Arnold Transportation Services is honored by The Home Depot with three distinguished performance awards.JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--Arnold Transportation Services, a subsidiary of Arnold Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AIND) was awarded three distinguished performance awards from The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box . Arnold Transportation was named Truckload Carrier Merrian-Webster online dictionary defines truckload as " a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck". A truckload carrier is a trucking company that generally contracts an entire trailer-load to a single customer. of the Year for Home Depot's Import Distribution Center in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , GA during the 1998 Core Carrier Conference on March 12. The Home Depot also recognized the exemplary performance of two Arnold Transportation customer service representatives, Kim Fernandez and Doug Jackson. Both employees were honored for their dedication and commitment to serving The Home Depot and its truckload needs. With the rapid growth of The Home Depot, they are quickly becoming one of the largest truckload shippers in the country. To receive such distinguished performance awards, Arnold Transportation was challenged to outperform the best truckload carriers in the industry. During the award ceremonies, Kathleen Mack King, Senior Transportation Manager made the following remarks referencing Arnold Transportation and its people. "On a daily basis you demonstrate Home Depot Values: Excellent Customer Service, Doing The Right Thing, Building Strong Relationships and Entrepreneurial Spirit". Kathleen went on to add, "Your hard work and dedication contributes greatly to building the bridges needed to ensure the type of quality partnerships needed for our continued and mutual success". Mike Walters, President of Arnold Transportation said, "Receiving this kind of recognition from an organization such as The Home Depot is a real compliment to our entire team at large. We will continue to focus on providing the very best service for The Home Depot so that we can continue to grow right along with this great company." Founded in 1978, Atlanta-based The Home Depot, Inc. is the world's largest home improvement retailer currently operating 785 stores including 732 Home Depot stores and eight Expo Design Centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , 43 Home Depot stores in five Canadian provinces, one Home Depot store in 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. and two in Chile. The company reported net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight for fiscal 1998 of $30.2 billion. For six consecutive years, the company has been ranked as America's Most Admired Retailer by Fortune magazine. Its stock is publicly traded (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HD) and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Arnold Transportation Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Arnold Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIND) and had total revenues of $201 million in 1998. Arnold Transportation Services is a truckload transportation carrier, serving the eastern 37 United States. Arnold Transportation employs over 2,300 people and operates over 1,600 tractors and over 4,800 trailers. |
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