ROBINSON, Texas, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way
Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) trucking company and
subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), today announced the grand
opening of its new Central Texas
service center in Robinson. The
facility will serve as the local hub from which the company will
provide daily freight services for commercial and industrial
businesses in the greater metropolitan regions of Waco, Robinson and other Central Texas communities.
Replacing an existing 22-door service center in Waco, where the company operated for more than
25 years, the new $3.7 million
facility boasts significantly expanded capacity with 48
freight-loading doors and an 18,870 square foot dock. The facility
provides increased capacity, flexibility and operating efficiencies
and will enable better service for the hundreds of Central Texas businesses the company serves
within a 100-mile radius of the Greater
Waco metropolitan area.
"We are proud to make this commitment to the Central Texas area, and invest in capacity and
jobs that will allow us to better serve the needs of our customers
in Robinson and the Greater Waco metro area," said Greg Lehmkuhl, president, Con-way Freight. "The
Central Texas market has
experienced significant business growth over the past several
years. We have been part of the Waco community for over 25 years, and we are
excited to celebrate this major milestone for our employees here as
well as our national network."
Con-way Freight partnered with the developer, MDM Holdings; the
Gummelt family, broker Jon Spelman,
Pearson Construction and the city of Robinson to bring the new service center into
operation. The team of Bill Thomas Designs, J&S Structural, Bob
Curry Engineering and The Wallace Group led the architectural,
engineering and construction planning efforts for the facility, for
which Con-way Freight has signed a long-term lease.
With its expanded capacity, Con-way Freight expects to add 15
new jobs in the area and generate an annual payroll of more that
$3.1 million into the local
economy.
"We are extremely pleased that Robinson has been selected for this expanded
freight operations center," said Bryan
Ferguson, mayor of the City of
Robinson. "We embrace this opportunity to welcome Con-way
Freight and the economic boost that is so important to the
increased vitality of our local, regional and state economies that
this business represents."
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About Con-way Freight
Con-way Freight is the
industry's leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation
company, providing guaranteed, day-definite regional and
transcontinental service with exception-free delivery, on-time
service performance and faster transit times through a single,
unified network of 425 service centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto
Rico. Con-way Freight offers LTL freight transportation
across North America and through
Global LTL™ delivery in the
United States from around the world. Global solutions
include international less-than-container load (LCL) ocean
shipments from Asia through its
OceanGuaranteed® service; direct service to more than 30
Bahamian and Caribbean ports
through TropicalDirectSM; and domestic offshore
transportation to Alaska,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., Con-way Freight is a
certified FAST highway carrier and is C-TPAT/PIP-, ACE- and
CSA-certified.
Con-way Freight is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a
$5.5 billion diversified freight
transportation and logistics services company. For more
information, visit www.con-way.com/en/freight.
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