DENSO establishes new logistics center in Tennessee

Nov. 14, 2014
To meet increasing sales in North America, global automotive supplier DENSO will invest approximately $6.7 million to open a new 165,000 square-foot shipping warehouse in Nashville, Tenn.

To meet increasing sales in North America, global automotive supplier DENSO will invest approximately $6.7 million to open a new 165,000 square-foot shipping warehouse in Nashville, Tenn. It will result in the creation of about 20 new jobs.

DENSO’s new location, DENSO Logistics Nashville Tennessee (DLNT), is scheduled to open in April 2015.  
 


“This new warehouse enables us to expand our capabilities to satisfy our customers and also support continued sales growth,” said Britt Autry, vice president of the North American Production Promotion Center at DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee in Maryville.
 


Warehouse expansion in Michigan

Along with the Nashville expansion, DENSO also recently invested approximately $1.6 million to expand its DENSO Logistics Michigan (DLMI) warehouse, located in Belleville, Mich. The investment represents the addition of 40,902 square feet and 10 new jobs. DLMI opened its doors in 2007 to coordinate the distribution of products from various countries, like Japan, Spain, Hungary and Thailand, to a wide range of DENSO’s North American customers. With the addition of DLNT, DENSO will have six warehouses in North America.
 


The Michigan and Tennessee warehouse news is part of DENSO’s expansion plan to invest nearly $1 billion in North America – more than $750 million in the United States – to strengthen and expand its product development and manufacturing capabilities across the region.
 


DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions and employs nearly 140,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, totaled $39.8 billion.

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