Logistics & Distribution

The construction machinery and earthmoving equipment manufacturer will build three new facilities at its Newport News, VA location.

The automotive parts manufacturer will create approximately 215 new jobs at the Tennessee-Kentucky Industrial Park in Portland, TN.

The high-tech operation in St. Peters will be the online retail giant's first fulfillment center in Missouri.

A Silicon Valley startup tells economic developers it can make 50-year predictions of the impact of climate change on available sites.

Alabama exports totaled a record $21.7 billion last year, thanks in large part to increased overseas shipments of automobiles, aircraft components, chemicals, paper, and minerals.

This year’s competition was chock full of big-ticket projects and locations that pulled out all the stops to land them, so our judges convinced us that 10 of them deserved Honorable Mention Awards.

The 238,000-square-foot expansion will make the Alsip, IL facility the company’s largest and most advanced distribution center.

The Palmetto State’s manufacturing base gets stronger while South Carolina invokes its can-do spirit and leverages impressive resources to expand a diverse set of new growth sectors.

The company’s new 510,000-square-foot Rabun Gap distribution center is its second in Georgia.

More than 17,200 jobs were announced in the Bluegrass State last year, the highest number in 17 years.

The company’s new distribution center in Longview, TX will serve approximately 1,000 Dollar General retail locations in Texas and the southeast.

The retail convenience store company will invest $113 million in a new bakery and other capital investments in La Crosse, WI.

Businesses have committed to creating nearly 29,000 jobs across the state in 2017 so far, a record breaking year for economic development. 

Tyson is adding 25,000 square feet at its facility in Obion County, an $80-million investment creating 300 jobs.

Amazon currently employs more than 5,000 people in the state; the new facility will employ more than 1,500 associates in Baltimore, MD. 

Terry Gill, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, discusses the commonwealth's workforce revolution, distribution and logistics industry, STEM jobs, and Build-Ready Certification program.

The national tool retailer is expanding its Dillon County distribution center for the third time, with the help of job development tax credits and a rural infrastructure grant.

While it may take quite a few years before autonomous vehicles hit the road, much progress has been made in this technology that companies hope will have long-term logistical benefits.

The TEDF grants, totaling more than $2.7 million, will help several companies expand in the region, resulting in private investments of nearly $279 million.

As Big Box retail outlets start to dwindle, warehouses are proliferating—and not all of them are horizontal.