ABB Installation Products opens its $4-million Northeast Distribution Center in Easton, PA, to meet increased demand for electrical solutions. The new 350,000-sq-ft facility adds 100 new jobs in the area, boosts inventory availability and will reduce delivery times to many ABB Installation Products customers and distributor partners across the Northeast region by up to 50%.
Located within 80 miles of New York City and Philadelphia on nearly 10 acres, the Northeast facility expands ABB’s U.S. distribution footprint to increase direct delivery routes and reduce carbon emissions coast-to-coast. The distribution center stocks $15 million in inventory and more than 5,000 products used to power, connect and protect electrical systems across a wide range of construction, industrial, infrastructure, transportation and utility applications. Serving customers across more than a dozen states, the Northeast Distribution Center is part of Installation Products nationwide distribution network that includes distribution centers in Phoenix, AZ, and Byhalia, MS.
“We continue to build upon our legacy of pioneering innovative electrification products that contractors and installers rely on every day to complete critical commercial, residential and utility projects. Now we are further regionalizing our global supply chain to provide greater speed to our partners and customers of needed electrical solutions,” said Matthias Heilmann, president, ABB Installation Products Division, the press release. “As ABB experiences increasing product demand, expanding our U.S. distribution network broadens access to essential electrical solutions and cuts delivery times in half for a large number of our customers and distributors across the Northeast.”
President Joe Biden in discussing the Investing in America agenda focused on making local economies stronger and more resilient said, “This investment in a regional distribution center in Lehigh Valley will create good-paying jobs, shore up our transportation and infrastructure supply chains here at home, and help build a clean energy economy.”
The United States remains ABB’s largest market by revenue, and this investment adds to over $14 billion ABB has already invested in the U.S. since 2010. It also builds on more than $100 million in ABB Installation Products expansions and improvements made in the U.S. since 2020 to increase manufacturing capacity, drive innovation and sustainability, and bring needed products closer to customers.