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 bui
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Amazon announced plans to invest more than $100 million in a new manufacturing facility in Indiana that will produce products for its fulfillment and robotics network, creating approximately 300 skilled jobs and launching by 2028. The facility will use advanced fabrication, robotic welding, automated coating, and assembly capabilities supported by AWS and AI-powered smart manufacturing systems. Amazon has already built one of the world's largest industrial robotics manufacturing operations elsewhere, having produced over one million robots deployed across more than 300 facilities globally, with these robots assisting in 75 percent of all customer orders delivered worldwide. This investment follows Amazon's broader expansion into robotics, including recent acquisitions and its plans to expand drone delivery to hundreds of cities.
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