CON-WAY CENTRAL EXPRESS OPENS NEW SERVICE CENTERS IN BELLOWS FALLS AND ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.; Facilities Will Help Regional Carrier Respond to Expanding Freight Volumes Throughout the State of Vermont.

BELLOWS FALLS/ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 1995-- Con-Way Central Express (CCX), a regional trucking company, has opened two new service centers in the Bellows Falls and St. Johnsbury, Vt., areas to handle growing business volumes from shippers throughout the state of Vermont.

The new facilities will provide customers with expanded capacity for regional freight service, giving shippers throughout the region 100 percent direct coverage in Vermont and improved interstate service within CCX's entire 25-state service network, according to Gerald L. Detter, the company's president.

"We are experiencing significant growth in our business levels, which has created the need for additional facilities to service our customers in Vermont," stated Detter. "Our expansion into the Bellows Falls and St. Johnsbury areas will allow us to effectively manage this growth and provide additional capacity for the growing overnight and second-day delivery needs of customers in Vermont and throughout the entire CCX region."

CCX's new Bellows Falls area service center, located at 6 Transport Park in Rockingham, Vt., is equipped with 15 doors and employs nine people, including seven driver/sales representatives. The service center provides freight delivery throughout the New England area, including overnight service to a local territory extending as far west as Hagerstown, Md., and New York state; and south as far as Baltimore.

The new Bellows Falls area facility incorporates CCX operations in Lebanon and Plymouth, N.H., and supports existing CCX operations in Lake George, N.Y. The local number for the CCX/Bellows Falls area facility is 802/463-3537.

Located at 77 Main Street in Wells River, CCX's new St Johnsbury area facility is equipped with 10 doors and employs seven people, including five driver/sales representatives. The service center provides freight delivery throughout the New England area, including overnight service to a local territory extending as far west as New York state; south as far as Baltimore; and north as far as Maine.

The new St. Johnsbury area facility incorporates portions of CCX operations in Littleton and Plymouth, N.H., and Lake George, N.Y. The service center's local phone number is 802/757-3040. CCX's toll-free number is 800/421-4007.

Founded in 1983, Con-Way Central Express is a regional motor carrier specializing in next-day and second-day service for commercial and industrial less-than-truckload freight. With headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich., CCX has more than 6,000 employees and operates 222 service centers serving more than 70,000 cities and communities throughout 25 midwestern and eastern U.S. states, and the province of Ontario, Canada.

CCX also provides full coverage interregional service for 12 states in the Southern U.S. in conjunction with its sister company, Con-Way Southern Express.

Con-Way Central Express is one of four transportation businesses owned by Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1 billion regional trucking and multi-modal truckload freight transportation company based in Menlo Park, Calif.

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