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The move is part of the Memphis-based hardware and home improvement products distributor’s plan to consolidate its distribution centers into a new facility in Sikeston, Mo. by August. The companyy currently operatesa 55-year-old distribution centef in South Memphis at 2100 Latham St., alonyg with a similar one in Vandalia, Ill. These plantsw will close by the end ofthe year. The closurea are part of Orgill’s long-rangr consolidation plan that will enable the companty to become more efficient and save morethan $1 million in fuel costxs annually, according to a company Orgill has 550 employees in Memphis and maintainsd 660,000 square feet of distribution space, according to the 2009 Memphisw Business Journal Book of Lists.
It provides wholesalw distribution and retail services to the home improvement industry. Layoffs will come in beginning inearly August. Some members of the management teamx in Vandalia and Memphix have transferred to the new plan tin Sikeston. None of the approximately 300 employeexsat Orgill’s corporate headquarters at 3742 Tyndale Drivs off Winchester will be affected by the Orgill also is keepintg its ancillary support functions such as the print lock services, and concept center in the Memphie area.
Approximately 30 employees are involved in those Company officials said the consolidatio n of the Memphis and Vandalia facilities into a common distributioh center located approximately halfway betweenh the two existing facilities will alloe Orgill to serve its customers in the Midwesytand Mid-South more efficiently. “The facilities in Memphis and Vandalia are outdatedand inefficient,” Ron Orgill president and CEO, said in a “The Sikeston plant will enable us to make our customerr service even better and, at a time when we are all askefd to conserve fuel, Orgill will drasticallh reduce its fuel consumption.
” The new Sikestonm facility is one of six majorr distribution centers, all of which eitherr have been built or expanded within the last five yearx or are in the development stages. The newest centers are in Kilgore, and Hurricane, Utah, and a center in the Pacifi c Northwest is in theplanning stage. Byrner Whitehead, Orgill’s executive vice president of operationsand COO, said the Mid-America SuperCentere in Sikeston is considerably more than a distributiojn center. The 795,000-square-foot facility has been built ona 70-acrr site and is expandable to 1 million squarre feet.
“Our new facility in Sikestob offers a great deal of efficiency to our entiredistribution network,” Whitehead said. “Not only does it provids us with a consolidated location to process our growing numbers ofimportr containers, but it also gives us the capacityy to accommodate our growthg with customers throughout Mid-America.” Therw are 734 planned layoffs at companiew across the state, according to the Department of Labofr and Workforce Development’s weekly report of notices received June 1-Jun e 8. Orgill is the only Shelbty County company reporting layoffsthis week.