ADS Logistics', Gustafson, Elected President of Midwest Association of Rail Shippers.HOMEWOOD, Ill. -- Gordon Gustafson of ADS Logistics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (ADS) has been elected President of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS). Gustafson is the Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for ADS, the leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. provider of integrated supply chain solutions to the metals industry. MARS' objective is to provide an open forum for resolving rail transportation and car supply issues, coupled with programs designed to educate and inform the membership in areas of railroad operating practices, new innovations in transportation and legislative matters. Matters affecting reliable rail service are of high importance, and MARS members find the twice per year meetings featuring top quality speakers on timely regional and national rail issues to be of benefit. The meetings are held in January and July, with the next summer meeting scheduled for July 16 and 17 in Delavan, Wisconsin Delavan is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,956 at the 2000 census. The city is located partially within the Town of Delavan. Delavan is home to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. . The recently concluded January Annual Meeting featured Mr. James Hertwig, President CSX CSX Chessie Seaboard Multiplier (railroad transportation company) CSX Cayman Islands Stock Exchange CSX Changsha, China (Airport Code) CSX Cardiac-Specific Homeobox CSX Seaboard Coastline Railroad Intermodal, as the luncheon speaker and was attended by over 200 combined MARS and Traffic Club of Chicago members. Also elected at the recent Annual Meeting were 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents Frank Meidl of the Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr. and Craig Longardner of Steel Dynamics, respectively. "I've been a member since 1979 and have always found the speakers and topics to be timely issues delivered by industry experts," commented Gustafson. "MARS is a catalyst for identifying and resolving industry issues and providing tools that benefit members in their job performance. I look forward during my term to contributing to MARS continued success." MARS (www.railshippers.com), one of five regional North American (Canada, Mexico and the United States Relations between the United States and Mexico are among the most important and complex that each nation maintains. They are shaped by a mixture of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. ) associations linked under the North American Rail Shippers umbrella, is headquartered in the Chicago area. Membership is comprised of individuals whose companies own and use rail service, and come from the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). , Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. For further information about MARS or to become a member, contact Thomas Head, MARS, executive director, mwabhead@prodigy.net, or by phone at 219-462-1139. About ADS Logistics, LLC ADS' (www.adslogistics.com) integrated services include all-mode transportation, warehousing and material handling, distribution programs, and supply chain management technologies which maximize cost savings and service efficiencies for metals manufacturers, consumers and related industries. ADS provides truck transportation services through a network of company owned and leased equipment and brokered carriers; rail and intermodal services through a proprietary intermodal network, and distribution and material handling services through a North American network of specialized metals warehouses and transload facilities. For further information contact Dawn Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. , Director Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and Communications, dthrasher@adslogistics.com, 708-922-2024. |
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