Lead photo courtesy of Fastenal.

In late July, MDM shared the news of Fastenal opening its newest distribution center — a nearly 300,000-square-foot facility in Magna, UT that the company dubbed its “UHUB”, and the company shared additional details about the DC on Sept. 2.

The UHUB is highlighted by its level of technology, which Fastenal calls state-of-the-art, to streamline product intake, order picking and shipping sortation.

Located just outside of the Salt Lake City metro area, the DC replaces several rented buildings that Fastenal previously used to run its regional operations. The company said it bought enough land for the facility to potentially double its footprint to roughly 600,000-square-feet.

“World-class distribution is at the heart of everything we do for our customers,” Fastenal CEO Dan Florness said in a news release. “We’re excited about this facility’s ability to support our business today and for years into the future.”

In a YouTube video giving a look inside the facility, Florness said the UHUB runs 24 hours per day Monday through Thursday and scales down Friday through Sunday.

“There’s a lot of pride in the new UHUB,” Fastenal Regional Operations Manager Mike Humphries added. “The technology, the ergonomics, the brightness and organization of the workspace — it all helps our employees do their jobs safely and efficiently.”

The new DC supports Fastenal branches and customers across western America, stretching west from Gillette, WY to Boise, ID and North-South from Alberta, Canada to Sonora, Mexico. The company said the combination of space, stocking density and process automation “raises the bar” for Fastenal’s inventory capacity and picking speed.

“We can stock more products to meet our customers’ needs, and we can get our trucks on the road earlier in the evening,” said Will Roedeske, Fastenal VP of Distribution. “We believe it will translate to even higher service levels and a broader servicing range.”

The UHUB marks Fastenal’s 17th distribution center in its global network, comprised of 12 in the U.S., two in Canada, two in Europe and one in Mexico (recently relocated to Monterrey, Nuevo León). That network is supported by approximately 1,600 branches across 25 countries.

Fastenal added that the UHUB investment follows the company’s similar upgrade to its DC in Lacey, WA, known as the company’s “KHUB”. 

With $7.5 billion in 2024 revenue, the company was No. 1 on MDM’s Top Distributors List for Fasteners, No. 4 for Industrial Supplies, No. 5 for MRO, No. 7 for Fluid Power, No. 2 for Safety and No. 11 for JanSan/Packaging & Disposables and No. 33 for Electrical.