Iowa 80 Truck Stop today officially opened its new distribution center.
Located on Scott County Road Y40 near Iowa 80, the facility has 251,000 total square feet of warehousing space. For Iowa 80, 117,180 square feet will be used to house trucking accessories for the online trucking accessories superstore, Iowa80.com. The remaining 128,959 square feet is available for lease or open for third-party fulfillment, according to Iowa 80. The warehouse shipped its first order from the new distribution center Jan. 16.
The Iowa80.com Distribution Center features 10 state-of-the-art loading docks, 33,371 linear feet of racking, 32’ high ceilings, and a fireproof room of 9,400 square feet. It is also fully air-conditioned.
The building features two vertical lift modules from Kardex,that are designed to increase capacity with an enclosed shelf-based storage system.
This new distribution center for Iowa80.com will fulfill orders for online trucking accessories, as well as ship products to the brick-and-mortar stores operated by Iowa 80 Group, including Iowa 80 Truckstop, Kenly 95 Petro in Kenly, North Carolina, and Joplin 44 Petro, in Joplin, Missouri.
Iowa80.com was to hold a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening of the new distribution center today at 1:30 PM.
