FedEx Ground builds distribution centre in 20 miles of Atlanta

FEDEX unit FedEx Ground has started to build a US$55 million distribution centre, covering 19,974 square metres in Norcross, Georgia, 20 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.


Open late 2012, it will have automated materials handling technology designed to process 15,000 packages per hour and be able to handle 75 pick-up and delivery vans per day.


The workforce will include 240 full- and part-timers as well as 75 independent contractors, reported American Shipper. "This is evidence of the southeast region's increased presence in the distribution and logistics business," said FedEx Ground vice president Robert Holcombe.


Norcross was picked as the site because of easy access to major highways, proximity to the FedEx Ground's customers' distribution operations, and its large employee pool, said the report.
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