Fulex was a newcomer to Chattanooga’s key transportation and logistics scene late last year as the fulfillment company was ramping up operations in a new city with a few employees.
Then the coronavirus outbreak hit earlier this year, sending business skyrocketing for the Detroit-based company and its Chattanooga distribution center, according to officials.
Today, the business has about 20 people in the Scenic City with plans to soon hire up to a dozen more and double its warehouse footprint to nearly 60,000 square feet, officials said.
“We’re growing like crazy. What we experienced the last few months, we usually experience in October, November and December,” said Fulex Vice President Robert Davison, calling it “a spring peak.”
Gary Laney, who manages the company’s West 31st Street warehouse, said the Chattanooga facility’s orders have gone from about 80 a day to some 4,000 daily.