ADS Logistics Expands Capabilities of Key Louisiana Transload and Storage Operation.

HOMEWOOD, Ill. -- ADS Logistics, Roll & Hold division has added boxcar load and unload capabilities to its Shreveport, Louisiana facility as the company expands operations to accommodate additional metals products and other commodities.

Roll & Hold's Shreveport operation opened in September 2003 to handle flat steel blanks on pin pallets for the automotive industry. In addition to pin pallets, Roll & Hold has expanded its operation to handle other metals and finished metal parts. "The ArkLaTex region has a growing number of metals consuming plants, but it's a long way from the mills," said Bill Edwards, Vice President of Roll & Hold. "Manufacturers in the region need an economical alternative to long distance trucking which our rail and container handling facilities in Shreveport provide."

Roll & Hold began conversations with the Union Pacific Railroad in early 2004 to reopen the building's closed rail service. "Roll & Hold's space now features an active boxcar dock able to accommodate lighter weight coils on skids, auto parts in racks, and other commodities that can be secured on a flat floor," continued Edwards. "We will also create the ability to handle open gondolas and covered coil cars when the need develops."

The Shreveport facility is the company's third domestic facility specializing in the handling of automotive pin pallets. Roll & Hold division operates the only national network of purpose-designed warehouses serving the metals industry. Roll & Hold's typical blueprint involves 100,000 to 250,000 square feet of truck and rail served, temperature and humidity controlled facilities for the storage of metals used in high-end applications, primarily automotive and appliance. Presently, Roll & Hold operates twelve facilities across the United States. Roll & Hold's two other pin pallet specific facilities are located in Marion, Indiana and O'Fallon, Missouri, and the company plans to open its first international operation in early 2005.

ADS Logistics, LLC is a national provider of integrated logistics and supply chain solutions for the metals industry. Services include multi-modal (truck, intermodal, rail and marine) transportation; warehousing and logistics management; as well as value-added services such as integrated logistics; inventory management; metals supply chain software and outsourcing. www.adslogistics.com.

ADS Logistics, LLC is owned by Chicago based Code Hennessy & Simmons, a private equity group (www.chsonline.com). Its operating divisions include Area Transportation, Roll & Hold and Western Intermodal.

For more information contact Dawn Thrasher, Director - Communications and Public Relations, ADS Logistics, LLC, [phone], [e-mail].