Navistar International Corp. today announced plans to move the company to Lisle, Ill.
The move to the former Alcatel-Lucent East campus will bring about 3,000 jobs to the Chicago suburb over the next several years, Navistar said in a written statement.
The company will invest $110 million dollars in the 1.2 million-square-foot Lisle headquarters, which will include executive management, business operations and product development. Core features of the technology center once envisioned for the Lisle campus will move, possibly to the Melrose Park facility as part of a contemplated $80 million investment.
Another approximately $15 million will be invested in a new parts facility, the location of which is still being finalized, but will be in the northern Illinois area.
Combined, Navistar will invest $205 million in Illinois. The state offered about $65 million in incentives.
Navistar employs about 1,400 in Fort Wayne, including contractors. Those workers' fate was not specifically addressed in the three-page statement, but company officials previously announced plans to "phase down various operations" in Fort Wayne over the next two to three years.
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