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Walmart Investing $107 Million in Distribution Center

July 18, 2023

Local and Walmart company officials shared news July 10th of significant investment planned at Walmart Distribution Center in Seymour. During a city council meeting, Jim Plump, JCIDC executive director, spoke on behalf of Walmart to announce a $107 million investment at the distribution center on Seymour’s far east side.

The council unanimously approved the statement of benefits for personal property tax abatement ($101 million for supply chain material handling equipment and $2 million in IT (hardware and software) equipment and one real estate improvement tax abatement ($5 million for construction-related costs associated with supply chain enhancements. The council also approved resolutions for the two tax abatements, which are for 10 years apiece. Plump was joined at the meeting by Kevin Porter, senior manager for the Walmart tax department at the company’s home office in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Mike Baecke, general manager for the Regional Distribution Center in Seymour.

“Walmart’s Seymour distribution center has been a pillar in our community for over 30 years. Adding robotics, automation and AI-powered software systems to this facility will revolutionize an already impressive operation, fundamentally changing the way we distribute products to stores,” Baecke said in a news release. “This isn’t just an investment in our facility but also in our associates, our community and our future.

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