Under Armour opens third distribution centre

USA-based Under Armour has opened a one million square foot distribution and warehouse facility in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, with the creation of 1,500 jobs being planned over the next five years.

This is the third distribution facility that the company has opened in the USA, joining warehouses in Baltimore, Maryland and in Rialto, California.

The $100 million facility is said to feature an onsite fitness centre for employees, a 12-mile-long conveyor system, automated receiving technology, voice directed picking software and advanced sorting methods.

Photograph at top of page shows the opening of Under Armour’s new facility – from left: Jim Hardy (executive vice-president of global operations, Under Armour), Randy Boyd (Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development), Kevin Plank (Under Amour chief executive and chairman), Bill Haslam (Governor of Tennessee) and Frank Wycheck (Nashville radio host).

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This article was originally published on page 3 of the February 2016 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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