Melaleuca, the Wellness Company, opened a new 222,000 square foot distribution facility Monday in Knox County’s Forks of the River Industrial Park.
The center is connected to a 175,000 square foot manufacturing facility.
The new building allows Melaleuca to triple shipments from its Knoxville operations to 300,000 packages per month to locations east of the Mississippi and eastern Canada.
The new facility will be capable of shipping 900,000 packages per month when it’s fully staffed.
The expansion comes on the heels of a similar expansion of company operations at an Idaho Falls, Idaho manufacturing and distribution facility.
Officials said that combined, the Idaho Falls and Knoxville expansions will meet the company’s growth demands for the next 20 years.
The construction costs for both projects totaled $26 million, and the company did not incur any debt.
Melaleuca added a product store, which is located at the front of the distribution center, to the Knoxville facility.
Melaleuca now has 55 product stores worldwide.
Melaleuca develops, manufactures, and sells over 350 of the world’s leading wellness products for the home and family.
Source: WATE.com
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