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Amazon to invest $100M in new Indiana manufacturing facility

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Amazon to invest $100M in new Indiana manufacturing facility

A Proteus mobile robot on an Amazon manufacturing line. | Source: Amazon

Amazon this week announced plans to invest more than $100 million in a new 585,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility located in Greenwood, Indiana. The company claimed the facility will result in 300 skilled manufacturing and engineering jobs.

The facility will produce products that power Amazon’s fulfillment and robotics network across North America. Amazon expects to launch the site by 2028.

Amazon has built one of the largest industrial robotics manufacturing operations in the world at its facilities in Massachusetts. So far, the company has manufactured more than one million robots in the U.S. to date. Those robots are now deployed across more than 300 facilities globally. Amazon said they assist employees with 75% of all customer orders the company delivers worldwide.

The Greenwood facility follows an August announcement of a new robotics manufacturing investment in Texas, as Amazon continues to expand its domestic manufacturing footprint. Amazon selected the Greenwood site based on Indiana’s manufacturing workforce, competitive cost structure, logistics infrastructure, and business-friendly environment, it claimed.

The approximately 585,000-square-foot facility will integrate advanced fabrication, robotic welding, automated powder coating, and assembly capabilities under one roof. AWS and AI-powered smart manufacturing systems and robotics will support these. The facility will produce products used in Amazon fulfillment centers across North America.

In recent years, Amazon has been investing in robotics across many parts of its business. The company has more than 1 million robots operating in its fulfillment centers, helping with stowing, picking, sorting, and intra-facility transport.


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