ROME, Ga. (Dec. 14)—Pirelli Tire North America Inc. and its logistics partner Kuehne + Nagel International have selected an industrial park southeast of Atlanta for a distribution center to service customers throughout the eastern U.S.
The warehouse—in McDonough, Ga.—is situated to serve not only Pirelli´s factory in nearby Rome, Ga., but also to receive more than 2,000 containers of tires from Pirelli factories in Europe and South America shipped through the port of Savannah, Ga., Pirelli said. McDonough is about 20 miles southeast of Atlanta along Interstate 75.
The 247,000-sq.-ft. facility is designed to house more than $35 million worth of inventory, Pirelli said.