Stern Pinball

The world’s largest maker of pinball machines is more than doubling its size, expanding into two buildings near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as the vintage game finds new players across the world.

Stern Pinball signed new leases for research and development, office and manufacturing space in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Vice Chairman Dave Peterson told CoStar News. He owns the company along with Gary Stern, the company’s founder and chairman.

Although pinball may seem like a piece of American nostalgia, the business has been boosted by technological advances and newfound customers in Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia, Peterson said.