11/7/2011
HUNTINGTON – November 4, 2011 – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the Huntington Area Development Council today celebrated the opening of the company’s 70,000-square-foot customer service center at KineticPark in Huntington, W.Va. Amazon will create more than 200 full-time jobs and hundreds of seasonal jobs, with a total of 499 full-time jobs at the facility by the end of 2014.
“I am proud that Amazon chose to demonstrate its confidence in our state and the capabilities of our people by expanding its operations in Huntington,” said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. “The event today also celebrates the achievements made possible when business and government become partners and work together to move to the next level of success. I look forward to Amazon's continued success, building on our partnership and to future achievements.”
“I want to thank Amazon for their continued commitment to the City of Huntington,” said Mayor Kim Wolfe. “This new state- of-the-art call center at KineticPark represents a significant investment in new jobs. Amazon’s new call center is the culmination of a process that was the catalyst for the development of KineticPark. I also want to thank our partners, the West Virginia Development Office and the West Virginia Economic Development Authority for their leadership and assistance on this project. We look forward to Amazon’s continued success with the opening of this new facility.”
“Since we opened the Huntington facility in 2000, this team has been an important part of how we serve customers every day,” said Tom Weiland, Vice President, Amazon Customer Service. “We’re excited to be expanding our operations in Huntington, creating hundreds of additional jobs for the community.”
Amazon is currently hiring for the new center. Positions include customer service support, as well as management roles in Customer Service, Human Resources, Training, and Information Technology. Amazon will be conducting a job fair on Monday, November 7th at 4 p.m. at its new offices at 500 Kinetic Drive, Huntington. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online in advance at
www.amazon.com/csjobs.
The facility is operated by AMZN.wvcs LLC.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Contact Information
Amazon Media Line or Huntington Area Development Council, Mark Sprouse
206-266-7180 or 304-525-1161