BAX Global Inc. has opened a new logistics facility in Chicago, near O'Hare International Airport. The 14-acre BAX Global - Chicago World Freight Campus with facilities totaling 228,003 square feet is U.S. Customs bonded, compliant with Technology Asset Protection Association (TAPA) standards and Container Freight Station (CFS) bonded.

The logistics campus will expand import and export operations including the quadrupling of the storage for imports, industrial cooling and remote monitoring devices for temperature sensitive cargo. The facility has 84 truck bays, and features a 100-foot clear span for domestic cross-dock activities.

Bernhard Kleine, Chicago area director for BAX Global commented, "BAX Global's - Chicago World Freight Campus is one of the largest for BAX in the United States and demonstrates BAX's commitment to offering state-of-the-art facilities to handle our customers freight quickly and efficiently without risk of damage."

Jim Schutzenhofer, vice president, Central Division in the US commented, "BAX moved to the new campus on the north side of the airport in advance of O'Hare's planned renovation and runway moves. And most important, when the airport gets bogged down with construction, BAX will be able to serve our customers with no construction disruptions."