Fidelitone Logistics corporate headquarters and warehouse at 1260 Karl Court in Wauconda's corporate park is merging its Hampstead, MD, warehouse with Wauconda's. They are also hiring.
"I think its been going well for us to be in the community here," said Fidelitone Logistics President Josh Johnson, adding that the company has been in Wauconda since the mid-1990s. He reported that the business-to-business growth helps and anticipates more jobs in the future.

Fidelitone Logistics is a third-party logistics service, known as 3PL. It can handle the entire shipping process for companies and ships nationally and internationally. Officials said that Fidelitone Logistics focuses on the shipping inventory, so its customers can focus on their business. Fidelitone Logistics is also remodeling its main warehouse, reconfiguring conveyer belts, racking and storage to accommodate the inventory from Maryland. It employs about 450 people and is adding another lunchroom. The entire process expects to be completed in January.

Human Resources Director Bonnie Zotos reported that Fidelitone Logistics already conducted two on-site job fairs and expects to hold another in January for about 30 more jobs. "We're always looking for good people," she said. We're a service business, providing service to our customers and rely on our employees to do the job for our customers."

Zotos said that she offered shift and split shift jobs to 35 people during the on-site job fair in August and 42 jobs in September. The jobs are customer service, shipping and receiving, picking, packing and forklift drivers. The process consists of the potential employee filling out an application, and offers are contingent on the applicant passing drug and background screenings, or forklift driver certifications, all done at Fidelitone Logistics. Zotos said she is working with Clearbrook for disabled adults in Rolling Meadows to provide jobs, too. People may also e-mail resumes to jobs@fidelitone.com, call the job phone line at (847) 487-3689, fax to (847) 487-2968 or go to www.fidelitone.com for more information.

Founder of Fidelitone Logistics was Arthur Olsen of the "World's Finest Phonograph" needles, accessories and jukeboxes in 1929 and is fourth generation owned and operated. As the vinyl record was replaced with other forms of media in the 1970s, Fidelitone Logistics reinvented itself, using its parts distribution experience. By the 1980s they improved the shipping process and pioneered ship points for distribution to the end-user. "Today, between 20,000 and 25,000 shipments leave our facilities every day - all size s, shapes and weights – and with any carrier," according to www.fidelitone.com.