Amazon ‘fulfillment center’ opens in Huntley, promising to connect with community, create jobs

Amazon ‘fulfillment center’ opens in Huntley, promising to connect with community, create jobs

Hundreds of packages zip down a conveyor belt that winds through a 600,000-square-foot Amazon facility in Huntley, carrying items ranging from pretzels to diapers to shower curtains. Officials of the new Fulfillment Center that opened in February aim to employ about 3,000 people and get products to customers as fast as possible.The new Huntley Amazon Fulfillment Center at 11500 Freeman Road, near Route 47 and Interstate 90, has been hiring about…