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Medline Announces Major Distribution Center in Louisiana
In St. Tammany Parish, $53 million project to result in over 1,000 new direct, indirect jobs
Covington, LA -- Governor John Bel Edwards and Medline Industries Inc. announced the company will build an 800,000-square-foot distribution center and create more than 460 new direct jobs in St. Tammany Parish, near Covington, with 170 new jobs created within two years of opening. The $53 million medical supply facility will be built on the north side of Interstate 12 at La. 21, and will replace a smaller Medline distribution center located between Covington and Goodbee.
With the project, Medline will retain 36 existing jobs while creating an additional 464 new direct jobs in the parish. The average annual salary of those Medline team members will be $37,400, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in an additional 611 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 1,070 new jobs in Southeast Louisiana.
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KEG 1 O'Neal opens new $11 million distribution facility in Temple, Texas
Temple, TX -- KEG 1 O'Neal, LLC (KEG 1 O'Neal) celebrates the grand opening of its state-of-the-art distribution center in Temple, Texas. The $11-million capital investment is a consolidation and expansion of their presence in Temple to a new facility located on 23 acres in the Temple Industrial Park. The new 108,000-square-foot facility houses a regional office and commercial distribution warehouse creating 50 new jobs – totaling 110 employees in Temple.
KEG 1 O'Neal is a wholesale beer distributor that distributes a large assortment of alcoholic beverages to 30 counties in Texas. A leader in delivering both quality products and exceptional service to every customer, KEG 1 O'Neal has three (3) other facilities in Texas: Early, Fredericksburg, and Weatherford.
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Amazon Chooses Garner for New Facility
2.6-Million-Square-Foot Distribution Center to be Located at Former ConAgra Site
Garner, NC — Town of Garner officials are hailing Amazon's selection of the Garner Technology Center as the location for a new 2.6-million-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution center.
The Seattle-based e-commerce company will invest approximately $200 million in the site on Jones Sausage Road, formerly the location of the ConAgra plant where a deadly explosion occurred in June 2009. The investment will create an estimated 1,500 jobs, making the distribution center Garner's largest employer. Amazon hopes to open the center by fall 2019.
The e-retailer's investment in Garner will be approximately four times the amount of peak investment by ConAgra at the site, while the number of employees at the facility will be several hundred more than peak employment at the ConAgra plant.
New Developments Position Savannah as U.S. Gateway Port
Photo Caption: Developers have purchased five parcels, totaling 500 acres, within the Savannah River International Trade Park for warehousing and distribution operations. Find print quality images here.
Announcement comes on the heels of three consecutive months of record growth
Savannah, GA -- The Georgia Ports Authority announced the sale of 500 acres of property for commercial development to accommodate growing customer demand for warehousing, distribution and transload facilities near the Port of Savannah.
The new development, located on five parcels of land at GPA's Savannah River International Trade Park, is less than five miles from the Garden City Container Terminal and can accommodate up to 5 million square feet of logistics space.
Infineon celebrates the expansion of its Mesa semiconductor fabrication facility
Mesa, AZ -- Infineon, a Germany-based world leader in semiconductor solutions, celebrated the Grand Opening of its new warehouse and Gallium Nitride (GaN) cleanroom at its Mesa facility located at 550 W. Juanita Ave. The multi-million-dollar expansion project added approximately 11,500 square feet and will create more than 20 new high-quality jobs.
"Infineon has been an important part of Mesa's technology community for years and it is great to see them expand their facility," Mesa Mayor John Giles said. "It's exciting when a business in Mesa is on the cutting edge of new semiconductor technology."
GaN is a new semiconductor material that will help increase the efficiency and performance of power electronics used in everyday life such as power adapters for laptops.
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