Blickle opens facility in Georgia

Caster and wheel provider Blickle U.S.A. has opened a 62,491-sq.-ft., multimillion-dollar facility in Newnan, Ga. The opening completes Phase One of the company’s 19.5-acre U.S. headquarter campus.

All U.S. operations are managed from the facility, including engineering, custom manufacturing, sales, customer service, product testing, customer and distributor training, and shipping. The Customer Experience Center allows customers, staff, and OEMs to compare multiple casters and wheels on their devices under a variety of real-world conditions, including different surfaces, inclines and declines, under load or empty, in wet or dry environments, and outdoors. A proprietary test device can demonstrate the effects of wear and tear over time by subjecting wheels to a high volume of cycles under a variety of conditions in a short amount of time.