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Released June 14, 2021 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The COVID-19 pandemic is a tragic event, and e-commerce and delivery companies have met the challenge by providing more services than ever before in times of lockdowns and health precautions. United Parcel Service Incorporated's (NYSE:UPS) (UPS) (Sandy Springs, Georgia) first-quarter 2021 revenues increased 27% year over year, to $22.9 billion. Amazon.com Incorporated (NASDAQ:AMZN) (Seattle, Washington) has become the king of e-commerce in the U.S. and is rapidly building new fulfillment and distribution centers at a wide variety of locations.
Together, these companies' and others' warehousing and distribution projects account for more than 25% of the nearly $4 billion in Industrial Manufacturing projects that are set to kick off in third-quarter 2021 in the U.S. Great Lakes market region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Click on the image at right for a breakdown by industry sector of planned third-quarter Industrial Manufacturing project starts in the Great Lakes region.
Amazon has six upcoming projects across the region, five for distribution centers and one for a data center. If you subscribe to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database, click here for a list of projects. Among these projects is a grassroot distribution center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, known as "Project Mastodon." The more than 634,000-square-foot facility will be constructed on a 149-acre site and will help support the company's regional distribution operations. Layton Construction Company (Sandy, Utah) is the general contractor on the project, which is expected to wrap up late next year. The Fort Wayne facility will be Amazon's first fulfillment center in Indiana to use advanced robotics technology and the company's 10th fulfillment center in the state. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Kentucky is a popular place for delivery companies' air hub projects. Amazon plans to complete an air hub in Hebron in the upcoming quarter (see project report), just as UPS starts an expansion of its air hub in Louisville. UPS will expand the 5.2 million-square-foot facility by constructing a 262,000-square-foot maintenance hangar with supporting equipment to fit two Boeing 747-8 freighters simultaneously and support the expansion of the company's Boeing air fleet. The project is part of UPS' wider $750 million expansion in Louisville, where it is by far the city's largest employer, according to Louisville Business First. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Outside of warehousing and distribution, the U.S. has experienced a shortage of aluminum cans since the pandemic shifted beverage consumption from bars and restaurants into homes. Industrial Info is tracking nearly $1 billion in capital aluminum can projects that are set to kick off in the upcoming quarter across five U.S. market regions, including the Great Lakes (see project list). In Muncie, Indiana, Can-Pak SA (Krakow, Poland) will construct an 862,000-square-foot grassroot aluminum can manufacturing facility to help meet this increased demand. The company only settled on the Muncie site for its second U.S. manufacturing facility in late May, but it plans to kick off construction in the coming months. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2022. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
The Great Lakes traditionally has been a hub of automotive manufacturing in the U.S., and the nearly $600 million in upcoming automotive projects shows this still holds true, with Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) and Honda Motor Company Limited (NYSE:HMC) (Tokyo, Japan) both planning large projects, in addition to several smaller parts suppliers. Ford plans to expand its engine plant in Brook Park, Ohio, near Cleveland, by upgrading the existing production lines for the GTDI V6 and Ecoboost I4 engines, and will begin producing new machining modules. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Honda will expand its automotive manufacturing facility in Greensburg, Indiana, by constructing a 64,000-square-foot building addition to increase the plant's 1,000-unit-per-day production capacity. The project is expected to take about two years to complete. The plant began operating in 2008 and celebrated production of its 2 millionth vehicle in 2019. Production was cut back at the onset of the pandemic, but the plant returned to full production within six months. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Other upcoming Industrial Manufacturing projects in the area include First Solar Incorporated's (NASDAQ:FSLR) (Tempe, Arizona) grassroot solar module facility in Ohio. For more on that project, click here for the project report and see June 14, 2021, article - First Solar Plans Third Photovoltaic Solar Plant in Ohio.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn.
Together, these companies' and others' warehousing and distribution projects account for more than 25% of the nearly $4 billion in Industrial Manufacturing projects that are set to kick off in third-quarter 2021 in the U.S. Great Lakes market region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Click on the image at right for a breakdown by industry sector of planned third-quarter Industrial Manufacturing project starts in the Great Lakes region.Amazon has six upcoming projects across the region, five for distribution centers and one for a data center. If you subscribe to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database, click here for a list of projects. Among these projects is a grassroot distribution center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, known as "Project Mastodon." The more than 634,000-square-foot facility will be constructed on a 149-acre site and will help support the company's regional distribution operations. Layton Construction Company (Sandy, Utah) is the general contractor on the project, which is expected to wrap up late next year. The Fort Wayne facility will be Amazon's first fulfillment center in Indiana to use advanced robotics technology and the company's 10th fulfillment center in the state. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Kentucky is a popular place for delivery companies' air hub projects. Amazon plans to complete an air hub in Hebron in the upcoming quarter (see project report), just as UPS starts an expansion of its air hub in Louisville. UPS will expand the 5.2 million-square-foot facility by constructing a 262,000-square-foot maintenance hangar with supporting equipment to fit two Boeing 747-8 freighters simultaneously and support the expansion of the company's Boeing air fleet. The project is part of UPS' wider $750 million expansion in Louisville, where it is by far the city's largest employer, according to Louisville Business First. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Outside of warehousing and distribution, the U.S. has experienced a shortage of aluminum cans since the pandemic shifted beverage consumption from bars and restaurants into homes. Industrial Info is tracking nearly $1 billion in capital aluminum can projects that are set to kick off in the upcoming quarter across five U.S. market regions, including the Great Lakes (see project list). In Muncie, Indiana, Can-Pak SA (Krakow, Poland) will construct an 862,000-square-foot grassroot aluminum can manufacturing facility to help meet this increased demand. The company only settled on the Muncie site for its second U.S. manufacturing facility in late May, but it plans to kick off construction in the coming months. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2022. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
The Great Lakes traditionally has been a hub of automotive manufacturing in the U.S., and the nearly $600 million in upcoming automotive projects shows this still holds true, with Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) and Honda Motor Company Limited (NYSE:HMC) (Tokyo, Japan) both planning large projects, in addition to several smaller parts suppliers. Ford plans to expand its engine plant in Brook Park, Ohio, near Cleveland, by upgrading the existing production lines for the GTDI V6 and Ecoboost I4 engines, and will begin producing new machining modules. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Honda will expand its automotive manufacturing facility in Greensburg, Indiana, by constructing a 64,000-square-foot building addition to increase the plant's 1,000-unit-per-day production capacity. The project is expected to take about two years to complete. The plant began operating in 2008 and celebrated production of its 2 millionth vehicle in 2019. Production was cut back at the onset of the pandemic, but the plant returned to full production within six months. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Other upcoming Industrial Manufacturing projects in the area include First Solar Incorporated's (NASDAQ:FSLR) (Tempe, Arizona) grassroot solar module facility in Ohio. For more on that project, click here for the project report and see June 14, 2021, article - First Solar Plans Third Photovoltaic Solar Plant in Ohio.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn.
