November 2021 Group Watch: Amazon Expands in AL
Governor Ivey announced that Amazon.com Inc. plans to open three new operations facilities in Alabama while launching a new fulfillment center that will support customer deliveries across the state. The projects, located in Huntsville, Montgomery and Birmingham, will ultimately create more than 900 jobs. In Addition, Amazon said it plans to add more than 500 full-time positions in Alabama before the end off 2021, with preparations in place for another 1,800 available seasonal jobs. The new Amazon facilities coming to Alabama are:
- Birmingham Delivery Station: This new station will employ approximately 150 people and create indirect job opportunities for hundreds of people through the empowerment of the Delivery Service Partner program.
- Huntsville XL Fulfilment Center: The XL Non -Sortable facility is designed to receive, store and package heavy or bulky items like home appliances. This facility will provide more than 250 full-time jobs and will utilize innovative technologies and energy-efficient, zero-emission power industrialized truck equipment.
- Montgomery Receive Center: In 2022, Amazon will open an Inbound Cross Dock facility that will receive and consolidate items from vendors and facilitate shipment to fulfillment centers.
