(Casey Kain from CleanMetal)
The Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rochelle hosted a Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Event yesterday at CleanMetal, 350 N 15th Street, Rochelle. CleanMetal is a commercial business with over 20 years experience in inspecting, repairing and restoring metals and more than 10 years of business management knowledge. The new 1200 square foot facility is located at the former KRAFT Foods, owned and repurposed by Tim Bruns, Bruns Construction. Tours and demonstrations followed.
Countless industries and hobbyists require the use of mechanical systems including factories, automotive services, racing, transportation, construction, agriculture, aviation, cycling, restoration, food service, and manufacturing. Purchasing new compontents can be very expensive and sometimes impossible. Clean Metal makes it possible for consumers and commercial customers to deep clean metal mechanisms with confidence in the safety and reliability of environmentally-friendly and cost-effective solvents and procedures.
Master Cleaner Casey Kain said the choice to move the family business from West Brooklyn to Rochelle was an easy one. "We quickly realized we did not have the resources on the farm to be visible to potential customers and industries nor the infrastructure to support our needs.” He adeded, “Rochelle was a community that was enthusiastic about helping us grow our business”. Kain’s specialties include shop experience, engine building, automotive reapir and restoration, sales, customer service, metal fabricating and joining, CAD, mechanical engineering, manufacturing processes, and automotive technology.
CleanMetal President Krysten Kain provides personalized customer service, management, performance improvement, and consulting services. “We care about the environment and our business will add to our ability to reduce, reuse, and recycle and help others do the same by decreasing what they might otherwise throw away”, said Kain. “We will also reduce hazardous cleaning product often generated by those trying to do this on their own”, she added.
CleanMetal uses deep-cleaning services, state-of-the-art equipment and techniques including general rinsing and cleaning, hot water immersion, high pressure, ultrasonic cleaning, and precision gauging, inspection and repair services. A benefit to locating their business in Rochelle is their ability to pickup, restore, and deliver components to homes and businesses throughout the Greater Rochelle Area. The facility at 350 N 15th Street also accepts drop-offs and pickups. Office hours are Monday through Friday 9am-6pm and Saturday 9am-1pm.
“It is exciting when we are able to locate new business in Rochelle and bring life and back to a vacant space”, said Peggy Friday, Commercial and Retail Development Coordinator for the City of Rochelle and Executive Director of the Rochelle Chamber of Commerce. “The mission of CleanMetal is to save and repurpose. We are grateful for their investment in a historic property in Rochelle”.
For more information visit CleanMetal on Facebook, online at www.wecleanmetal.com, or call 630-303-1844.
