DHL expands in Louisville, Ky.

DHL expands in Louisville, Ky.    DHL said it had opened a new facility near the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky.
   DHL has invested $2.7 million in the new service center facility, consolidating all local operations to enhance services for DHL customers shipping to and from the region.
   The new, 64,000-square-foot service center combines a facility east of Louisville and DHL's previous operations near the airport to one service center strategically located across from Standiford Field.
   The location is home to DHL's local pickup, delivery and sorting operations, and provides a base for local sales employees.
   The pickup and delivery footprint for the new facility includes cities in and around the Louisville metropolitan area, east to Indiana including Austin, and as far South as cities along the Tennessee border. The new Louisville service center will handle a wide variety of shipments, including domestic and international parcels as well as palletized, loose-load and container freight.
   The facility employs 125 and the company said it can process shipments 50 percent faster than the previous operation.
   DHL said it has recently enhanced its presence in cities across the country through new facilities in New York City; Chicago; Charlotte, N.C.; Salt Lake City; Charleston, S.C.; White River Junction, Vt.; and Columbus, Ohio.
   It also said it had recently completed a $1.2 billion buildout of its U.S. domestic network and infrastructure, including an expanded primary air and ground hub in Wilmington, Ohio, seven new regional sort centers located throughout the country, and the development of new distribution facilities for the East and West coasts in Allentown, Pa., and Riverside, Calif.