A person walks past a UPS delivery truck outside a UPS distribution center on March 17, 2026 in New York City.
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united parcel service The company exclusively told CNBC on Monday that it is investing more than $2 billion across its international, healthcare and supply chain solutions businesses.
The current investment will begin in 2024 and continue through 2028, but UPS said it has not previously disclosed the total investment amount. The shipping giant said the aim is to help businesses move faster and continue to adapt to changing macroeconomic pressures and disruptions to global supply chains.
“These investments are perfectly aligned with one of our larger strategic focus areas, which is building capabilities that enable our customers, especially in complex industries, to more effectively operate their global supply chains,” Scott Suswast, vice president of international strategy, told CNBC.
Among the projects being invested in are a new hub in the Philippines this year, a new facility in Canada opening in Ontario next year, and a new air hub at Hong Kong International Airport in 2028.
UPS has launched a technology-enabled logistics center in Taiwan and a supply chain solutions facility in Amsterdam that combines freight, brokerage and cold chain solutions. Suswast said the new distribution center in Taiwan leverages automation and robotics to increase the speed of the entire supply chain by a day.
The company also said it now operates five weekly flights between Paris and Hong Kong, and between Shenzhen, China and Sydney to meet growing demand.
Suswast said that as global supply chains become more complex, certain global markets, such as across Asia, are becoming more important to companies than ever before.
“What they discover in many cases is that supply chain is more like history than strategy,” he said. “They need very agile, very effective solutions to connect these new parts of their business. They need a lot of options and flexibility, and that’s where we’re investing.”
UPS also recently announced a $48 million investment in 27 temperature-controlled facilities across its network to complement its healthcare efforts, including shipments of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals like GLP-1 drugs. The announcement comes as logistics companies around the world race to stay ahead of growing demand in niche areas such as cold chain storage.
Companies are increasingly trying to avoid putting “all their operational eggs in one basket,” Suswast said, especially as macroeconomic pressures disrupt global supply chains. At the same time, these companies are working at an unprecedented pace to develop new products to meet new shipping needs, he added.
Szwast said the investment will help UPS differentiate its end-to-end logistics services, ensuring logistics companies can reliably conduct business from the first step to the last step of the delivery process.
“We are investing in providing customized capabilities tailored to the needs of specific industries, covering the markets that companies increasingly source and distribute from, and delivering on that in a way that companies can deliver on the promise they make to their customers,” Suswast said.
