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Alberta & Prairies  + Cross Border News  + Industrial  |  May 29, 2024
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By: Monte Stewart

Amazon Opens New Calgary Robotics Fulfillment Centre

Amazon has opened a new 2.8-million-square-foot robotics fulfillment centre in Calgary.

The facility is known as YC4. Amazon did not disclose the value of the investment, but the provincial government previously pegged it at $400 million while reporting facility’s completion on its major projects website.

The plant has more than 1,500 employees and deploys technology that fulfills customer orders more quickly, said Amazon in a news release. Employees work alongside automated systems and robots to pick, pack, and ship customer orders.

YC4’s technology includes RWC4, “a large robotic arm that sorts totes by destination and builds pallets for shipping, and Kermit, a trolley that focuses on towing empty totes throughout the facility and can adjust its speed and route as needed,” the company added.

 

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Monte Stewart serves as Content Director - Canada for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monte provides daily news coverage of major Canadian commercial real estate markets, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. He has written about the real estate sector for various media outlets and Avison Young since the early 2000s. In addition, he has covered sports, general news and business for several leading wire services and publications, including The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, The Calgary Herald, The Globe and Mail, Research Money, The Daily Oil Bulletin, Natural Gas World and The Toronto Star. Monte is active in his community as a youth basketball coach and raises funds for such charitable causes as Movember.
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