American Freightways Cited by Customers for Outstanding Service.Business Editors HARRISON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2001 American Freightways American Freightways (AF) was a U.S. Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping company. Founded in 1982 by the late Sheridan Garrison, American Freightways was originally titled Arkansas Freightways. , Inc. has been recognized by two major customers, Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Leggett & Platt, Inc. for exemplary service to their businesses during the past year. Lowe's presented American Freightways (AF) with its Outstanding Service Award for 2000 as the LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic carrier that most consistently served the needs of the company. Lowe's also cited AF with its Silver Team Award for achievement in on-time and intact shipment delivery. "AF was one of the driving forces for the business success Lowe's experienced during the year," said Rob Long, LTL Services Manager, Lowe's. "We consider AF a valuable member and carrier in our core carrier program." Additionally, Leggett & Platt honored AF for being a core carrier since the initiation of that company's core carrier program in 1995. The award was given in appreciation of the overall excellent job AF has done for Leggett & Platt as a core carrier. "These latest awards further validate the dedication AF has toward serving its customers. We are a company devoted to customer satisfaction and our associates strive to please each customer on a daily basis," said Tom Garrison, American Freightways' President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The recognition from Lowe's and Leggett & Platt make all of us feel extremely proud that those we serve recognize our hard work on their behalf." About American Freightways American Freightways, recently acquired by FedEx Corporation, is a scheduled, for-hire carrier of less-than-truckload shipments providing direct all-points delivery service in 40 contiguous states. Together with Viking Freight of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA, the two companies make up FedEx Freight, and provide direct service to virtually all U.S. zip codes, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . Internationally, American Freightways and Viking provide service to North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and the Caribbean. More information about American Freightways can be found at www.AF.com. About FedEx With annual revenues of $20 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply-chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including FedEx Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. , the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground FedEx Ground is a shipping company headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Originally a small regional package shipping company called Roadway Package System (RPS), it was created to be a discount competitor to UPS. , North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited, time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation solutions. NOTE TO EDITORS: FedEx Corp. press releases are available on the World Wide Web at www.fedex.com. |
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