“One of our greatest strengths is the ability to adapt to the demands of our specialty markets,” said Tony Tauer, CEO of American Event Services, in a press release. “Our new facility will give us more production flexibility and will boost our design team’s efforts with a new R&D center dedicated to excellence in product development. By acquiring this facility in Danville, we’re able to expand our local employee base and further reinforce our ‘Made in America’ commitment.”

This purchase brings the company’s total manufacturing space to more than 200,000 square feet, with additional outside production and storage space of 150,000 square feet. American Event Services plans to consolidate smaller plants in Danville into this single location in time, the press release said.

“The Danville plant consolidation will facilitate world-class manufacturing right here in central Illinois,” said Larry Foreman, COO of American Event Services.

After merging production, the company will operate primarily from two plants, in Danville and in Riverview, Florida.