Con-Way Central Express Expands Its Regional Trucking Network, Opens Six New Service Centers In South Dakota; $5 million Great Plains expansion connects South Dakota shippers with extensive central and eastern states network.RAPID CITY, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1995-- Con-Way Central Express (CCX (Cisco Compatible EXtensions) Specifications for makers of 802.11 wireless LAN chips for ensuring compliance with Cisco's proprietary wireless LAN protocols. For example, Cisco's LEAP and EAP-FAST are part of CCX. See EAP. ) has opened six new service centers in South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). , as well as 21 other new facilities throughout Kansas, Nebraska and 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). , in a $5 million expansion of its regional trucking network. CCX's new operations in South Dakota include service centers in Aberdeen, Brookings, Mitchell, Mobridge, Pierre and Rapid City, and will provide 100 percent coverage with direct service for both intra-South Dakota and interstate freight shipments. CCX's Great Plains expansion brings the regional carrier's next-and second-day shipping network to 25 states in its central and eastern U.S. core market. In addition to its central and eastern states Eastern States can refer to several locations:
adj. Of, involving, or connecting two or more regions: interregional migration; interregional banking. next- and second-day service for the Southern U.S. in partnership with its sister company, Con-Way Southern Express. CCX also provides direct service for the Canadian province Noun 1. Canadian province - Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" of Ontario, and will open in the province of Quebec this fall. Gerald L. Detter, president of Con-Way Central Express, noted that CCX's service expansion into South Dakota reflects the company's leadership as the region's top coverage and service carrier, and demonstrates the company's ongoing commitment to extending its markets and investing in service improvements for its customers. "Our customers throughout South Dakota want full-coverage, direct regional service over the largest territory and with as many next- and second-day points as possible," Detter said. "We are expanding in response to the accelerating demands of their distribution systems for speed and single-carrier coverage." He added that CCX's extensive network is designed to help businesses shorten cycle times to become more competitive and responsive to their customers, while enabling them to tap new markets and expand the traditional boundaries that once defined their sales and distribution territories. The Great Plains expansion also adds local service center operations in Abilene, Colby, Dodge City Dodge City, city (1990 pop. 21,129), seat of Ford co., SW Kans., on the Arkansas River; inc. 1875. The distribution center for a wheat and livestock producing area, it also packs meat and makes agricultural implements. , Fort Scott General Winfield Scott, former General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army, was the namesake for four places named Fort Scott:
1 200 sq mi (520 sq km), NE central N.Dak., the largest natural body of water in the state. In an area of typically inland drainage, Devils Lake can range from a dry lakebed to more than 400 sq mi (1,040 sq km) in size, at which point it , Dickinson, Minot and Williston, N.D.; Grand Island, Chadron, North Platte North Platte, city, United States North Platte (plăt), city (1990 pop. 22,605), seat of Lincoln co., W central Nebr., at the confluence of the North Platte and South Platte rivers; inc. 1873. , Ogallala, O'Neill, Scottsbluff, Valentine and Council Bluffs-Omaha, Neb. Staffing for the start-up of the new operations created 95 jobs with an annual payroll of $3.9 million, and required the addition of 163 trucks, tractors and trailers to the CCX fleet. The regional carrier now operates 222 service centers in the central and eastern United States. Detter noted that CCX chose to establish dedicated operations in the Great Plains to ensure service quality and consistency, avoiding "interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in " situations with outside trucking companies which can often delay shipments. CCX's principal service standards, and the vast majority of its transit lanes, are next-day and second-day, with 98 percent on-time performance. Daily door-to-door pickup and delivery is provided by professional, uniformed CCX driver/sales representatives operating modern, company-owned, safety-certified equipment. CCX's core network covers more than 70,000 direct points. 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. Headquartered 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, and 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. CONTACT: Con-Way Transportation Services Gary Frantz, 415/854-7500 John Barksdale/Arley Baker, 800/220-0371 |
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