Schneider Logistics Inc. has signed a significant warehousing contract with Wal-Mart Stores to provide the world's largest retailer with full operating services in 3.4 million square feet of warehousing space,
creating a new Import Distribution Center in Elwood, Ill., and bringing more than 300 new jobs to the area.
The contract supports Wal-Mart's import business flowing from West Coast ports by rail to the Greater Chicagoland area. Products moving through the corridor are en route to Wal-Mart distribution centers and stores throughout the Midwest.
"The Elwood distribution center will provide Wal-Mart the opportunity to better serve our stores throughout the Midwest," said Johnnie Dobbs, executive vice president of logistics and supply chain for Wal-Mart. "Our partnership with American Port Services, Schneider Logistics and Schneider National will create hundreds of good-paying jobs for the region and represents our continued commitment to Illinois as a partner in both economic and community development."
The Elwood, Ill., contract comes on the heels of a major Mira Loma, Calif., transloading and warehousing contract awarded to American Port Services by Wal-Mart earlier this year. Under the Elwood contract, American Port Services will provide warehousing services out of the CenterPoint Industrial Park, adjacent to the BNSF Logistics Park-Chicago. Operations at the facility will begin mid-summer.