It's official: Borders has opened up its brand new Northeast Distribution Center, bringing more than 400 new jobs to Carlisle, Pa., over the next few years. As detailed in a press release issued over the weekend, the 600,000-square-foot distribution center is located in the LogistiCenter at Carlisle, 1501 Distribution Dr., and will process and ship books to more than 430 Borders and Waldenbooks stores throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.

"We are thrilled to open this new facility, which represents an important step in our company's multi-year strategic initiative to enhance the efficiency of our national distribution network," said Mark Palmucci, senior vice president of Merchandise Operations and Supply Chain for Borders Group.. "In total, our distribution facilities, which number six in the U.S. including this new facility, serve more than 1,200 stores by processing and shipping more than 240 million books per year, which is a major accomplishment made possible by thousands of trained and dedicated employees. It's our job to get the right books to the right stores at the right time so that our customers can enjoy them, and we are pleased to be doing more of that here in Carlisle."