UPS expands operations at San Antonio facility
UPS has announced that its San Antonio sorting facility will be retrofitted with automated sorting systems and have twice the package processing capacity.
“UPS continuously invests in our integrated delivery network,” commented Craig Wiltz, president of UPS’s Red River District.
“Population and business growth throughout Texas are driving demand for our services and this facility expansion exemplifies one aspect of our ongoing approach to meeting that demand.”
The project will add capacity for more than 150 more delivery vehicles – increasing the building’s delivery fleet to more than 340.
UPS will also add 40 Class 8 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tractors that will be fueled by a new on-site CNG fueling station. Each tractor will displace approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year with clean burning natural gas.
The building’s automated sorting systems will feature six-sided decode tunnels that will replace traditional scanning to capture package information from address labels. Label applicators will place “smart labels” on packages for local delivery.
The expansion will add about 171,000 square feet, bringing the building’s footprint to more than 330,000 square feet.
UPS said that the building’s team will continue to provide package pickup and delivery services during the project which is expected to be complete mid-2017.
