Boating Industry Canada
Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) just opened its new, 512,000 square foot facility in Indiana. The purpose-built distribution center will support its industry leading parts and accessories business.
It is located on a major thoroughfare connecting Mercury’s global customers, near Indianapolis, Indiana. Improving delivery and service and will add much needed capacity for scale, stability, and reduced logistics costs. Mercury’s current distribution facility at its global headquarters in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, will be repurposed to support its award-winning propulsion systems, further allowing the company to increase capacity and production capabilities. The new Indiana facility will create close to 350 new jobs in its first year of operations while Mercury’s current distribution center employees transition into new roles within the Fond du Lac campus.
Products received, warehoused, and shipped in the new distribution center include engine maintenance tools, lubricants, and service-related parts and accessories. The new facility’s volume, 18 million cubic feet of space, is more than three-and-a-half times greater than the Fond du Lac distribution center it replaces.
Consistent with Mercury’s leadership and commitment to sustainability, the new building is LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) certified. Part of the design to achieve this certification is a portion of the roof mounted solar array that has been installed on the Southwest corner of the facility.