[CPEO-BIF] Fedex, Troutdale, Oregon

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FedEx delivers local jobs
Ground distribution center celebrates opening in Troutdale

By Shannon Wells
Gresham Outlook (PR)
October 29, 2010



As recently unloaded cardboard packages whiz along conveyor belts at 35 
mph at the FedEx Ground distribution center, a transformation occurs 
each time a box passes through the orange glow of the laser scanner.

...

Just a few years ago, the site of the former Reynolds/Alcoa aluminum 
plant off Sundial Road was essentially a barren wasteland with 
contaminated soil – a stark reminder of industry’s fleeting nature and 
marketplace evolution.

In its place now stands FedEx Ground, where around 750 employees process 
nearly 23,000 packages per hour. Company officials say future expansions 
will accommodate as many as 60,000 packages with 1,000 employees.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=128839954745743400

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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