Orbit Industries, Los Angeles, has opened a 450,000-square-foot regional distribution center (RDC) and factory in Morristown, Tenn., The facility is the first location Orbit has established outside of its main Los Angeles headquarters.
Between Orbit’s Morristown facility and Los Angeles warehouse, Orbit can deliver products anywhere within the continental United States in three days or less. Currently, the Morristown RDC stocks products specific to the needs of the region. Stock will continue to expand, with Orbit shipping all 6,000-plus products out of the Morristown facility before year-end.
“We are always looking for ways to better service our customers,” said Marcus Bannerman, Orbit’s national sales manager, in a press release. “Delivery time on the East Coast has always been a complication for us. Our new Tennessee facility will help provide a solution to our East Coast customers and get material to them faster than ever before.”
In addition to warehousing, Orbit will soon begin manufacturing at the plant to meet “Made in America” standards. Currently Orbit’s BCHS and RAP Plates are already manufactured in the United States. The introduction of this manufacturing plant will allow other products to soon begin following suit. The manufacturing plant is expected to be fully operational before the end of 2017. Other future plans include a state-of-the-art training center, which will allow customers, visitors and representatives to test out Orbit’s more innovative prefab products.
Orbit’s product line is UL- or ETL-listed and includes steel junction boxes and accessories; NEMA enclosures; weatherproof products; electrical fittings and elbows; emergency/exit lighting; photoelectric controls; and LED lighting.
