Amazon has announced the start of construction of a new center of d istribution in Passo Corese, part of the municipality of Fara in Sabina (RI), 30 km from Rome , to meet the growth in demand in Italy.
a ufficialiazzare the opening of the new center, the arrival in Italy of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos himself who met today in Florence Matteo Renzi President of the Council.
the new logistics center, which will be the second of the Amazon distribution center in the country, start operations in the fall of 2017.
Amazon will invest € 150 million in new operating units from 60,000 square meters, giving an impetus to the local economy.
the company plans to create up to 1,200 new jobs within three years from start of operation.
“ in the last five years we have created more than 1,000 new jobs indefinitely in our distribution center active in Castel San Giovanni and today we are pleased to announce that we will create another 1,200 in the new center of Passo Corese in the next three years “has said Roy Perticucci, Amazon Vice-President Operations Europe . “ This new business unit – continued Perticucci – will be integrated into the Amazon network which counts twenty-nine distribution centers in seven European countries , which allow us to respond to the growing demand and deliver on our promises of fast and reliable deliveries to customers in Italy. I am convinced that this investment will also benefit the local economy, with new jobs and new opportunities for companies to collaborate with one of the most advanced logistic network in the world, which reaches millions of customers across Europe ” .
“ We are happy and proud for the realization of this project which now finally has become reality,” said David Basilicata, Mayor of Fara in Sabina.
Along with the distribution center of Castel San Giovanni, the new business unit of Passo Corese will allow Amazon to handle current and future demand, both in Italy and in Europe.
Investing in Europe and in Italy
According to reports, the company, 2015 was a record year for the creation of jobs by Amazon in Europe: it is created over 10,000 new permanent positions, which led to the European staff of the company to exceed a total of 40,000 employees.
Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than 15 billion € in Europe in infrastructure and services for the distribution, in services to customers in regional data centers like Amazon Web Services, in research and development, and more.
Since the start of its activities in Italy in 2010, Amazon has invested in the country over € 450 million and created 1,700 jobs.
The distribution of Castel San Giovanni center, which employs more than 1,000 employees, was opened in 2011, a year after the launch Amazon.it. Initially extends over 26,000 square meters, now it covers an area of 86,000 square meters in order to manage the growing customer demand and cope with the growth of Amazon.it catalog, which now offers more than 136 million products.
In November 2015 Amazon opened Distribution Centre in Milan Urban (1500 sqm) for customer service Amazon Prime Now.
in addition to these investments in logistics facilities in the country, Amazon has opened its offices in Milan in 2010, where more than 300 employees.
the company has also chosen the city of Cagliari as the seat of Customer Service, which employs about 300 people.
July 23, 2016
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