Groundbreaking scheduled for Amazon fulfillment center in New Hanover County

Groundbreaking scheduled for Amazon fulfillment center in New Hanover County

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Amazon has announced a robotics fulfillment center is coming to New Hanover County, the first for the area. The company says this will bring faster deliveries and jobs to the Wilmington area. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the location at Pender Commerce Park is scheduled for next week. According to a news release, local leaders from Pender and New Hanover County will join Amazon’s President of Worldwide Economic…

Amazon to open Wilmington’s first robotics fulfillment center

Amazon says this center will bring faster deliveries and more jobs to the area.

Site Work Begins on $30M Amazon Distribution Center

BAZETTA TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Preliminary work is underway along Perkins-Jones Road where online retail giant Amazon is building a $30 million distribution center. Front-end loaders, large backhoes and earth movers were busy this week preparing the 65-acre site, just east of the former Kmart distribution center. Much of the land has been cleared, and temporary […] The post Site Work Begins on $30M Amazon Distribution Center appeared first on Business…

Amazon to discuss its robotics evolution at Robotics Summit & Expo - The Robot Report

Amazon’s warehouse robots include Sparrow, which sorts individual items for employees to package; Cardinal, which lifts packages and puts them in carts; and Robin, which lifts and sorts packages before they’re brought to the outbound dock. | Source: Amazon Amazon currently operates more than 750,000 robots that sort, lift, and carry packages across its facilities. Now the world’s largest robot operator, the company has come a long way since it a…