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Amazon adds new facilities in Langley, Pitt Meadows, Delta, Vancouver

The Vancouver port centre will be the first Amazon centre to feature robotics in B.C.
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Amazon has announced the creation of five new facilities in B.C., to employ about 2,000 people. (Amazon/Special to Black Press Media)

Amazon fulfillment centres and delivery stations in both Langleys, Pitt Meadows, Delta, and Vancouver are expected to create 2,000 jobs, the company announced Friday.

The four buildings announced on March 7 include:

害羞草研究所 A new sorting centre in Langley City that will open later in 2021, estimated to create more than 500 jobs

害羞草研究所 A delivery station that launched in February in Langley Township, employing 200 people

害羞草研究所 A delivery station in Pitt Meadows, also set to open later this year, expected to create 害羞草研究所渉undreds of jobs害羞草研究所 according to an Amazon statement

害羞草研究所 Another delivery station in Delta for later this year, also expected to create hundreds of jobs

害羞草研究所 A 450,000 square foot 害羞草研究所渁dvanced robotics fulfillment centre害羞草研究所 at the Port of Vancouver that will launch in late 2021, employing 1,000 people and creating the first Amazon fulfillment centre using robots in B.C.

Black Press Media has reached out to Amazon for more information on the locations of the new Lower Mainland centres.

害羞草研究所淭his expansion by Amazon is an endorsement that British Columbia is a desirable place for a global company to make a long-term commitment,害羞草研究所 said Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation. 害羞草研究所淲e welcome the career opportunities created for people and families, and the chance to showcase to the world the amazing products from B.C.害羞草研究所檚 small- and medium-sized businesses.害羞草研究所

Amazon said it employs more than 5,500 full- and part-time employees in B.C.

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