Brunswick's Mercury Marine opens distribution center

METTAWA - Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corp., has opened a newly constructed distribution center near Indianapolis to support its parts and accessories business.

The new 512,000-square-foot facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, is strategically located to improve delivery and service and will add much needed capacity for scale, stability and reduced logistics costs, the company said.

Mercury's current distribution facility at its global headquarters in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, will be repurposed to support its award-winning outboard motor and propulsion systems, further allowing the company to increase capacity and production capabilities. The new Indiana facility will create close to 350 new jobs in its first year of operations while Mercury's current distribution center employees transition into new roles within the Fond du Lac campus.

Brunswick's headquarters are in Mettawa in Lake County.

"We are excited to officially open our new centralized distribution center which will have an immediate and positive impact to our global channel partners," said Chris Drees, Mercury Marine president. "We leveraged the most advanced distribution technologies in conveyance, scanning, and packaging to move products through the warehouse efficiently and accurately to better serve our global customers."