UPS to Build New Atlanta Hub, Creating 1,250 Jobs by End of 2018
Construction will take place at a 341-acre industrial site in Fulton County, according to the company. The project is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2018.
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“When combined with the strong transportation connections and talented labor pool that Atlanta provides, UPS is building flexibility to meet the growing needs of our customers and our business in Georgia and around the world,” CEO David Abney said in a statement.
The new facility will use sorting, processing and data-capture technology to capture shipment status data to change delivery locations or modify the truck route due to weather or other unplanned occurrences.
More than 100,000 packages per hour will travel on 15 miles of conveyors, the company said. It added that lasers capture package information, then applicators place labels on packages at a rate of three per second with instructions for loading and routing trucks. UPS said the hub will include a delivery vehicle center capable of dispatching more than 280 trucks running on compressed natural gas fuel.
UPS, which ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers, employs more than 14,000 people across Georgia in package delivery operations, ground freight, aircraft operations, data-center management and contract logistics.
