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ABB Installation Products opened its $4 million Northeast Distribution Center in Easton. PHOTO/PROVIDED
ABB Installation Products opens $4M distribution center in Easton
Paula Wolf//May 12, 2023//
Listen to this articleABB Installation Products opened its $4 million Northeast Distribution Center in Easton on Thursday to meet increased demand.
The Memphis-based company designs and manufactures products used to manage the connection, distribution and transmission of electrical power. This investment adds 100 jobs and further strengthens ABB‘s U.S. supply chain, a release said.
Serving more than a dozen states, it will also speed delivery to electrical contractors, distributors and industrial customers by up to 50% in the Northeast and support growing demand in the U.S. with $15 million in electrical product inventory.
ABB’s Northeast Distribution Center stocks more than 5,000 high-demand products used to power, connect and protect electrical systems across a wide range of construction, industrial, infrastructure, transportation and utility applications. It’s part of an ABB Installation Products nationwide distribution network that includes centers in Phoenix, Arizona, and Byhalia, Mississippi.
The 350,000-square-foot facility – within 80 miles of New York City and Philadelphia on nearly 10 acres at 1000 Carson Court in Easton – expands ABB’s U.S. distribution footprint to increase direct delivery routes and reduce carbon emissions coast to coast.
President Joe Biden said, “This investment in a regional distribution center in Lehigh Valley will create good-paying jobs, shore up our transportation and infrastructure supply chains here at home, and help build a clean energy economy.”
“We continue to build upon our legacy of pioneering innovative electrification products that contractors and installers rely on every day to complete critical commercial, residential and utility projects,” said Matthias Heilmann, president, ABB Installation Products Division.
The U.S. remains ABB’s largest market by revenue, and this builds on more than $100 million in ABB Installation Products (formerly Thomas & Betts) expansions and improvements made in the U.S. since 2020.
Paula Wolf is a freelance writer
