FOND DU LAC, Wis., July 16, 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 newest, state-of-the art service center in
Fond du Lac. The facility will
serve as the local hub from which the company will provide daily
freight pickup and delivery services for businesses throughout the
greater Fond du Lac metropolitan
region and surrounding communities.
Located at 1674 Fox Ridge Drive, the $8
million, 47,000-sq. ft. freight facility has more than 100
employees in jobs such as driver sales representatives, operations
support, sales, customer service and administration. The service
center also provides additional capacity and operating efficiencies
as it allows for the consolidation of smaller service center
facilities previously located in Fond du
Lac, Sheboygan and
Neenah into a larger, more
cost-effective single facility. The opening of the new center has
created nearly 60 additional jobs for the community.
"This is a significant investment for Con-way Freight that
reinforces our commitment to providing Wisconsin businesses with superior freight
service for more than 30 years," said John
McCutcheon, director of operations, Milwaukee region, for Con-way Freight. "The
increased capacity and additional jobs here in Fond du Lac will help us better serve the
needs of the community, while enabling us to grow with our
customers and continue delivering the industry's fastest, most
reliable and consistent quality service."
The new center opens with 96 dock doors and can be expanded over
time to 120 as business grows. It provides the company with the
capacity to move in excess of 1.6 million pounds of freight per
day. In addition, the new facility boasts 6,550 square feet of
office space and on-site fueling for its trucks.
With the expanded operation, Con-way Freight has increased its
local service resources in Fond du
Lac from 18 to 50 truck/tractors and from 65 to 160 freight
trailers.
"We are thrilled to welcome Con-way Freight and its expanded
operations to Fond du Lac," said
Sam Meyer, president, Fond du Lac
City Council. "We look forward to a long and rewarding
collaboration with one of the nation's premier trucking companies
and we thank them for their efforts to support growth in our
community and the vitality of our local, regional and state
economies."
"Con-way Freight's location in Fox Ridge Business Park adds
another stellar company to the county's economic base," said
Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac county executive. "Fond du Lac continues to be a place for
premier companies like Con-way and we welcome them to our
community."
"It was a pleasure working with Con-way from the earliest stages
of the site search," stated Steve
Jenkins, president of the Fond du Lac County Economic
Development Corporation. "Con-way Freight's location in
Fond du Lac is a testament to our
strategic location and will be an asset to Fond du Lac County businesses."
Con-way Freight serves more than 1,500 businesses in the greater
Fond du Lac metropolitan area and
surrounding communities. Nationwide, the company operates a fleet
of 9,200 truck-tractors and 25,000 freight trailers. The company
provides some of the fastest, most reliable and claims-free on-time
service over the longest market lanes of any trucking company in
the state. From Fond du Lac,
next-day delivery is provided for all of Wisconsin, west to Sioux Falls, S.D., east to Cleveland, Ohio and south to Louisville, Ky. The company also provides
direct service into Canada through
the Windsor, Ontario border
gateway. Second-day service extends west into Denver, Colo., east to Boston, Mass., and south to New Orleans, La.
Key partners in the expansion project included the developer,
Setzer Properties LLC; general contractor, Design Structures LLC;
civil engineer, Kory D Anders of General Engineering Company and
architect, Bill Thomas Designs.
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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 operating
locations in the United States,
Canada, Mexico and Puerto
Rico. Con-way Freight offers LTL freight transportation
across North America and through
Global LTLTM 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 based in Ann Arbor, Mich. For more information, visit
www.con-way.com/en/freight.
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