Three Firms Develop in Kentucky Distribution, Logistics Hub
The Dec. 16 ribbon-cutting for M&P Logistics new headquarters. (Northern Kentucky Tri-County Financial Improvement Corp.)
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Northern Kentucky’s footprint for logistics, distribution, transportation and cargo companies has lately grown with three firm expansions totaling $17.4 million.
“Kentucky’s distinctive location and entry to sources makes the commonwealth probably the most essential distribution and logistics hubs within the nation,” stated Gov. Andy Beshear Jan. 31.
That day he introduced the $5.4 million enlargement of Whitehorse Freight in Crestview Hills and $8 million renovation of Ancra Cargo’s headquarters in Hebron.
Beshear gathered with native officers and Michael Bilokonsky, president and CEO of Whitehorse Freight, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 31 on a 51,000-square-foot constructing to extend the corporate’s operations and general workplace area in Kenton County.
Based in 2015, Whitehorse Freight is searching for to rent 400 gross sales personnel on the new web site, which is way bigger than the 6,000-square-foot area it had used, Bilokonsky stated. It’s a third-party logistics firm that connects shippers to carriers and focuses on shifting full truckloads. The bigger constructing allows it to extend each operations and general workplace area.
The Whitehorse Freight ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Northern Kentucky Tri-County Financial Improvement Corp.)
Future progress can be envisioned by Ancra Cargo, based in 1969, which is a high designer and maker of cargo securement methods for transportation. It spent $8 million to renovate a 150,000-square-foot facility so as to add manufacturing capabilities (together with meeting strains and new workplaces) to its present distribution operations.
It consolidated a number of manufacturing and warehousing areas underneath one roof and elevated Ancra Cargo’s product growth, high quality management testing and advertising and marketing capabilities. The brand new facility comprises a devoted, multimedia useful resource heart with 16 ft of planogram area, a photograph lab and soundproof studio for capturing movies and broadcasting.
Firm President Larry Bethel stated, “Our new facility in Hebron with its expanded R&D lab, new advertising and marketing capabilities and expanded high quality management division accelerates our capacity to ship expertise for the safer and extra environment friendly transportation of products.”
Ancra Cargo plans to rent 50 staff, famous Northern Kentucky Tri-County Financial Improvement Corp. CEO Lee Crume.
“Ancra performs a vital position within the provide chain and transportation industries in Northern Kentucky and North America,” he added.
KY Governor Andy Beshear, State Consultant Steve Rawlings, Decide/Government Gary Moore, and Tri-ED President & CEO Lee Crume joined Larry Bethel and the Ancra Cargo staff at present for a ribbon slicing ceremony at its new Hebron, KY headquarters. https://t.co/drrQArBNu5 pic.twitter.com/N5ouOKiZVD
— Ancra Cargo (@AncraCargo) January 31, 2023
Crume additionally was available in December with Beshear to have fun the brand new Florence headquarters of Mackenzie and Paige Logistics, a woman-owned logistics supplier established in 2011 in Kentucky.
“Similar to M&P, my household and I had been born and raised in Northern Kentucky. I couldn’t be prouder,” stated Kimberly Corridor, founder and CEO, including “we’re delighted to formally open our doorways and transfer into the brand new 12 months with true momentum.” It invested almost $4 million and is creating 210 new full-time jobs, together with positions for not less than 120 Kentucky residents.
Along with working dry van and refrigerated transportation, M&P gives specialised choices comparable to white glove deliveries, rail and port drayage, in addition to sprinter and field truck expediting. The corporate has workplaces in Florida and California.
“Northern Kentucky presents entry to greater than half of the U.S. inhabitants inside a day’s drive and a big expertise pool with logistics experience,” Crume stated. “M&P is a wonderful instance of an organization creating good-paying profession alternatives within the logistics administration and advisor sector.”
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