Friday, July 22, 2016

Amazon opens the second distribution center Italian – Wired.it

Investment of 150 million euro and 1,200 jobs in Passo Corese (Rieti): inauguration in autumn 2017

 amazon After the advances of recent months comes the official: Amazon announces the start of work for the construction of the new distribution center in Passo Corese, fraction of Fara Sabina, common on the via Salaria in the province of Rieti but actually in strategic location both for Roma, which is about thirty kilometers, which for the rest of central and southern Italy. The new logistics center, the second center in the country, will be inaugurated in the autumn of 2017.

Not without coincidence, today the prime minister Matteo Renzi meet in Palazzo Vecchio in Florence the number one company Jeff Bezos. The Amazon Fund is to 150 million euro for an establishment of 60 thousand square meters, critical to the local economy of Sabina, very green area, rich in history and natural beauty, but crushed between the pole Terni-Rieti and Rome. Should get up to 1,200 jobs within three years from the start , then in the space of 2020.

we created more than a thousand Over the past five years, new places permanent job in our distribution center active in Castel San Giovanni and today we are pleased to announce that we will create other one.

200 in the new center of Passo Corese in the next three years – Perticucci explained Roy, vice president of Amazon for European operations – this new business unit will be integrated into the Amazon network which counts twenty-nine distribution centers in seven European countries, that allow us to respond to the growing demand and maintain our promises fast and reliable deliveries to customers in Italy. I am convinced that this investment will also benefit the local economy , with new jobs and new opportunities for companies to collaborate with one of the most advanced logistic network in the world , which reaches millions of customers across Europe .

<'p> in short, the goal is to manage orders more quickly, even in future perspective with respect to services related to fresh and growth in subscriptions Prime. “ The salaries of the employees Amazon – says a statement – rank among the highest in the logistics and include benefits such as discounts on purchases on Amazon. en, health and private health care insurance. Amazon also offers opportunities as the Career Choice program, which offers employees who intend to specialize in a specific field up to 95% of the cost of fees and textbooks for professional courses for four years

in 2015, Amazon has created over 10 thousand permanent posts in Europe , bringing the employees in the Old continent to 40 thousand share, crowning 15 billion euro investment in infrastructure and services for the distribution, in data center and research and svilippo since 2010. in Italy the Seattle giant has invested € 450 million in six years , creating 1,700 jobs, mostly operating in the center of Castel San Giovanni, in the province Piacenza, opened in 2011. While in November 2015 Amazon has opened in Milan (1,500 square meters) urban distribution center for service to Amazon Prime customers Now.

We are happy and proud to this news, which repays the work of the administration offices and to all public and private stakeholders who are committed to the realization of this project which is now finally come true – said Davide Basilicata, mayor of Fara in Sabina – for the city and for our area this is a decisive result for the economic and employment revival that will produce this extraordinary opportunity. From today this will become one of the most significant logistics hub in Italy and among the most strategic of the Center-South .

In addition to these investments in logistics facilities in the country, Amazon has opened its offices in Milan in 2010, in which employs over 300 people and currently has more than 60 open positions (https://www.amazon.jobs/it). The company also placed in Cagliari the seat of Customer Service, which employs another 300 people.

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