The 737,000-square-foot distribution center is expected to employ more than 200 people and grows the online retailer’s already sizable footprint in Boone County to more than 2.5 million square feet.
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Ports of Indiana is working to add a container terminal at its Burns Harbor port in Portage — a service that would significantly reduce the time and complexity of transporting cargo between Europe and the Midwest.
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The company has grown to nearly 100 staff members, but the space is expected to provide room for as many as 300 as Koola continues to expand in the market.
The local closure appears to be part of a complete shutdown of operations by PCI, which was founded in Florida in 1984 and began expanding to other markets about five years ago.
When finished, the logistics-friendly park from Ambrose Property Group is expected to consist of about 14 bulk industrial buildings for advanced manufacturing, warehousing and distribution.
The plan will intensify the battle between Amazon and Walmart to provide consumers with the fastest delivery times.
The deal isn’t JLL Income Property Trust’s first major foray into the market. It recently acquired a nearby, 605,000-square-foot distribution facility for about $60 million.
Pennsylvania-based Inverness Graham has acquired a majority stake in Indianapolis logistics-tech firm ShipSigma in a deal valued at an estimated $100 million-plus.
The growing demand from pharmaceutical firms and a desire by those companies to bring more of their operations back to the United States are driving growth for the locally based logistics provider.
When the deal closed in November, Republic added Mesa’s 60 Embraer 175s to its- existing fleet of Embraer 170s and 175s. Republic’s total fleet now stands at 314 planes-plus.
The 24-hour Amazon Now service provides access to food products including dairy and eggs, produce, and bakery items. It also provides electronics, personal care and health products, and baby items.
The plane crashed last fall while accelerating down the runway, killing all three pilots and 12 people on the ground. Twenty-three more were injured.
CMA CGM Group said the acquisition will triple the size of its own logistics arm, CEVA Logistics, and help build its presence as a contract logistics provider in North America.
The companies separately informed the Indiana Department of Workforce Development about their plans to cease operations at the Radial LLC fulfillment center in the Avon Logistics Center.
Indianapolis-based BrickHouse GPS, which offers GPS tracking and telematics services, recently received an influx of capital that the company says will help it fulfill its ambitious growth goals over the next several years.
The facility will be responsible for global distribution of medical devices and will also accommodate light manufacturing.
Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Packer Fastener, which supplies fasteners, tools, welding supplies and other products to manufacturers, contractors and fabricators, has entered the Indiana market.
He spoke with IBJ about that journey, his time in music and the ramifications of a U.S. Supreme Court case on the third-party logistics industry.
Hancock County-based SLE Technologies Inc. recently landed a multistate distributorship deal which it says will help it unlock big growth opportunities in the collision repair market.
The Trump administration and companies such as Amazon had argued that letting the suit go forward would expose logistics companies to liability under a “patchwork” of state laws.
The company said it would offer extra compensation to U.S. and Canadian drivers as part of a temporary program to offset a sharp increase in gas prices due to the Iran war.
Cummins said it “was strategically aligning its distribution network following the opening of the Indianapolis Distribution Center in Whiteland, Indiana, and the Chicago Regional Distribution Center.”
