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Liebherr achieved a significant milestone last week with a ceremony celebrating a project that will bring a new logistics center to Tupelo's Hive Business Park in Mississippi.
This facility is poised to strengthen the company’s distribution capabilities across the Americas and reinforce its commitment to operational excellence and superior customer service.
The $176 million first phase of the project will create 180 jobs, with plans to expand to over 300 positions in the long term.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves underscored the importance of this investment in driving Tupelo's growth and its transformative impact on the local economy.
"It's about creating job opportunities for our people. That's what a great company like Liebherr is going to do here in this community and that's something that really gets me excited about this project," he said.
Community Development Foundation CEO and President David Rumbarger added that the ceremony represented nearly a decade of work to establish the Hive Business Park.
"It is exciting to stand before you today to mark this milestone. This moment represents yers of vision, collaboration and investment by our community and its partners at every level."
The Tupelo logistics center will serve as a hub for warehousing, distribution, pre-assembly, kitting, repackaging and export services. Initially supporting products from Liebherr’s earthmoving, tower cranes, concrete technology, mobile and crawler cranes, maritime cranes and components divisions, the facility is designed for future scalability to include additional product lines.
As part of Liebherr-Logistics GmbH, the center will play a key role in managing spare parts logistics for the Americas. Liebherr-Logistics GmbH, which serves more than 70 Liebherr Sales and Service Companies worldwide, already operates from Oberopfingen, Germany, and a recently opened warehouse in Born, Netherlands. The Tupelo site marks the company’s first major logistics hub on the American continent.
With the potential to grow into a broader campus on its 110-acre site, Liebherr anticipates investing up to $230 million in the project by 2026. The expansion underscores the family-owned company’s long-term commitment to innovation, product development and strengthening partnerships in the region.
This logistics center represents not only a significant step forward for Liebherr but also a transformative opportunity for Tupelo and the surrounding community.
