PACCAR Opens $32 Million Renton, WA Distribution Center

PACCAR Parts recently celebrated the grand opening of its new distribution center in Renton, Washington. 

The grand opening brought together over 500 people including PACCAR dealers and customers, parts suppliers and transit carriers, project vendors, city of Renton officials, representatives of Washington state officials, and PACCAR employees.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony included Renton City Mayor Denis Law, PACCAR Chief Executive Officer Ron Armstrong, PACCAR Vice President and PACCAR Parts General Manager David Danforth, and PACCAR Parts General Operations Manager Tom Floyd.

The 160,000 square-foot parts distribution center (PDC) became operational in April of 2016. It serves 91 prime dealerships throughout the Northwestern United States and Western Canada, and is one of 17 PDCs worldwide with capacity to store 38,000 different aftermarket parts for all makes of trucks, trailers and buses.

The Renton PDC incorporates productivity-inspired design; distribution technology such as hydraulic lift tables, custom parcel conveyor and spiral conveyance; and environmental sustainability with LED lighting and an advanced energy-management system.

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