FedEx Ground builds major distribution facility in Grayslake
As part of an ongoing national expansion, FedEx Ground is building a package sorting and delivery station that will be the company’s fifth major facility in the Chicago area. The 214,000 sq.ft facility, which will be built on Rt. 83 (Ivanhoe Road) north of Peterson Road in Grayslake, Illinois, is scheduled to open in late-2011. The facility will join four others in serving the ground shipping needs of Chicagoland, featuring the latest automated material handling technology for sorting packages and dispatching up to 130 delivery vans a day. The new FedEx Ground distribution centre is part of an ongoing nationwide network expansion and transit time acceleration plan to boost daily package volume capacity and further enhance the speed and service capabilities of its network. Since embarking on the expansion plan in 2002, FedEx Ground has opened nine new hubs and expanded and/or relocated more than 500 local facilities. Quelle: eyefortransport |