# Rockwell Automation to open distribution center in Whitestown, Indiana

Rockwell Automation plans to invest over $16.4 million to renovate and equip a 369,000-square-foot distribution center in Whitestown, Indiana, consolidating operations from Illinois and Tennessee. The facility is expected to create up to 231 jobs by 2023 and open in 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-05
- Where: Whitestown, Indiana, United States
- Value: $16.4M
- Jobs: 231
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 369,000 sq ft
- Products: industrial equipment, automation software, distribution services
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md)
- [Kuehne + Nagel](https://endata.com/companies/1378.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ibj.com](https://www.ibj.com/articles/69077-industrial-automation-firm-to-open-whitestown-warehouse-hire-hundreds), 2018-06-05: "Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. announced Tuesday morning that it plans to consolidate distribution operations in Illinois and Tennessee into a new distribution center in Boone County—a move that’s expected to create up to 231 Indiana jobs by the end of 2023."

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