fulfillment business, merging its former Maple Plain, Minnesota and Litchfield, Minnesota operations into one. In 2001, Archway opened its first Rogers, Minnesota location, consolidating seven facilities. Both of these new ventures enabled Archway to streamline operations and costs. “This new facility is another example of how Archway will continue to exceed the needs and expectations of our clients with state-of the-art facilities, services and people,” stated Theresa (Terry) Niles, President of Archway Marketing Services.