Post by Logan on Jun 9, 2016 0:43:00 GMT -6
Lehigh Valley FedEx Ground terminal to be company's largest in U.S., VP says
ALLENTOWN — The FedEx Ground terminal planned in Northampton County will bring hundreds of jobs to the Lehigh Valley and become the company's largest warehouse and logistics hub among 34 it operates nationwide, a company executive told members of the Valley business community Wednesday.
Stephanie Cohen, vice president of strategic planning with FedEx Ground, also told a lunchtime audience of about 250 people that job-seekers and e-tailers likely will have to wait until late 2018 before the megahub opens, several months later than previously announced.
Her remarks came during a panel discussion held by the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce at its annual Transportation Summit in the Mack Trucks customer center in Allentown. The summit included local, state and federal transportation professionals, but the $335 million FedEx Ground project being built in Allen Township dominated the discussion.
FedEx Ground is scheduled to break ground later this month on a terminal capable of processing up to 75,000 packages an hour.
Read more: www.mcall.com/business/mc-allentown-chamber-transportation-summit-20160608-story.html
ALLENTOWN — The FedEx Ground terminal planned in Northampton County will bring hundreds of jobs to the Lehigh Valley and become the company's largest warehouse and logistics hub among 34 it operates nationwide, a company executive told members of the Valley business community Wednesday.
Stephanie Cohen, vice president of strategic planning with FedEx Ground, also told a lunchtime audience of about 250 people that job-seekers and e-tailers likely will have to wait until late 2018 before the megahub opens, several months later than previously announced.
Her remarks came during a panel discussion held by the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce at its annual Transportation Summit in the Mack Trucks customer center in Allentown. The summit included local, state and federal transportation professionals, but the $335 million FedEx Ground project being built in Allen Township dominated the discussion.
FedEx Ground is scheduled to break ground later this month on a terminal capable of processing up to 75,000 packages an hour.
Read more: www.mcall.com/business/mc-allentown-chamber-transportation-summit-20160608-story.html