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ROMEOVILLE – Governor Bruce Rauner was among several dignitaries that celebrated the opening of another Amazon fulfillment center in Illinois – this one located in west suburban Romeoville.
The Daily Herald was on hand, and reports:
Thousands of packages are shipping daily to consumers from Romeoville. The site opened in September and already has about 1,000 workers picking, packing and shipping products, such as TVs and kayaks. Countless aisles of shelving in the 750,000-square-foot facility are packed to the ceiling with various products while workers drive vehicles up and down lanes to pick them up. The products then are lined up on high-speed conveyor belts to be packaged and labeled for delivery.
The facility also specially designs boxes for shipping of odd-shaped products to ensure their safe arrival at a consumer's home.
Amazon could hire up to 8000 workers over the next few months to staff the area's nine centers. While Amazon is growing by leaps and bounds, retail centers are suffering and Illinois' economy in general continues to drag.
While congratulating Amazon on selecting Illinois for its facilities, Rauner also pushed for a balanced budget so more such companies will find Illinois attractive.
"We should be kicking tails here," Rauner said about getting more businesses. "But we're not because regulations and property taxes here are just too high."
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