Amazon continues infrastructure expansion with FC in West Bengal

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Sep 20, 2019

E-commerce major Amazon as part of its ongoing infrastructure expansion in the country has opened another fulfillment centre (FC) in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal.
 

The new FC is the company’s fifth and largest fulfilment centre in West Bengal with more than 7.5 lakh cubic feet of storage space.
 
With the infrastructure expansion, Amazon now has more than two million cubic feet of storage space for its 20,000 sellers in West Bengal which is expected to boost deliveries of customer orders within the region.

Commenting on the infrastructure expansion, Amazon India vice president Akhil Saxena in a statement said, “Apart from the new fulfilment centre in the state, the company has also expanded its transportation network, while doubling the capacity of delivery network such as sortation centre. Amazon now has 85 delivery stations and service centres in West Bengal which will be like 1.5 times expansion over the last year.
 
“Our deep investment in the state will also create thousands of opportunities for employment. We have received business-friendly eco-system and support from the West Bengal government,” added Saxena.
 
Amazon India expects to close the year with over 50 fulfilment centres in 13 states across the country with a combined storage space of more than 26 million cubic feet.