LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS is expanding their footprint in Kentucky. On Monday they announced they’ll be constructing four buildings which will create over 400 jobs.
The announcement was held at a new aircraft maintenance hanger currently under construction. Once complete, the $220 million hanger will be able to house two Boeing 747-8 aircraft. The facility is expected to be completed in late 2023.
UPS also announced two health care warehouses to be built in Jefferson and Bullitt counties. The company says this will create 426 jobs. “Many of these jobs are skilled positions starting at more than $30 per hour, along with world class benefits and opportunities for advancement within our enterprise,” Jim Joseph, president of UPS Airlines said.
Also being completed next year is an expansion of UPS’ global aviation training center. Once complete, UPS will have a total of ten flight simulators in Louisville.
Gov. Beshear noted these projects make the city and the Commonwealth more attractive for companies to relocate close to UPS. “It’s going to benefit our families right here in the region and in Bullitt county, and it’s going to create brighter tomorrows, not just for that individual but for their kids and their grandkids, it’s going to create intra-generational change,” Beshear said.
The benefits of the expansion was echoed by Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, who described why much more than around 400 jobs will be created. “People want to locate here for their distribution processes. So, this job today, created here today by UPS will mean six, eight, ten other jobs per every job created here,” Sen. Stivers said.
Since 2018, UPS says they have invested $1.2 billion dollars into projects in the Commonwealth.