New UPS logistics center at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport

Source: Port2Port

UPS Opens Largest Freight Facility in Middle East

United Parcel Service (UPS) recently opened the Middle East's largest and most technologically innovative freight logistics center at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. The 10,000 -square meter facility is designed to process up to 6,000 parcels per day. An article in Port2Port says, "It has two truck loading bays with 60 doors each to speed up the handling of cargo."

David Baer is the IAMC Active member with UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

Corrections Corp. prison facility in California City, Calif.

Source: http://newsinitiative.org/

Corrections Corp. to Expand Facility now under Construction

The nation's largest private sector supplier of prisons and prison services has announced plans to increase the capacity of its planned Adams County (Mississippi) Correctional Center from 1,668 to 2,232 beds. The company is investing $135 million in the facility, which will employ over 300 mostly-local workers. "As the owner of the correctional center, CCA pays property taxes, unlike public correctional facilities, and the company anticipates annual taxes of $1.4 million, as well as annual utility payments of approximately $1.7 million for the Adams facility," says a press release on the project.

Frank Betancourt is the IAMC Active member with Corrections Corporation of America.

Marillyn Hewson

Source: www.lockheedmartin.com

Lockheed Martin to Open Global Supply Chain Service Center in Pennsylvania

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has indicated it will move its supply chain services group from Greenville, SC, to an existing warehouse facility in Johnstown, Penn. The move will eventually add 135 jobs to the region, where the company now employs 130. In an interview of Marillyn Hewson, executive vice president of Lockheed's Aeronautics Global Sustainment Division, in the Altoona Mirror, she says "Relocating our supply chain services business from Greenville, S.C., to Johnstown positions us in a geographic area closer to our primary customers in Columbus, Ohio; Richmond, Va.; Philadelphia; and Fort Belvoir, Va. We believe this will enhance our customer relationships and provide greater responsiveness to their needs."

Geoffrey J. Troan is the IAMC Active member with Lockheed Martin.

Russell Burton

PepsiCo Subsidiary Quaker Leases Big DC

Quaker Sales and Distribution has leased almost 700,000 sq. ft. of distribution center space in Tracy, Ca, about 60 miles east of Oakland. A short article on Costar.com says the company "will use the space to store and distribute PepsiCo beverages such as Gatorade and Tropicana. The lease is expandable to 755,400 square feet, which would constitute the entire facility."

Russell Burton and Randal Levingston are the IAMC Active members with PepsiCo.

Gas liquefaction plant

Source: www.chinamet.com.cn/

Air Products Plans Larger Plant to Support
U.S. Steel Facility

Air Products and Chemicals has been supplying liquefied oxygen and nitrogen gases to U.S. Steel's Lake Erie plant in Nanticoke, Canada, since 1980. But with the plant's gas demand rising, Air Products decided to upgrade its existing facility to produce a higher volume of liquefied gases at lower cost. An Earth Times article quotes Air Products Vice President Alex Masetti as saying "the new liquefier will increase our supply capacity and improve our market position in the Eastern Canada and Northeastern U.S. markets for liquid products."

Susan Reber and Eugene Ervin are the IAMC Active members with Air Products and Chemicals.

Coke to Build New Bottling Plant and Distribution Center in Coachella

Artist's rendering of proposed Coca-Cola plant in Coachella

Source: City of Coachella

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California plans to move the 110-employee existing bottling and distribution operations now located in Cathedral City, CA, about 22 miles down the road to a new 61,512 sq. ft. facility in Coachella, CA. An article in The Desert Sun says, "Coachella Mayor Eduardo Garcia said he believes the plan is for the company to eventually expand the Coachella facility to about 90,000 square feet." "I'm almost certain we'll grow in the number of people being employed there," speculates Garcia.

Matt Fanoe is the IAMC Active member with Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Honeywell's facility in Brno, Czech Republic

Source: http://europe.hbc.honeywell.com/about-us/locations.htm

Honeywell International Opens
Brno Engineering Center

A brief report in Automotive World says, "Honeywell has opened its Turbo Technologies Engineering and Test Centre in Brno, Czech Republic. The new facility features integrated engineering and research services for development and validation of advanced turbochargers for commercial and passenger vehicles." Infibeam reports, "The state-of-the-art facility houses integrated engineering and research services developing and validating the next generation of advanced turbochargers for both commercial and passenger vehicle applications.

Phil Hammel and Timothy Fitzpatrick are the IAMC Active members with Honeywell.

Linde Group to Build Liquid Gases Unit in Cebu, Philippines

Recognizing a regional need for lower cost, readily available liquefied industrial gases, Southern Industrial Gases (SIG) Philippines, Inc., has announced plans to construct a facility to produce these in Cebu. SIG is a subsidiary of the Linde Group. SIG's business development officer Ralf Sabornido is quoted in the Sun Star Cebu as saying, "[The new facility] will be able to generate a combined capacity of 65 tons per day. It will produce oxygen for medical and industrial customers, argon for fabrication, and nitrogen for the electronics industry." "This will also be a cost-saving (move) of the company. We can also help customers save by giving them discounts, since the production cost would be lesser. Since the volume produced is big, the production cost will come out cheaper," explains Sabornido.

Pete Garra and Len Paterno are the IAMC Active members with Linde Group.

Novartis Acquires Protez

To strengthen its product line, Swiss drug maker Novartis is buying antibiotic developer Protez Pharmaceuticals. The company has facilities in Malvern, Penn. According to fiercebiotech.com, "Acquisition of Protez Pharmaceuticals provides rights to PZ-601 and further strengthens [the company's] specialty medicines development portfolio in hospital infections. PZ-601 is a novel broad-spectrum antibiotic in phase II development against potentially fatal drug-resistant infections - including MRSA and ESBL strains. Antibiotic resistance [is] an important public health problem, estimated to account for more than 100,000 deaths annually in the US and Europe together. Novartis is to fully acquire privately-held Protez for initial payment of USD 100 million and potential for up to USD 300 million of additional payments contingent upon success of PZ-601."

Source: http://www.peibioalliance.com/pei-expansion-bolsters-novartis-aquaculture-r-d

Jet engine under construction by GE at one of its Cincinnati facilities

Source: http://www.geae.com

GE Aviation Seeks to Consolidate
Cincinnati Operations

General Electric's aviation division has been considering since March how to consolidate three locations it now holds in Cincinnati into a single facility. Cincinnati Business Journal reports, "GE Aviation is looking at several sites, including one in West Chester for a new facility that would relocate about 1,600 jobs, according to a Hamilton Journal-News report." "The aircraft engine maker has submitted a waiver application to the Butler County director of economic development, describing a $60 million project that would consolidate three facilities in one location, the newspaper said Friday. Most of the employees moving would be engineers," the Journal reports.